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Finding the right financing when you're looking to buy a home can be tricky, but it's not impossible. The key is understanding the options in home financing that are available on the market today.
For many years, the most common method for buying a house was to obtain a standard mortgage through the bank. These loans are typically made for the sale price of the house minus a down payment made by the borrower. A monthly payment is then calculated for the borrower based on the amount of the loan, the interest rate, and the period of time over which to pay the loan back. Over the life of the loan, this payment remains the same no matter what. This allows a family to create a budget that incorporates this mortgage payment and keep it the same until the loan is paid off.
In recent years, however, banks have added several different financing options to the standard mortgage. One of the most popular of these options is the adjustable rate mortgage, or ARM. These loans allow a person to set their payback period, but the interest rate adjusts depending on a variety of market factors. This can be an advantage in cases where people take out a mortgage at a time when interest rates are high. As their interest rate drops, their monthly payment drops as well. In the case that the interest rates rise, however, a borrower's monthly mortgage payment will increase.
ARMs can be a good option for people who are comfortable with the idea of a changing interest rate and mortgage payment. People who think that the market will produce lower interest rates in the future are typically attracted to this type of loan.
Another popular finance option for people who are looking to make large real estate purchases is the interest only loan. Borrowers with these loans do not pay back the principal amount of the loan until they sell their home or the loan expires. In the meantime, the monthly payment every month consists of just the interest on the loan. This can mean saving hundreds of dollars a month on the loan payments, but there will be no progress made towards actually paying off the loan.
Historically, these loans were used by commercial businesses who would buy and hold real estate for a short period of time. These loans were ideal for businesses that bought homes, fixed them up, and then sold them quickly. By paying only the interest on the loan, these loans kept their carrying costs down, and selling the property typically netted enough money to pay off the balance. When they were introduced into the residential market, however, these loans tended to be misused by people who wanted to get into homes they would otherwise be unable to afford. Today, it is very hard to qualify for one of these mortgages without showing that you have significant assets.
There are many combinations of these three types of loans available on the market today.


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Nebraska's baseball season ends with 4-3 loss
Nebraska's 2014 baseball season came to a close on Sunday with a 4-3 loss to Cal State Fullerton in a NCAA Regional game. The Huskers finished this season with a final record of 41-21. With the loss, Indiana is the only Big Ten team remaining in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoosiers are currently taking on Stanford with a chance to advance to the Super Regionals.

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- 24 Saltine crackers
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup
- 1 1/2 cups roasted salted peanuts
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Topping
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
Instructions:1. For the toffee: Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 250 degrees. Line bottom of 13 by 9-inch baking dish with waxed paper and spray paper with cooking spray. Arrange crackers, in single layer, salt side down, on waxed paper.
2. Combine sugar, corn syrup, and peanuts in medium microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on highest power until sugar melts, about 2 minutes. Stir and microwave until mixture begins to boil, about 2 more minutes. Stir in butter and vanilla until butter melts. Microwave until liquid begins to brown, about 2 minutes. Stir in baking powder.
3. Working quickly, pour sugar mixture over saltines and spread evenly (if mixture hardens too quickly to spread, place baking dish in oven for 5 minutes). Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour. Invert brittle onto cutting board, peel away waxed paper, and, using hands, break into large pieces. Return pieces, toffee side up, to baking dish.
4. For the topping: Melt chips and butter until smooth. Stir in corn syrup and, using spoon, drizzle mixture over brittle. Let harden for 1 hour. (Brittle can be stored in airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days.)
This recipe was submitted by one of our readers and has not been tested by our food editors. We are not responsible for errors in this recipe, but if you find one, please let us know.
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See February 9, 2013 update at bottom for takedown request received from EFA Processing.
This article was written and contributed by Jason Spencer, the former Managing Partner of Dextral Capital Management Fund. He shares his observations and experiences from inside the debt settlement industry.
I asked Jason why he wanted to share this story. He said, "The reason is that people getting taken advantage of is nothing new nor is it necessarily newsworthy.
However when someone holds themselves out as a savior to desperate people in their greatest time of need when in reality their only intention is to use that desperation as a tool enrich themselves, then I believe we as a society have an obligation to do what we can to prevent such behavior.
Preying on the weak and the scared has no place in the United States of America. And shutting down their companies is not enough because they just seem to migrate like a virus to a new industry.
First it was internet stocks, then credit repair, then mortgage brokers, then debt settlement, then IRS tax help, then mortgage relief, and each time the government shuts down their ability to operate in an industry they just move to another one. There will always be desperate people that want to believe someone on the other end of the phone is really there to help them but that won't be true until there are consequences for hurting others."
The 100 Million Dollar Scam Nobody Knows About
The scam perpetrated by Ken Talbert on American citizens is far worse than anything Bernie Madoff did… and perhaps more costly. Some may argue that Bernie took money from people that could afford to lose it, but you can't argue the same for Ken. He takes money from people in the most desperate state of their life. He does so by promising them salvation from the depths of their despair.
Settling client debts came in distant second to sales for DebtXS / EFA Processing, a Frisco, Texas based debt Settlement Company. The company's goal was to sell them debt settlement and then try to keep clients as long as possible before they threw in the towel. For example, DebtXS / EFA Processing was completing 600 settlements a month yet they had made commitments to settle over 210,000 accounts when I arrived in 2009.
The promise was to have all of the clients debt settled in three years, although it appears it would take 29 years if they didn't sign up anyone else. But they did keep signing up new clients, at the rate of over 3,000 per month. The average client had 6 accounts, thus they added 18,000 settlement commitments within 36 months every month. Clearly neither DebtXS nor EFA Processing planned on making good on their promises made to clients. They couldn't have even if they tried. This was illustrated further by the fact that when I arrived in 2009 they had only 6 out of 200 employees working on actually settling debts.
Ken would explain to me that the beautiful part of this whole thing was that technically the client belonged to someone else. So if EFA didn't perform on the promises to settle, the legal liability came down on the debt settlement "sales company" that sold the product. He said that they were just a "back-end processor" and that the sales company hired them to do the work, and if EFA Processing didn't perform, well that was the fault of the sales company in the eyes of the law.
They asked people for money up front in exchange for the promise to perform a service, but they never delivered. Instead the higher ups at DebtXS blew the money on mansions, Dallas Cowboys suites, exotic cars and courtside seats to watch the Dallas Mavericks play and a lifestyle that makes Hugh Hefner look like a member of the Geek Squad. This lavish lifestyle led to EFA/DebtXS taking on clients that they knew couldn't afford and the program and would quit before they made their first payment. The nefarious company's rationale was that they needed the $199 startup fee to keep the doors open. Even if the client would quit the next day, they would still get the $199. And quit they did. The head of the company gave me their monthly retention numbers. Good Lord – 99.8% gone in 22 months. This may have been startling to most businessmen, but for Ken this was actually the goal.
I called out Ken and his staff about the fact that they had over 100 people working customer service, reselling the clients on the program and six actually settling accounts. I thought my point was obvious, that if you shift more people into settlement that less people would call in upset. They told me that if they were dealing with a normal client base that I may have a point but since nearly everyone quits by month 18 they didn't need to add staff. My reply was always "don't you think that if you actually settled their debts that they would stay longer?" which was met verbatim with "no, they're fucked up people" by DebtXs CEO Ken Talbert. The two highest ranking men in the company actual argued with me, saying that "better service always equals less revenue" and they had a multitude of tests run to prove their claims. You see, the goal of EFA was to simply mail a simple "cease and desist" letter to the creditor, which prevents them from contacting the client and then to avoid contact with the client so they don't have to explain why they haven't settled any accounts. In the clients mind the harassment has ended so the problem is gone.
In late 2009 when the FTC started demanding that the actual settling of clients debts increase, EFA scrambled to comply. Unfortunately they had spent all of their clients' money, so they needed to sign up more clients to get more funds in order to be able to hire more people to settle the accounts of their original clients. And this cycle of taking other people's money to pay off the services of the first group would continue. And when the FTC finally ended the EFA's ability to charge clients upfront money, Ken argued that he could shut the whole company down and not settle anyone's debt because the FTC changed the law on them and that they couldn't afford to stay in business. He actually argued with the FTC that he needs new people's money, upfront, to be able to perform the services that he was already grossly overpaid to do. Isn't this called a Ponzi scheme?
