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Corsair HX650w 650W ATX PSU
Published: 15th January 2010 | Source: Corsair | Price: £93.40 |
"If it aint broke, don't try to fix it...just update it". This phrase (although slightly modified) pretty much sums up what was going through Corsair's heads when they decided to release the HX650w. They knew that they already had one of the most respected PSU's on the market with the HX620w, so why change anything that didn't absolutely need it? The look of the unit was great, the size was just perfect, the modular connectors were a hit. All that really needed updating was the efficiency and maybe a few other minor performance tweaks to prevent any other manufacturer from knocking it off its perch.
And that's all they did.
The HX650w IS in simple terms a HX620w with ~6% higher average efficiency, slightly more stable voltages, and according to Corsair, lower noise output thanks to less energy being wasted as heat.
Additionally the tests over on the previous page also show that the HX650w has awesome ripple suppression, a working set of safety features that kick in at around 720w load and the ability to deliver pretty much its entire 650w output on the +12v rail alone.
As per usual the packaging is second to none, the 7 year warranty included with the HX650w is exactly whats needed to show people that a PSU purchase is for life, not just for Christmas (sigh) and the average retail price of £90-95 is more than acceptable for a PSU of this caliber.
So what is there not to like? Well, I cant deny not being every-so-slightly disappointed when I found out that Corsair didn't opt to use CWT as the OEM for this unit as they did for the amazing HX750w and HX850w models. Why? Simply because the HX750w for example has higher efficiency, even more stable rails and in my opinion a better modular connector interface. Of course, I've already mentioned that Corsair probably didn't want to run the risk of spoiling a good thing, and additionally the CWT units are generally quite a bit more chunky than similar wattage Seasonic variants - so the size of the casing may have not been able to stay the same.
But at the end of the day the HX650w is one great PSU and that's all there is to it.
The Good
- Stable voltages across all rails
- Reasonably high efficiency with an average of around 86%
- Great looks and tasty modular cables
- Excellent ripple suppression
- Max output around 720w
- All Japanese caps.
- 7yr warranty!
The Mediocre
- Not quite as efficient or stable as the HX750w or HX850w
- Didn't like one of the cross-load tests (but as I've said already 3 times, its not likely to be reproduced in real world)
The Bad
- Nothing.
Thanks to Corsair for sending their latest PSU in for us to torture. Discuss this review in the OC3D forums.
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Originally Posted by name='thestepster'
nice review jim, im upgrading my psu pretty soon and these corsairs are defintely the way 2 go but i was going to get the HX750 one since its more future proof
1) Form and fit (not afraid of a little metal work, however)
2) cable management (more along the lines of reach and airflow than aesthetics), and
3) the PSU's ability to handle Stepped Approximated Sine wave or Pulse Width Modulated sine wave UPS's (battery side only, not AC side).
These Dells are notorious for crashing when presented fake sine waves from their power sources. Any idea if the Corsairs care if it's a pure or fake sine wave? Ever test that? If interested pick up an APC BX1300G and see if your PSUs puke when it goes into battery mode... I'd be real interested in the result!
Great report, Jim.
Cheers, BZQuote
To be honest I have little (read:no) experience with aftermarket PSU's in Dell machines. The last I heard tho was that they switched around certain cables on the ATX connector so that only their PSU's would work and anything else would go *bang*. Not sure if this is still the case though?Quote
All the recent Dell machines I have replaced PSUs in have had standard ATX (albeit crappy) units in them. I would think yours is no different, the only issue I can forsee is if there is enough room in the case for a new one, since Dell OEM PSUs tend to be on the short/small side and the Corsair units are a little bigger. Remember you'll need some cable clearance too. The only newer Dells that I've worked on with non-standard PSUs were smaller form factor machines, which is almost to be expected, though even some of the larger towers (probably not XPS) have been more narrow than normal.
Never seen a Dell with the ATX connectors switched round wrongly yet, I would hope that they'd also change the plug so that a standard one simply wouldn't fit in that case, who knows if they do or not.
I can see many complaints on the net about your PSU having problems like you mentioned, but no issues with Corsair units in the same way, so I would think a decent quality unit would solve the problem or not present the issues you are concerned about.
Remember, if you buy a unit from the internet, you can use the Distance Selling Regulations to get it returned if you find out it won't fit, but you do only have 7 days to do that and obviously you mustn't damage it.
Hope that helps.
I have a Corsair HX620 ready for RMA (still) and by the sounds of how they operate I may get back one of these newer units, glad to hear it's at least an improvement on the old one.Quote
Thanks for the feedback and sharing your observations/experience. I've been inside the XPS tower - it seemed pretty roomy, bet then again I wasn't trying to replace the biggest blob inside the box at the time. Based on your and Jim's reply I guess the best thing to do is get a multimeter out and check everything before trying to slip it in place. Agree - not changing the plug while messing with polarities and voltages would be criminal. I'm building my next box...
Thanks again both. I'll report back after the Corsair arrives (tomorrow as scheduled).
BZ (from across the pond - Northern Virginia, USA)Quote
It seems that starting after September of 1998 Dell defected from the cause of industry standardization and began using specially modified Intel supplied ATX motherboards with custom wired power connectors. Of course they also had custom power supplies made that duplicated the non-standard pinout of the motherboard power connectors.