That all changed when Ken Talbert figured out that his clients would settle between 40 percent and 60 percent of face value all day long, and he could buy their debts from creditors for less than 10 percent of face value. But Ken said that he didn't think it would look good if he owned a debt buying entity and collection company. Thus he put it in his son's name, James Talbert, who was away at college. He then went to work creating a hedge fund to raise the capital to make huge buys. Initial returns were consistently at 250% in fewer than 3 months with virtually no risk, because he knew how much the clients had in savings. He knew whose debt to buy and who's not to buy because he had access to see into their savings accounts. So if Jane Doe had $2000 in her special debt settlement savings account and Ken could buy her debt for $200, he would make a 1000% return if his company EFA could convince the client that $2000 was the best deal they could get on the debt. The longer a settlement company waits, the cheaper the client's debt sells for as the holder becomes convinced the client is never going to pay, and in turn the owner of the debt becomes more likely to sell it. So if EFA doesn't settle with a debt holder, then EFA gets to collect their monthly fee longer and the more likely it is that Ken could purchase the debt. He and his clients' interests were completely misaligned, which usually leads to very bad things.
Around this time they asked me to join them because I had experience in raising money for alternative investments in the past. I always felt we were doing something great for the debt settlement clients. When we bought the debt, we never called and bothered the clients nor did we charge them interest or fees, sue them or any of the other horrible things collection companies are known to do consumers. Plus, we typically settled for 40% of the outstanding debt, thus the client saved 60% without much hassle. The only problem was that EFA/DebtXS had the worst data in the industry. The company was so obtuse that they never even bothered to get the correct credit card number for their clients and therefore they could not ever settle the debt.
When the Federal Trade Commission ruling came out, Ken began to look for other ways to monetize his existing client base. For example, Ken needed $225,000 to pay someone off. Instead of taking it from EFA, he siphoned it off his son's debt buying company (which Ken secretly ran) and I have the proof in financial documents provided to me by his son's debt buying company. The only problem was that the money was supposed to be transferred from his son's debt buying company to our hedge fund in order to repay loans that Ken issued from the Hedge Fund that he then ran to his son to buy his client's debt. He took another $120,000 meant for our clients and started some more companies with it. All of this was intentionally hidden from me and when I learned about it… I flipped out. Ken was like a father to me and to learn that someone I think so highly of had done something so horrible was beyond my reality. Ken promised to pay it back many, many times, thus I decided to stick around until I could get the money he owed to "our" clients.
Soon after the FTC ruling, Ken's son James Talbert joined us to run the collection company, which he had technically owned for years. He didn't share my approach of getting a great deal for the clients; rather, he thought his collection company should maximize revenue. James and Ken obtained login names and passwords for Safeguard employees so they could then see how much prospective clients have in savings before they made settlement offers (I have obtained 100's of screenshots of this happening). They were ordered to stay below 50 percent of the balance owed because anything above that would require customer approval. They instead would "negotiate" for 45-49 percent. The obvious problem with the whole setup is that Ken has promised his clients he will try to get the best deal he can, while he is buying their debts and then trying to get the most money he can on them. I think this qualifies as a conflict of interest and the FTC agrees since they made it illegal a long time ago.
I use the term collection company loosely since they never bothered to get more than three collection licenses. One of the three, Nevada, cooked the books to get the state to grant them a license. James was, and still is, collecting consumer debts illegally. In fact, this is why I ultimately left the partnership I had with Ken. I told James to cease collections until he got licensed and Ken overruled me and told James to continue. Ken is the General Partner of the hedge fund. I'm just a limited partner but I had always run things. By law Ken has a fiduciary responsibility to only consider the best interest of the clients in the fund, but he took advantage of the client base every time it seems I let my guard down. Actually, he took advantage of the client base on both sides. He would settle for the highest amount he could convince his EFA clients to take and then siphon the money off from "his sons" collection company before it could reach the hedge fund to repay our clients.
Ken uses the Collection company "Safeguard Recovery" (SGR), owned by James Talbert, to get other debt settlement companies to share their client's personal data in hopes that SGR has some of their clients debt. This is normal to the industry, but SGR must sign a Non-Disclosure stating that they won't share the data with anyone else. Ken then takes that data and has another entity, Safeguard Capital (SGC) go buy debts. The companies were named similar names to confuse people. SGR and SGC is usually managed and run by EFA employees. They also have offices inside EFA, sitting right next to the settlement people, yet they pay no rent. The funny part is that Ken is actually tricking his competitors into sending him their complete client lists. The competitors think they are helping their clients by pursuing good settlement offers but they don't even have any debt placed with them anymore. They are scamming the other debt settlement companies that are trying their best to do the right thing. Once they get their client lists, they can market bankruptcy services to them and take a referral fee from a lawyer. Is anyone not being scammed?
EFA, DebtXS, DRO, SGR, Eckity Capital Markets, Dextral Capital Management, Dextral Capital Management Fund and SGC were always run by Ken Talbert. We always had to meet with him to go over numbers and the direction of each entity. I was kept out of EFA business due to the fact that I never drank the proverbial "Kool-Aid", but I'm of the opinion the company engages in dozens of illegal activities and if they haven't broken any law yet, then just wait until next month.
If 10 percent of the things I heard about are true, then EFA/DebtXS is the dirtiest company I've ever heard of. I assume this is why they keep multiple lawyers and a legal assistant on staff full time for a company that's barely doing any business. After all, if you're going to engage in illegal practices it's probably a good idea to have a few lawyers on staff.
Lastly, Ken has begun suing his own EFA clients from Dextral, seeking to recover 100% plus all legal costs (I have attached docs). Where does it end?
Jason Spencer
EFA Processing Takedown Request – February 9, 2013
Dear Mr. Rhode:
I am writing to you as the General Counsel of EFA Processing, LP, in response to a January 31, 2013, post on your website called getoutofdebt.org. Your commentary title of the post is "Former Dextral Managing Director Shares His Bold Story About Ken Talbert." You list the posting party as Mr. Jason Spencer, and indeed a "Story" it is. My interest in the post is that same is replete with falsehoods, misstatements of verifiable facts, and malicious lies that are designed to injure, if not destroy, EFA Processing, LP. I am certain that you do not wish to get in the middle of a defamation and business disparagement lawsuit resulting from the outlandish lies contained in the post allegedly authored by Mr. Spencer and adopted as true by you in your blog.
To that end, EFA Processing, LP respectfully demands that you immediately cease and desist any further posting of the subject post by Mr . Spencer in all areas of your website(s). It is my understanding that Mr. Spencer has already personally requested that you cease further publication of the subject post yet same is still being published in different areas of your website. All postings of the subject post must be removed immediately. EFA continues to suffer irreparable damage as a result of the falsehoods contained in the post and will hold all parties to the dissemination and publishing of such injurious falsehoods accountable under the law.
I feel that you will not be able to rely on the provisions of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to shield you from liability in this matter. I urge you to simply do the right thing and not post such injurious filth in a manner that highly suggests truth in the falsehoods you choose to publish.
At best you are being played as a pawn for consistent disinformation; at worst, you could be complicit in the defamation being spread.
Your site will be monitored to determine if, and when, you have removed the offending post by Mr. Spencer. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.
Douglas K. Williams,
General Counsel for EFA Processing, LP
February 9, 2013 Response
I received the takedown request above that should have been sent to the Myvesta Foundation.
We have received no such request to take down the article from Mr. Spencer. The article is 100% user supplied content.
It was not edited by the site but published as is.
The title is not commentary but a statement of fact. It is our belief that Mr. Spencer was a managing director of Dextral Capital Management as he stated here, the story is about Ken Talbert, and the user submitted content is arguably bold by definition.
We urge, solicit, desire and beg EFA Processing and Ken Talbert to post any additional statement they want to respond to Mr. Spencer using the links in the left margin of the story or this link. EFA Processing and/or Ken Talbert are welcome to respond to the allegations Mr. Spencer, the author, made in his contributed story.
If Mr. Spencer stated anything that was untrue then we implore EFA Processing and Ken Talbert to address those items specifically and not let any falsehood stand. The letter received identifies no particular statement.
The site does not adopt any user submitted content, stories or comments as true, just "as is" in accordance with the site terms.
As we said in posting Jason Spencer's contributed content, the author "shares his observations and experiences" and the story contributed is his story. That hardly seems as if it "highly suggests truth in the falsehoods you choose to publish." What is false? And we did not select part of his contributed story to publish.
Mr. Spencer was not compensated for his story and was advised in advance that anything he chose to contribute must be truthful and he would be responsible for his content.
This is the only such location of the posting of this article on the site and we are not aware of any other content submitted by Mr. Spencer.
The EFA Processing attorney, Mr. Williams refers to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. For those interested, more details can be found about that here.
To be open and transparent about the request received, the takedown notice received was submitted to the Chilling Effects Clearinghouse.


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CES 2015: Samsung Releases SSD T1 Portable USB 3.0 SSD
Subject: Storage, Shows and Expos | January 5, 2015 - 10:00 PM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: CES, usb 3.0, UASP, T1, SSD T1, ssd, Samsung, ces 2015
Today Samsung announced a new portable SSD - the SSD T1:
These are essentially 850 EVO's in very small portable packaging. They support USB 3.0 speeds as well as UASP, so random IO performance should be very respectable. We have not tested it ourselves, but something on the order of 8,000 4k random IOPS should be achievable.
Claimed speeds are up to 450 MB/sec, likely limited by the 5Gb/sec USB 3.0 interface being used. 256 bit hardware-based AES is also included, with the drive unlockable by the use of a small software app that is embedded on the drive. The included cable is impressively thin considering it is a full USB 3.0 spec cable. The release states the lowest capacity 250GB model will sell for $180. Based on other data we have, the 500GB and 1TB capacities should sell for ~$350 and $650, respectively. We will review the T1 just as soon as we get back from CES later this week.
Press blast after the break.
PC Perspective's CES 2015 coverage is sponsored by Logitech.
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CES 2015: SanDisk updates affordable SSD Plus, expands Ultra II SSD to mSATA
Subject: Storage, Shows and Expos | January 5, 2015 - 02:00 PM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: ces 2015, CES, Ultra II, SSD Plus, ssd, sandisk, msata
SanDisk has launched a few items of note this morning. There is a combination USB 3.0 / OTG capable flash drive, but the truly big news is a few updates to existing product lines.
First is an mSATA form factor of their existing and very popular Ultra II SSD. This is expected to perform similarly to its 2.5" SATA brother, but in the smaller form factor needed for some laptops, tablets, and so equipped desktop motherboards.
The other and perhaps most significant launch is the 'SSD Plus'. This is a sequel to SanDisk's original desktop SSD product, and is aimed squarely at the budget consumer that wants an SSD but doesn't necessarily need the best performing product.
The SSD Plus is SanDisk's attempt to beat the competing SSD prices right out of the gate, with launch MSRP's at $70 for 120GB ($0.58/GB) and $110 for 240GB ($0.46/GB). Those are among the lowest launch MSRP's we've seen to date, and that's not taking into account the sales that typically take place in the months after a given SSD launches.
We are going to be reviewing these as soon as we get them in. They are not meant to be super fast, but we doubt they would be what would be considered slow. So long as they are decent performers, that's a very good launch price.
Full press blast after the break.
PC Perspective's CES 2015 coverage is sponsored by Logitech.
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CES 2015: Storage Visions Sightings Part 1: HGST He8, DriveSavers, and SanDisk
Subject: Storage, Shows and Expos | January 5, 2015 - 03:34 AM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: CES, storage visions, ssd, sandisk, hgst, He8, DriveSavers, ces 2015
Many of the storage announcements this year are under embargo until tomorrow or later in the week. Fortunately there was plenty of things on display out in the open - meaning fair game for me to photograph and present to you in this quick photo walkthrough.
The HGST Ultrastar He8 was on display. This is a 7-platter Helium filled HDD. The lower density atmosphere enables more platters and higher spin speeds without producing too much heat for the drive to handle.
The added platters also enable a very large capacity of 8TB, all while consuming less power than most other available non-He HDD's, which is attractive for enterprise usage where racks upon racks are filled with these drives.
The display model we saw here was covered with plexiglass, but the DriveSavers folks had one completely open in all of its glory:
Seeing the head pack out of a drive is rare, as you're supposed to only get to that point in a clean room environment (unless you don't want your data back, that is). DriveSavers told us the challenge to recovery from an He HDD is getting the Helium back into the housing prior to closing it back up after a failed component replacement. Here's a closer look at that head pack. Note the small logic die built into the ribbon - this component needs to be mounted as close as possible to the heads to minimize interference and signal loss from the very high frequency signal coming from the read heads:
DriveSavers also has recently announced data recovery capability and partnership with SanDisk. There is a separate announcement we will be covering later in the week, but since we're talking about SanDisk, here is a look at the non-embargoed products we were allowed to show for now:
From left: UltraDIMM, FusionIO Atomic, Optimus Max, Optimus MAX (opened), Optimus ECO. More interesting here is that SanDisk is able to pack 4TB into the Optimus form factor. They accomplish this by a unique folding PCB design shown below in unfolded form:
That's it for this update, more to follow shortly.
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CES 2015: Lenovo Thinks That You'll Love Stackable Accessories
Subject: General Tech, Storage, Mobile | January 5, 2015 - 03:00 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: CES, usb 3.0, think stack, stack, power bank, peripherals, Lenovo, hotspot, ces 2015
Today at the Consumer Electronics Show, Lenovo announced updates and new additions to its Think-branded products aimed at business customers. New ThinkPad PCs, ThinkVision displays, and stackable ThinkPad accessories are launching early this year.
ThinkPad Stack
The ThinkPad Stack represents a set of independent stackable accessories for business users to pair with their notebook or tablet. The Stack pieces can be placed atop each other interchangeably using a magnetic interlock system and can pass both power and data through the stack in order to connect to power and/or a PC with fewer cables. At launch, there are four accessories: a Bluetooth speaker, portable power bank, wireless hotspot, and a 1TB USB 3.0 hard drive. You will be able to stack any combination of the four accessories together or remove a piece to take with you to a meeting.
The portable hard drive connects over a micro USB 3.0 connection to support fast transfer speeds. The wireless access point is able to take either a RJ45 wired Ethernet or 3G/4G cellular connection (using a wireless dongle) and broadcast out a Wi-Fi connection to allow you to share the Internet connection with multiple devices. The Bluetooth speaker accessory is aimed at business users wanting a simple device that can be used for conference calls (it has two 2W speakers and a noise cancelling microphone along with 3.5mm auxiliary and micro-USB line inputs). Finally, the power bank has a 10,000 mAh battery capacity and can charge two devices at 5V 2.1A on one port and 1A on the other port. Note that the speaker and hotspot have their own batteries as well.
The ThinkPad Stack accessories will be available in April with pricing as follows:
|Stack Accessory
|ThinkPad Stack Bluetooth Speaker
|ThinkPad Stack 10000mAh Power Bank
|ThinkPad Wireless Access Point / 1TB Hard Drive Kit
As such, the entire stack of stacks will run you just under $340 USD. The full stack weighs 861 grams or about 1.9 pounds and measures 136mm x 76mm (5.35" x 2.99"). It is a neat concept that should complement Lenovo's PCs well.
PC Perspective's CES 2015 coverage is sponsored by Logitech.
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CES 2015: MSI Implements USB 3.1 and USB Type-C Connector
Subject: Motherboards, Storage, Shows and Expos | January 5, 2015 - 12:21 AM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: usb type-c, usb 3.1, msi, ces 2015, CES
If you are like me, you probably thought the world of USB was going to be stable for a bit. Not so much as it turns out! MSI was showing off a couple of new products in its suite at CES 2015 that showcase new performance levels for USB as well as a much-needed new connector type.
First up, USB 3.1, the upgrade that includes performance as high as single channel Thunderbolt, 10 Gbps. MSI will be shipping USB 3.1 on a new revision of the GT72 gaming notebook as well as on the X99A Gaming 9 ACK motherboard shipping in February or March. Each will feature two ports of USB 3.1 capable of some impressive speeds.
These results are based on a RAID-0 implementation of a pair of Intel SSD 730 SSDs running on a prototype USB 3.1 capable controller that MSI didn't want us to show you. Seeing USB speeds reaching as high as 694 MB/s are impressive, exceeding that of the best USB 3.0 speeds we have seen at 470 MB/s. Considering we are looking at very early devices and software implementations, MSI's results on this board are fantastic.
Maybe more exciting than a speed boost to some USB users is implementation of the USB Type-C connector on the MSI Z97A Gaming 6 motherboard due in the same time frame.
There are several advantages to this new connector for both users and OEMs. First, it is reversible meaning you can plug plug the connector in upside down and it will work (finally!). It is also small, able to fit on the slimmest phones and tablets. Both sides of the cable are going to be the same, so any device that can use a Type-C connector will be able to use most any cable.
Power delivery also improves - 10 watts (5V at 2A), 60 watts (12V at 5A) and even up to 100 watts (20V at 5A)! And all of this power can be sent through that tiny Type-C connector as well leaving the possibility of charging your laptop through the same connector as your phone.
Expect both USB 3.1 as well as Type-C connectors to be a big shift in the middle of Q1.
PC Perspective's CES 2015 coverage is sponsored by Logitech.
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CES 2015: Storage Visions: Western Digital SATA Express SSD+HDD Spotted
Subject: Storage, Shows and Expos | January 4, 2015 - 10:15 PM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: CES, western digital, storage visions, ssd, SATA Express, hybrid, hdd, ces 2015
At the SATA-IO booth at Storage Visions, they have a functional demo of Western Digital prototype hybrid HDD/SSD's.
These are not hybrid in the traditional sense, as the SSD portion (128GB JMicron based controller driving Toshiba flash in the case of these prototypes) is logically separated from the HDD portion (a standard 4TB Black in this case).
Given that a SATA Express link can simultaneously pass a PCIe 2.0 x2 link in addition to a SATA 6Gbit/sec link, this one unit can link an SSD and an HDD simultaneously and independently. Above you see the standard SATA Express connector, and below is how those pins are connected at the drive itself:
Note the additional pins at what is usually the black side of the connector.
The rest of the connector is mostly a standard SATA connector that you are used to seeing.
At the demo, we saw a single 3.5" hybrid unit booting from the SSD portion and using the 4TB HDD for mass storage, all from the same device. The second demo had a separate boot drive and linked a pair of these prototype units in a dual RAID. Configured through Windows dynamic volumes, a RAID of the HDD's offered the increased performance you might expect from a pair of 4TB WD Blacks. The SSD portion of each unit was also RAIDed, and we saw their combined throughput as just over 1GB/sec. That was not much more than what a pair of RAIDed SATA 6Gb/sec SSDs would do, but realize this was being accomplished in addition to (and independently of) the HDD portions.
We were not allowed to start removing screws, but here's a look at the accessible portion of the logic board for this drive:
There is a JMicron controller paired with a single package of Toshiba flash. Toshiba has shown they can contain 128GB in a single package, so no problems there.
We're not sure where this technology is headed as the recent trend has been towards sticking with the standard SATA link for mass storage and M.2 SSDs plugged directly into the added port we've been seeing in many recent motherboards. We'll keep an eye on this technology moving forward, but for now at least we have seen it in the flesh and fully functional.
PC Perspective's CES 2015 coverage is sponsored by Logitech.
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Startech's dual drive, dual Thunderbolt enclosure
Subject: Storage | January 2, 2015 - 08:09 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Startech, thunderbolt, S252SMTB3, ssd
The StarTech Thunderbolt Dual SSD Enclosure S252SMTB3 is fairly expensive at just over $200 empty but thankfully they included a Thunderbolt cable; you will need to provide the second cable if you intend to daisy chain devices. This model uses the first generation 10Gbps interface and allows you to install two SSDs in either RAID 0 or RAID 1. In RAID 1 the drives performed as you would expect with the reads hitting close to theoretical maximum and write sitting just below half of that speed. In RAID 0 the reads and writes on the 128 GB Corsair Force GS SSDs used by Bjorn3D for testing hit their maximum theoretical speeds; it will be very interesting to see the results of faster SSDs on a new 20Gbps model of enclosure. If you want external storage that is as fast as your internal drives then this is worth looking at.
"Even though it is popular to use a network attached storage sometimes it is nice to have storage closer to the computer, for example for Timemachine backup on a Mac or just as a way to add more storage space on a laptop with a small SSD. The Startech enclosure we are reviewing today, the StarTech Thunderbolt Dual SSD Enclosure S252SMTB3, comes with a Thunderbolt interface that not only lets you daisy-chain it with several other peripherals but also offers a lot of bandwidth making it a perfect option for increasing the storage space on a Mac Book Air or other computer with little initial storage. After testing it turns out that it performs just as well as expected with just a few minor complaints."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Synology DiskStation DS415+ @ techPowerUp
- ASUSTOR AS7004T NAS Server Review @ NikKTech
- Asustor AS7004T @ Legion Hardware
- Seagate NAS Pro DP-6 Network Attached Storage @ Modders-Inc
- WD Red 6TB NAS Hard Drive Review @ Techgage
- Western Digital Red Pro (WD4001FFSX) 4 TB Hard Disk Drive @ TechARP
- Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 V4 6TB SAS 12Gb/s HDD Review @ NikKTech
- Lexar Workflow DD512 USB 3.0 Solid State Drive @ eTeknix
- Samsung brings out new longer-lived 1TB Flash podule for PCs, notebooks @ The Register
- The OCZ challenge: kill 5 ARC 100 SSD's @ Kitguru
Drobo is frequently referred to as 'the Apple of external storage products'. They got this name because their products go for the simplest possible out-of-the-box experience. Despite their simplicity, the BeyondRAID concept these units employ remains extremely robust and highly resistant to data loss in even the most extreme cases of drive failures and data loss. I reviewed the DroboPro 8-bay unit over 5 years ago and was so impressed by it that I continue to use one to this day (and it has never lost data, despite occasional hard drive failures).
Over those past 5 years since our review of the DroboPro, Drobo (then known as Data Robotics) has also had a bit of an Apple story. Their original CEO started the company but was ousted by the board in late 2009. He then started Connected Data in 2011, quickly growing to the point where they merged with Drobo in 2013. This was not just a merger of companies, it was a merger of their respective products. The original Transporter was only a single drive unit, where Drobo's tech supercharged that personal cloud capability to scale all the way up to corporate environments.
Many would say that for that period where their original CEO was absent, Drobo's products turned more towards profitability, perhaps too soon for the company, as the products released during that period were less than stellar. We actually got a few of those Drobos in for review, but their performance was so inconsistent that we spent more time trying to figure out what was causing the issues than completing a review we could stand behind. With their founder back in the CEO chair, Drobo's path was turned back to its roots - making a good, fast, and low cost product for their customers. This was what they wanted to accomplish back in 2009, but in many ways the available tech was not up to speed yet. USB 2.0 was the fastest widely available standard, aside from iSCSI over Gigabit (but that was pricey to implement and appeared in the DroboPro). Nowadays things are very different. USB 3.0 controllers are vastly more compatible and faster than they used to be, as is SATA controller hardware and ARM microcontrollers. These developments would ultimately enable Drobo to introduce what they wanted to in the first place:
This is the third generation 4-Bay Drobo. The 4-Bay model is what started it all for them, but was a bit underpowered and limited to USB 2.0 speeds. The second gen unit launched mid 2008, adding FireWire as a faster connection option, but it was still slower than most would have liked given its $500 price tag. This third generation unit promises to change all of that.
USB is once again the only connectivity option, but this time it's USB 3.0. There have previously been other 5-bay Drobos with this as an option (Drobo S, S gen 2, 5D, Mini), but many of those units saw compatibility issues with some USB 3.0 host controllers. We experienced some of these same frustrating incompatibilities first hand, and can confirm those frustrations. Drobo is putting that behind them with a revised chipset, and today we will put it all to the test.
Quick Deal (Canada): 480GB Intel 730 SSD for $259.99 CDN
Subject: General Tech, Storage | December 28, 2014 - 06:18 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: Intel, ssd, ncix, directcanada, deals
A couple of Canadian stores, NCIX and DirectCanada, have marked down the Intel 730 SSD in both 240GB and 480GB models. While sites like Amazon and Newegg are selling it for $530 and $547, respectively, NCIX has the 480GB version on for $259.99 and the 240GB version for $169.99. DirectCanada is close, their price is about $10 more expensive for the 480GB and a few cents cheaper for the 240GB (480GB - $269.89 and 240GB - $169.95). This is even cheaper than the American Amazon price, which is going for $456.99 USD.
You can see in Allyn's review from February, he really liked the drive. He notes that it is a bit hot and power hungry, but he also notes that the controller is overclocked and that is probably why you want to buy it. If you are Canadian, or are somehow able to make a purchase in Canada, this is a ridiculous price. For everyone else, who knows? It might be a sign that its price could drop altogether. Either that, or NCIX and DirectCanada just feel like throwing money around today.
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We've seen USB 3.0 in devices for a few years now, but it has only more recently started taking off since controllers, drivers, and Operating Systems have incorporated support for the USB Attached SCSI Protocol. UASP takes care of one of the big disadvantages seen when linking high speed storage devices. USB adds a relatively long and multi-step path for each and every transaction, and the initial spec did not allow for any sort of parallel queuing. The 'Bulk-Only Transport' method was actually carried forward all the way from USB 1.0, and it simply didn't scale well for very low latency devices. The end result was that a USB 3.0 connected SSD performed at a fraction of its capability. UASP fixes that by effectively layering the SCSI protocol over the USB 3.0 link. Perhaps its biggest contributor to the speed boost is SCSI's ability to queue commands. We saw big speed improvements with the Corsair Flash Voyager GTX and other newer UASP enabled flash drives, but it's time we look at some ways to link external SATA devices using this faster protocol. Our first piece will focus on a product from Inateck - their FE2005 2.5" SATA enclosure:
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Gunman, who shot and killed 4 children and 2 adults near Houston, arrested after standoff with SWAT
A man involved in a domestic dispute opened fire at a suburban Houston home Wednesday evening, killing six people, four of them children, and wounding one woman, authorities said.
A standoff with the suspected gunman later ensued when deputies cornered him in a nearby cul-de-sac.
At a morning press conference, authorities identified the suspect as Ron Haskell, 33, according to ABC News .
The Harris County Sheriff's Office issued a news release saying that precinct deputy constables were called to the house in the northern Houston suburb of Spring about 6 p.m. Wednesday and found two adults and three children dead. Another child later died at a hospital.
"It appears this stems from a domestic issue with a breakup in the family from what our witness has told us," Assistant Chief Deputy Constable Mark Herman of the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office told reporters.
Authorities did not release the victims' identities.
Harris County Sheriff's Deputy Thomas Gilliland describes the dead as two boys, ages 4 and 14; two girls, ages 7 and 9; a 39-year-old man; and a 33-year-old woman. He says the gunman and his wife are estranged, and she was out of state Wednesday. All the children were theirs. Two were adopted.
His 15-year-old daughter called 9-1-1 despite being shot in the head. She was able to tell the operator that her father was on his way to kill her grandparents in their home.
That tip helped police track the suspect as deputies were able to intercept, chase and corner the suspect in his vehicle in a cul-de-sac about three miles from the shooting scene, authorities said.
A line of about two dozen patrol cars followed the suspect vehicle to the end of the street shortly before 7 p.m. There, the suspect's boxed-in vehicle remained for hours. As darkness fell over the neighborhood, two armored trucks were brought in to block the car from behind and the front as negotiators began their work. Those talks continued for at least three hours without result.
Sheriff's Sgt. Thomas Gilliland described the man as in his 30s with a beard "and cool as a cucumber." He said that when he and other officers approached, the man was "just sitting in his car looking out at us."
Danna Stevens, 75, and her husband, Texas Stevens, live four doors down from the home where the shooting happened. Danna Stevens said she did not know her neighbors well and that they had moved into the subdivision about a year ago.


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Rx7 Superlite Pearl White Ionic Tourmaline Dryer is an advanced nano ionic dryer with infrared heat technology. Neon light indicates each stage of operation while variable temperature and speed settings allow you options. Superlite weight with a faster drying time by at least 60%. Tourmaline ionic emits the largest amount of negative ions and infrared heat so there is no damage to hair resulting in more moisture, sheen, and softness.
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No Customer Service For WarrantyWhen I purchased this hairdryer I noticed the outside air filter was missing. I contacted the manufacturer which is just an answering machine with a male voice in California. I never received a return call. It has been 4 days and I have left 3 messages. Also, the warranty card that is required to be filled out and a $29.00 fee for postage and handling is all black paper stock. You cannot read what you have written when you are writing on black shiny paper. I don't think this company wants to warranty any product if they are using all black paper stock for their warranty cards. I would say buyer be ware and proceed with caution when you purchase this dryer. There is no customer support available from the manufacturer if you ever have a warranty issue. And to pay $29.00 for shipping back; you might as well put this toward a new dryer.
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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (WOAI) - Coach Sally Stewart is a professional coach for World Wide Soccer. She knows that when kids have to spend hours in this heat, it can get dangerous.
There are signs she looks for when it comes to heat exhaustion, aside from the obvious signs - like dizziness, fatigue and nausea, these trained coaches look for the details.
Stewart says, "The face goes very very pale and eyes especially." And when I say details, there are signs they look for even in a way a kid vomits. "Basically they can't keep down fluids - not to be gross about it or anything - it'll be mostly liquid." Stewart says.
So if you or your child has to be outside in this heat, know the signs of heat exhaustion.
Look for the following:
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April 21, 2012
By Robin Thuringer
AUBURN, Ala.-- The Southern Illinois track and field team concluded competition Saturday at the War Eagle Invitational claiming five event titles.
The Salukis competed Friday and Saturday on the campus of Auburn University competing against some of the top-ranked programs in the country including No.19 host Auburn, Georgia, Alabama, Penn State, and Mississippi State.
Saturday's competition began with the completion of the field events. Malaikah Love placed eighth in the women's long jump. She recorded a leap of 19-00.50. Former Saluki Bianca Stuart placed second with a jump of 21-04.25 as a member of Team Puma. Nina Okafor placed tenth. Doug Palacious posted a jump of 23-02.00 on the men's side to place seventh. Eric Reeves followed in eighth place.
Maxim Bakana had a third place finish in the triple jump recording a jump of 48-07.25. Love finished in fifth place for the women with a distance of 40-02.25.
Cody Doerflein won the men's pole vault competition with a height of 17-04.50. Doerflein currently ranks 16th in the nation in the pole vault.
After a win the discus invitational and hammer invitational Friday night, Jeneva McCall extended her dominance in the shot put. McCall won the event with a toss of 55-05.75. Kim Fortney followed in second place with a throw of 50-05.25. DeAnna Price and Rickael Roach followed in the three and four spots, respectively.
In the men's shot put competition Brian Cooper was the top Saluki finisher placing fifth overall with a mark of 51-11.75. Tyler Clott placed eighth.
Freshman sprinter Amiris Warren set a personal record in the 200-meter dash placing 13th among 54 competitors with a time of 24.32. Nirupama Sunderajj finished in 28th place with a time of 24.84. On the men's side Ryan Sidwell placed 24th in a field of 49. Blake Green finished 29th.
Warren also went on to place tenth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.84, Nirupama Sunderajj followed placing 22nd with a time of 12.29. In the 100-meter hurdles Laquitsha Bejoile ran a season best time of 14.62 to place 21st overall. Matthew Benes competed in the 110-meter hurdles posting a personal best time of 11.60 to place 6th.
In the 800-meter run Mobola Rotibi placed seventh with a time of 2:14.74. Tess Shubert placed sixth in the 400-meter hurdles clocking in at 1:01.43. Evelyn Scott placed 14th with a time of 1:04.32. In the men's 400-meter dash, Blake Green placed 15th with a time of career best time 49.12.
The women's 4x100 relay team had a season best finish with a time of 46.40 to finish seventh. The men's relay team placed fourth.
T.J. Heffernan competed in the men's 1500-meter run placing 9th with a time of 4:00.31. Sarah McIntosh placed fourth for the women in the 1500 with a personal best time of 4:46.43.
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Rand Paul, a Kentucky senator and possible 2016 candidate for the highest office in the United States, told a University of California-Berkeley audience yesterday afternoon:
"Power must be restrained because no one knows who will next hold that power."
Paul's talk, described as an "NSA-bashing" speech by writer Peter Grier of the CSMonitor, did earn him a standing ovation from the crowd inside the Berkeley auditorium. Paul believes that the intelligence community is running wild and that existing oversight structures have not managed to rein them in. Said Paul:
"I oppose this abuse of power with every ounce of energy I have."
Calling for a bipartisan monitoring group, such as the Church Committee in the mid1970s, Paul hopes to hold in check the National Security Agency, according to Grier's article. The Senator also told the Berkeley crowd it seems that the NSA believes the Constitution thinks "equal protection means Americans should be spied upon equally."
The proposal from Paul comes after his California Senate colleague Dianne Feinstein's allegations that the Central Intelligence Agency crossed a separation of powers line last week in improperly searching a computer network set up for lawmakers, according to a previous article in the Examiner.
A piece in Politico further describes what Senator Paul has in mind:
"It should be bipartisan, it should be independent and wide-reaching. It should have full power to investigate and reform those who spy on us in the name of protecting us. It should watch the watchers. Our liberties are slipping away from us."
Pointing out that safeguards are needed, Paul stated:
"... think what information is on your Visa bill. From your bill, the government can tell whether you drink, whether you smoke, whether you gamble, what books you read, what magazines you read, whether you see a psychiatrist, what medications you take."
NSA officials have displayed "sheer arrogance," writer Katie Glueck quotes Paul as saying. Further:
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'we demand the truth from our officials'
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was also criticized by the Senator for offering a congressional panel the "least untruthful" answer to a question about the extent of the NSA's data collection.
Paul said Clapper should be tried for perjury. Glueck further quotes him:
"We have a right to the truth, we deserve the truth and we demand the truth from our officials."
While he felt torn on NSA leaker Edward Snowden's situation, he says this much seems clear:
"Clapper lied in the name of security, Snowden told the truth in the name of privacy."


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The line of dancers snaked around the theater in Los Angeles, where a second day of auditions took place for Season 10 of 'SYTYCD.' In the lobby, hopefuls rehearsed their best moves and chatted with host Cat Deeley. In addition to executive producer/head judge Nigel Lythgoe and judge Mary Murphy, Jesse Tyler Ferguson from 'Modern Family' was on the judging panel.


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Although their investigation is not over, Memphis, Tenn. police announced on Jan. 11, 2014 that the search for 7-week-old Aniston Walker has ended, according to WREG and WMCTV.
The child's mother, Andrea Walker, is currently behind bars, charged with child abuse and neglect in connection with Aniston's disappearance.
Police say she is not cooperating with the investigation, but they believe she knows something.
According to WREG, detectives posit that Aniston "at the very least, was seriously injured."
The report indicates the quest to find Aniston has been called off because police have made an exhaustive search of where the child could be and "have no other obvious places to look" for her.
According to the Huffington Post, on Friday, police searched a local landfill looking for the baby girl using cadaver dogs.
Walker, 33, told police she left Aniston with her 3-year-old son while taking her 5-year-old child to school.
Aniston was reported missing Jan. 9 sometime after Walker returned home.
Walker is being held on $500,000 bond, according to CBS News.
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Feb. 13, 2012
SEATTLE - Sophomore Katie Flood of the women's track and field team has been named the GoHuskies.com Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of Feb. 6-12. This is the fourth time Flood has earned the honor this year, the most out of any Husky student-athlete.
The Des Moines, Iowa, native Sophomore Katie Flood ran her second race of the indoor track season Saturday at the Flotrack Husky Classic, and for the second time she left the Dempsey Indoor buzzing about an unbelievable record-shattering run. Her time of 4:28.48 was the fourth-fastest mile in NCAA history indoors, and ranks her as the No. 3 American collegiate in NCAA history, just two weeks after she jumped to No. 5 in the list of U.S. collegiates at 3,000-meters.
Flood now leads the NCAA in both the mile and the 3,000-meters. Her mile run ranks second in the world this year, trailing only the woman who just edged her out for the victory, Sally Kipyego of the Oregon Track Club. Kipyego, a native of Kenya, is one of the world's elites as she won the silver medal at last year's World Championships at 10,000-meters. Kipyego won nine NCAA titles at Texas Tech.
Flood and Kipyego both ran comfortably in the pack early and it was Flood who first began to move her way up. Heading into the final lap, Flood moved into the lead, only to be briefly passed by Kipyego and another post-collegiate athlete, Hilary Stellingwerff. But it turned out Flood still had another gear, and she picked it up around the final curve as the clamor in the Dempsey picked up. Flood caught Kipyego and the two went stride for stride, with Kipyego just getting in at 4:28.41, Flood just .07 seconds short. They are also the two fastest mile times in Dempsey history.
The remarkable run is one of 14 new marks that will be typed into the Husky indoor Top-10 lists after the exhausting two-day Flotrack Husky Classic. Flood's school record joins the record set by sophomore Megan Goethals in the 5,000-meters Friday night. All told there were three Dempsey Indoor facility records, five meet records, and three more four-minute miles, bringing the all-time Dempsey total to 80.
Other nominees include: Terrence Ross (men's basketball), Kyle McMorrow (men's tennis), Maurice McNeal (men's track and field), Jazmine Davis (women's basketball), McKenzie Fechter (gymnastics), Kaitlin Inglesby (softball) and Samantha Smith (women's tennis).
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Feb. 13 - Katie Flood (women's track and field)
Feb. 6 - Terrence Ross (men's basketball)
Jan. 30 - Ruby Engreitz (gymnastics)
Jan. 23 - Max Manthou (men's tennis)
Jan. 16 - Terrence Ross (men's basketball)
Jan. 9 - Jazmine Davis (women's basketball)
Jan. 2 - Keith Price (football)
Dec. 26 - Desmond Simmons (men's basketball)
Dec. 19 - Tony Wroten (men's basketball)
Dec. 12 - Regina Rogers (women's basketball)
Dec. 4 - Regina Rogers (women's basketball)
Nov. 28 - Katie Flood (women's cross country)
Nov. 21 - Mercedes Wetmore (women's basketball)
Nov. 14 - Bianca Rowland (volleyball)
Nov. 7 - Denise Dy (women's tennis)
Oct. 31 - Chris Polk (football) and Katie Flood (women's cross country)
Oct. 24 - Brent Richards (men's soccer)
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Oct. 3 - Chris Polk (football)
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Sept. 19 - Max O'Donoghue-McDonald (men's cross country)
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I lucked out. For my very first experience in Boston, my husband and I stayed at what many consider the best hotel in Boston. The Mandarin Oriental has earned both a Forbes Five-Star award and an AAA Five Diamond rating. The award-winning hotel chain began in 1963 in Hong Kong and set an ultra-high bar that continues to be met by each individual hotel today. The Mandarin Oriental Boston is an excellent hotel choice for many reasons, but its spa is what sets it apart in my mind.
The hotel is located next to the Prudential Center, a fantastic shopping destination in Boston. The center's unique layout blends business, restaurants and stores. This means that a variety of great dining and shopping options are steps away from the hotel's door.
ROOMS and BEYOND
The Mandarin Executive Rooms have niceties not usually found in hotel rooms. For example, the room size is a bit larger than average at about 660 square feet, and has a roomy closet with a dressing bench. The working space is well stocked with writing supplies, including bookmarks. Bath amenities are spa-quality Red Flower brand and smell heavenly. The linens are Frette. If you love them (you'd be crazy not to), there is a Frette shop just off the lobby. Bear in mind, though, that the price of Frette echoes its quality. Bostonian Frank Nicholson's interior design firm created a city escape in this hotel with a sophisticated palette. You'll notice just a hint of Asian influence and very subtle Art Deco design details. It all feels brand new.
The room view is called "residential" on the website, which I don't believe does it justice. This part of Boston is charming in every way. The view of row houses and the beyond cityscape was captivating.
There are two massive suites at the Mandarin Oriental Boston, the Oriental Suite and the Dynasty Suite. David and I were given a tour of the 2,600 square-foot one-bedroom Dynasty Suite during our stay. The entire hotel is luxurious, but the suites are opulent. The Dynasty has a design touch I rarely see even in the best hotels in the world, silk wall coverings. The wood-paneled study, dining table for 8 and gas fireplace tell me that this space could be a home away from home for a small family (the room next door can be connected for those traveling with children) or an incredible place to hold a small meeting.
THE SPA at MANDARIN ORIENTAL BOSTON
My stay was complete after a trip to the spa. I opted for a facial, but the sum of my visit was much more than one treatment. Guests of the spa are encouraged to arrive 45 minutes early for a more immersive experience. Here, you must leave the world behind and step into a new one. To symbolize this transition, I was asked to remove my shoes in the spa's beautiful entrance and replace them with the provided slippers. After a hot cup of tea, I was taken to the lockers and then back to my incredible treatment room.
My therapist, Elisha, brought me more tea to warm me from the inside and then I settled into the heated bed, which was elevated at my knees and shoulders to cradle me perfectly. After a brief consultation, she decided to change the facial from the one I reserved to another (the Aromatherapy Associates Facial) to suit my needs. My face was cleaned and pampered and my arms, neck, shoulders and scalp were gently soothed to the soft music. Pressure point therapy was integrated at certain points. I have never felt so relaxed and had to fight off sleep. I'm quite sure I nodded off for a few minutes, actually. When I asked Elisha how often her clients can't help but take a nap, she said with a smile, "Always." The treatment ended with the ringing of Tibetan Tingsha cymbals. Fascinated by the idea of cleansing a room with sound, I bought some on the way out as a gift for my husband.
Because the spa is the only Forbes Five-Star spa in the state, I had high expectations. It met each one and exceeded them all. Elisha is hands-down the best massage therapist in practice. You must try this experience.
I love this hotel and its ethereal spa. There isn't a better place to stay in Boston.
For more information on Mandarin Oriental Boston or to book your stay, please visit their website.
Examiner's Note: Sara Anderson, I deeply appreciate the tour, the facts you dug up for me and the considerate arrangements. Thank you!
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Chabad Rabbis 'Win' World Cup
Chabad of Cape Town has found a creative way to promote the movement's win-win goals. INN TV brings you the 'Chabad Rabbis Win World Cup' video.
By Hana Levi Julian and Yoni Kempinski
First Publish: 7/7/2010, 7:23 PM / Last Update: 7/8/2010, 11:06 AM
The Chabad-Lubavitch branch in Cape Town, South Africa has found a fresh new way to promote the movement's win-win goals, designed to help make the world a more spiritual, better place to live. Israel National News TV brings you the 'Chabad Wins the World Cup' video, courtesy of Chabad-Lubavitch of Cape Town.
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Doing a fundraiser by yourself is always a challenge, especially with a reasonably new show that is still finding it's audience. When you're sitting in the room all alone, and you have no idea if people are calling (or if you notice phone lines are busy, if they're actually pledging) it's just about the most lonely feeling in the world. I spent almost the entire first hour convinced that no one was supporting the show, only to get a flurry of activity at the end of the hour and have everything work out to our second best fundraising show on KPFK! Great music, coming from the various packs and add-ons, we'll be back at it this coming Sunday with even more goodies, so please if you can tune in, spread the word and support KPFK and Melting Pot!
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Vandebilt sweeps parish titles
Published: Friday, October 26, 2007 at 10:24 a.m.
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BOURG Vandebilt Catholic was the big winner at Wednesdays Terrebonne Parish Cross Country Meet.
Vandebilt had five of the Top 10 runners in the boys and girls races and took home first-place trophies.
I was concerned about the boys. South Terrebonne has a very strong top-two and several others to complement them, Vandebilt coach Dave Malone said.
Our guys knew that and set goals for themselves coming in and they were able to reach them. This is going to help get us ready for our district meet.
The meet, hosted by Ellender Memorial, featured five Terrebonne Parish high schools and had 56 boys and 39 girls participating.
Vandebilts Justin Babin led the boys field with a winning time of 15 minutes, 54 seconds.
Babins teammate, Ross Mullooly, finished second at 16:02. H.L. Bourgeois Guy Schexnayder rounded out the top three with a time of 16.23.
H.L. Bourgeois coach Leonard Folse said he was pleased with Schexnayders performance.
Last meet he ran a 17:50, Folse said. The rain that day may have played a factor, but I am pleased with his and the whole teams progress.
South Terrebonnes Chase Menard (16:36) and Jake Thibodeaux (16:45) rounded out the top five.
The duos effort helped the Gators take second, and H.L. Bourgeois finished third.
Terrebonnes Skyla Jackson (20:18) finished first for the girls by knocking over a minute off of here previous time recorded on the same course earlier this month.
She was followed by Vandebilts Alexis Guidry (20:35).
Rounding out the top five were Ellenders Hali Yakmusa (20:39) and Vandebilts Emily Carrere (21:14) and Logan LeBlanc (21:50).
Alexis, Emily and Logan ran well for us, but we also have a solid group behind them, Malone said. They have been running well and improving each meet.
Though not having any runners appear in the top five, South Terrebonne placed second with five runners in the top 12.
Hannah Theriot (21.57) had the best time for the Lady Gators.
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The strategy would involve utilizing both heavylift (commercial C-17) and standard lift aircraft (747-8F). Current projections suggest at least 300 aircraft in initial phases.
"Sword of Damocles"
"China's and South Korea's virtual control of ocean-borne shipping, along with China's rise as a blue water naval power capable of interrupting critical east-west ship transit lanes at will, signals an absolute need to neutralize a veritable 'Sword of Damocles' over the U.S. industrial base global supply chain," says Myron D. Stokes, Managing Member.
"During the case study development phase for a U.S./NATO-controlled Heavy and Outsized air cargo industry using commercial variants of Boeing's C-17 Globemaster III, we worked with global logistics executives at major industrial firms to warn of this emergent danger to their global supply chains. As one would expect, their focus was on price, and not on service continuity vulnerability. Despite an observable reduction of systemic inefficiencies in air augmented supply chain simulations, they did not want to believe that the major shipping firms, most based in Asia, and very few of those operating U.S flagged ships, would risk contract termination through denial of service.
( http://www en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Application_of_Military_Airlift_Aircraft)
"Unfortunately, they were in denial of China's oft-stated and underreported aspiration to become the dominant economic and military power, a fact quite clear to national security strategist Dr. Sheila Ronis when commenting on fellow strategist and former U.S. Naval War College Professor Dr. Thomas P.M. Barnett's New York Times bestselling book (2004) The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in The 21st Century saying:
"Global war begins with economic crises such as the major problems in Japan, the overheating of the China economy due to its insatiable, and now unstoppable appetite for raw material, and the continued instability within the Middle-East, compounded by the uncertainties of Iraqi War outcome. We are right now contending with macro-economic trends that are outstripping and outpacing any efforts to keep them in check. Crises not dissimilar to these in the 1930s directly led to World War II. Very similar and very dangerous. [Dr. W. Edwards] Deming once told me that Japan went to war because they thought their population was about to starve. Their backs were to the wall, and they felt they had no choice but to pursue this course in view of then existent US economic policies.
'War is often the inevitable aftermath of negative economic forces on nations, and we have to be mindful of the difficulties facing multiple nations simultaneously, now, as then. We are seeing in real-time the viability of the 'core' and 'gap' scenarios postulated by Dr. Barnett in his book… Moreover, the Chinese view the global pie as a zero sum game; their win is a loss for the US in every category of the nation's existence. However, if globalization is properly managed, the entire pie can grow. If it is not managed, that's when the industrial base could collapse. Conversely, the enemy is not globalization; it is, rather, the lack of managing it."
(http://www defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/China%20Report%202006.pdf)
Global Supply Chain Vulnerability
What is obvious, Stokes further notes, is that managing globalization, with particular emphasis on the supply chain and the manufacture of goods, is not currently the strong suite of the United States. "According to learned colleagues within industry and government, this must change in the near term, if not urgently, says Stokes. "Otherwise, the country will lose any chance of regaining its dominance as shaper of the geo-political and geo-economic landscape; the direct result of historically unparalleled industrial and military might.
"It is imperative to recognize that the difficulties outlined above are not part of some distant tomorrow, but a clear and present danger. We have personal knowledge of the fact that both GM and Ford had their ocean-borne supply chains disrupted on the same day in 2004 due to a sudden unavailability of ships. In our view, that was no hiccup in the system, but a shot across the proverbial bow.
"The negative ramifications of Communist China's veritable control of ocean-borne shipping is exacerbated exponentially by its growth as a naval power capable of projecting power around the globe. Not only will they reserve the right to disrupt supply chains at whim within their territorial claims, such as the whole of the South China Sea, (note recent Chinese Sub, U.S. Destroyer John S. McCain "collision" in international waters that must be regarded as this year's version of the EP3E incident) but will resort to a military option to support that right, however unsustainable in the World Court."
Stokes, a former Newsweek, Newsweek Japan and Newsweek International industry correspondent, further says his certitude relative to China's current and future actions stems in part from access to a scenario authored by Dr. Ronis, "Battle of The South China Sea: 2011" , (originally completed in September 2006) presented in the spring of 2008 at The Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. (http://www hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=hudson_upcoming_events&id=536)
As was noted on both The Hudson Institute and the Project on National Security Reform (PNSR org) (http://www pnsr.org/web/page/668/sectionid/579/pagelevel/2/interior.asp) sites: "In this future scenario, hypothetical Chinese aggression towards Taiwan provokes a Sino-U.S. military confrontation. Initially, the technologically superior and network-centric American military is quickly devastated by the Chinese' ability to activate imbedded programming in small electronic connectors. This process effectively neutralizes the defense, attack, and navigation capabilities within every system on U.S. warships, submarines, and aircraft. Because Beijing controls two-thirds of the world's supply of these seemingly harmless connective devices, the Chinese are able to deliberately and strategically infiltrate the U.S. military and industrial base and target four of the military's primary weapons systems programs. The purpose of this scenario is to expose flaws and weaknesses within the current U.S. national security apparatus. It calls attention to potential dangers of overlooking current weaknesses in the U.S. defense industrial base and global supply chain. The text also highlights the importance of evaluating assumptions and continually assessing novel events."
An excerpt: South China Sea: 0700 Zulu. 6 May, 2011
"The US Seventh Fleet, led by the carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) has been deployed to send a strong message to China's totalitarian leadership, who are amassing troops, aircraft and vessels for what is a apparently a full scale assault against Taiwan in accordance with the provision of the 2005 Non-Secession laws. Laws specifically crafted to legally permit an invasion of this tiny nation.
"Years of preparation for such an invasion make the US-backed Taiwanese military a formidable foe, and it won't be overrun easily. Nevertheless, competence in matters military and strength of will cannot withstand parity in capability and equal strength of will plus overwhelming numerical superiority within the People's Liberation Army (PLA), Air Force (PLAAF) Navy (PLAN) and its air arm (PLANAF).
"This disturbing reality is the basis of a foregone conclusion among US DoD planners that Taiwan's fall is not a matter of if, but when. Which is exactly why the fleet was deployed the moment satellite ground imagery, growing communications traffic and human intelligence determined an attack against Taiwan was inevitable.
"The US naval, air and ground force commanders have every reason to be in a successful outcome against a quite modernized Chinese force led by the 80,500 ton Yalu-class carrier Zhu Rongji. This force will soon include a Nimitz-class carrier of 101,000 ton displacement built under the direction of both Russian and French maritime architects and engineers, and is expected to deploy a full year in advance of the new CVN-78 class super carriers scheduled for 2014, whose presence rendered moot the argument of several defense analysts that the Chinese were not interested in near-term development of a blue water force capable of slugging it out with powerful US surface fleets deployed globally. The force also includes enhanced Sovremenny-class Destroyers equipped with new carrier killing ship to ship missiles, super-quiet Victor III-based nuclear-powered and very quiet Kilo-class diesel-electric submarines, and 60-knot Hydrofoil and Catamaran Littoral Combat Vessels, all equipped with now supersonic rocket torpedoes.
"The US navy, recognizing the powerful threat represented by these Russian developed weapon systems in 2005, had worked for the past six years developing countermeasures, but even now, in 2011, the current generation weapon called Shkval (Squall) is tough to defeat.
"In a surprising twist, help to counter this threat came from none other than Vladimir Putin himself, who realized in 2007 along with everyone else in the Russian government and military, that their prolonged and profound technological and tactical assistance programs to Chinese weapons development had put Russia at risk. The years of joint exercises and the comfort level felt, at least by the Russians, relative to ideological commonality, was nothing more than a means to a very large end by the Chinese. Indeed, the otherwise distrustful Russians had forgotten a signature Sun Tzu-ism: 'Know yourself and know your enemy'".
Development of Scenario Data
"In the course of my work as a Vision Working Group Leader within the Project on National Security Reform," says Dr. Ronis, "a clear pattern began to emerge whereby China had been, and is, systematically engaging in data and technology acquisition activities designed to dramatically improve their position economically, militarily and geo-politically at levels previously underestimated. The recent prosecutions of U.S. residents with dual Chinese/American citizenry in sensitive areas of government and industry, is a mere microcosm of this decades old strategy as a whole. Indeed, China's undeniable advancement as a nation that will not be ignored, has emboldened them to continue activities that, if left unchecked, will completely damage the United States' industrial capabilities. This is because the US does not have a grand strategy for its economic viability. In fact, the US has no viable grand strategy, period; a situation we hope to ameliorate through the PNSR.
"I have, with specificity, presented my assessments of these matters in testimony before The United States China Economic and Security Review Commission," (USCC gov) Ronis further stated.
Availability of China Scenario; Theft of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System
Academic, media and government organizations can request a copy of the full scenario through requests directly to Dr. Ronis, email@example.com. This document, according to Dr. Ronis, has been vetted at several levels of government.
Of further interest is that the scenario and support data confirms theft of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMD), and strongly suggests that F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning II and C-17, among other weapons systems, have been compromised through Chinese espionage activities.
Stokes is convinced that now is the time for logistics executives within the U.S. and partner nations to aggressively pursue permanent air augmentation of their global supply chains, adding that these activities will become systemically interlinked with BC-17/AN-124-based heavylift operations once implemented. Not only will this create a welcome increase in aircraft acquisition and upgrades, but a lifeline on which to rely in increasingly uncertain times.
"Permanent air augmentation of supply chain," says Stokes, "Is an effective means by which a repeat of an Operation Sea Lion-type blockade of a country's supply lines, such as that against Great Britain in 1940, can be effectively mitigated."
(http:www slideshare.net/GHHLLC/speed-news-aerospace-and-defense-conference-an-usnato-controlled-heavylift-industry-utilizing-boeing-bc17-globemaster-iii-commericalmilitary-airlifters)
About Global HeavyLift Holdings, LLC
Founded in 2002, GHH is a strategic air transport solutions that was born of a multi-year public/private effort among forward thinkers in both the private sector and government to mitigate emerging and observable vulnerabilities in the U.S. industrial base global supply chain. Such vulnerabilities are represented by the fact that no ocean-borne shipping is in U.S. hands at present, thus potentially subjecting American corporations, especially automotive, and their global operations to the whims and perhaps economically hostile activities of and by foreign governments. Add to this the risk of terrorist activities, which have, according to the Department of Homeland Security, targeted maritime operations; i.e., ships, ports and ocean containers.
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) listed, it is the goal of GHH and its strategic partners around the planet to work with key logistics personnel within these corporations and government agencies to conceptualize, craft and structure long-term global supply chain alternative transportation methodologies through continuous - not stop gap or emergency - air augmentation solutions. Its most important mission, however, has been in the co-development of global architecture for infrastructure of a new American controlled industry, Heavylift, utilizing the excellent airlift performance characteristics of the Boeing BC-17.
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Today Joe Hedges wrote the following on the July For Kings blog, about their upcoming weekend;
We have july for kings shows this friday and saturday in Cleveland and Cincinnati. Please consider coming out if you are in the area. With any luck, they will not suck. that is the endorsement. go ahead and tell your friends you heard from the singer the show will "probably not suck". it's good to start with low expectations.
This humorous endorsement may be sincere but not entirely accurate. July For Kings is one of Cincinnati's most seasoned local acts, and anyone who has followed them over the years would never have low expectations. The band's existence is now exceeding a decade, and it is July For Kings great live performances that continue to draw new fans into their music.
I can remember the first time I was given a copy of July For Kings debut album SWIM in 2003. It was my first taste of the Cincinnati local music scene, and I couldn't believe the quality of it. July For Kings has always felt like a band that could explode onto mainstream airwaves at anytime. Aside from being a local favorite, July For Kings has played a large role in growing the Cincinnati music scene. Before Cavashawn ever moved to Chicago, they were opening for July For Kings (playing under the name Premium back then) honing their craft and learning from the band. It is this culmination of experience the band shares that has allowed members like Joe Hedges to recently branch off and record a solo album; in addition to building his visual art career. There is certainly not an end in sight to the talent or drive behind the creative minds of July For Kings.
So whether this will be your first time or your tenth time catching July For Kings live, come out to The Mad Frog on Saturday April 17th. The show is starting at 10:00 with opening act Frankly Speaking. And be sure to tell your friends the show will probably not suck.


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