An even bigger crime than simply using non-standard power connectors is that only the pinout is non-standard, the connectors look like and are keyed the same as is dictated by true ATX. There is nothing to prevent you from plugging the Dell non-standard power supply into a new industry standard ATX motherboard you installed in your Dell case as an upgrade, or even plugging a new upgraded industry standard ATX power supply into your existing Dell motherboard. But mixing either a new ATX board with the Dell supply or a new ATX supply with the existing Dell board is a recipe for silicon toast. How do you like your fried chips, medium or well done?
I think I must be showing my age...
So - I ordered an HX750W from the net and after doing so thought it prudent to call Corsair to discuss this before installing. Explained my situation to the quite knowledgable tech; mainly the story on the factory PSU, speed bumps people had run into, and my problem with the OEM power supply not liking the "dirty" AC signal coming from my UPS's inverter. He said he'd never seen that problem with a Corsair, so that was the first bit of good news. I was torn between sticking with the old PSU and upgrading to a pure sine wave UPS (less risk) - or - buying a new PSU and sticking with my relatively inexpensive UPS (much less cost despite making a major upgrade to the PC itself). Whilst speaking with him he urged me to verify (with Dell) that my motherboard was ATX12V 2.2 (& backward) compliant, had a 20+4 pins main power plug and either an 8 pins or 4 pins power plug for the CPU. So off I went first to Intel to read the ATX 2.x spec. Found pinouts and other information useful to non-Dell users - since Dell only publishes scant marketing level descriptions (hardly full specs). So then off I went to (useless) Dell. The only thing they could tell me was their part number (F217J) for my original PSU - couldn't recommend any others as replacements. I cross-referenced that to a Flextronics Model #VP-0900073-000. Couldn't verify that it was ATX 2.2 compliant, but found a few posters out there who claimed to have successfully replaced this exact model with a number of differing brands, all ATX 2.2 compliant PSU's. The new Corsair arrived yesterday and down went the PC to the workshop. I cracked the machine open, cleaned and dusted, took a bunch of pictures and measured stuff. Decided it would fit and it was safe to open the new Corsair.
Wow - was I thrilled when I opened up that box! High quality nylon pouch for the modular cables, packaging like I've never seen before (velvet-like bag containing the PSU), wire ties, extra mounting screws and a very well written installation guide - even a metal "Powered by Corsair" logo tag for the outside of the machine. I was really impressed. So, the new PSU was about 1/2" shorter and about 7/8" longer, but turns out those dimensions don't matter much in my chassis. True to form, Dell's external mounting holes in the chassis didn't line up with the PSU. I extended the upper right chassis hole by making it a bit oblong (up and to the right about 1/8") and drilled a new lower left hole (about 5/16" directly below the original one). New PSU slipped right in and the holes lined up with their threaded mounting screw bosses in the PSU case. Because the Corsair isn't as tall, it didn't rest on a stamped-out horizonal chassis tang that the original rested upon, but there was no give or movement of any kind once the four screws were securely in place. The cables are some of the best quality I've ever seen. Took about 15 minutes to route stuff, another 10 minutes to tidy and close things up, and back up to the office I went.
Fired right up (I like my chips medium, thank you Jim). UPS monitoring S/W said I was burning 195W - about 50W less than before (I suppose that's a manifestation of the unit's efficiency... cool!). Then off to test the el cheapo APC Back-Up system (el cheapo - US$169 - not that cheap). Ran the self test and voila. It worked. This PSU's so quiet - what a purchase.
Jim and alexhull24 - I owe you a debt of gratitude. Thanks for the prudent warnings and good advice - and Jim - thanks for the exceptional review the 650. While I didn't necessarily write this for just you gents, I thought you might appreciate the detail and the news on the XPS Studio 435T's ATX 2.2 compliancy. Maybe somewhere along the line Dell got the message... Then again, probably just an "oversight" on their part.
One footnote. Someone out there blamed Active PFC as the root cause of my problem between the PSU and the UPS. Not true. The old PSU is a switching PSU. Says so right on the label. Glad I didn't rule out Active PFC. Had I followed that "advice" I probably would not have bought this and may have ended up with the same problem... There you go, Jim. See if you can show that Switching PSU's can't handle the Step Approximated or Pulse Width Modulated sine waves. Maybe that's the root cause... Maybe it's just a piece of junk Dell OEM PSU that's the problem.
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(This entry is a mix of Sophia and Mike writing, so we'll leave it to you to guess who the "I" refers to in each sentence.) We woke up in Charlottesville; got coffees and bagels (bagel sandwich with herbed tofu!) and headed out to the Air & Space Hangar.
I walked in and was immediately disappointed that I was looking at a room full of planes. But, then I found the Space room and was MUCH happier and was able to get into looking at the planes and discussing which of the tiny ones I needed to fly away in.
I (Okay this is Mike) really love visiting Air and Space. I find myself full of awe staring at planes and missiles and the such that have made aviation and general history. It's bizarre to look at the Enola Gay and to read the extremely clinical description of the plane and its involvement in WWII. It's almost disturbing to see it in such a context, but nonetheless, very powerful.
We also goofed around at the museum....
Then we moved on to grab lunch with a Kelly's friend - it was a "beach shack" and it was literally 105 degrees out -so we refused to sit outside.
They had a separate vegetarian menu - I got the "phish and chips" (beer battered tofu - Mike got barbecue tofu) despite their misguided music reference. It was okay - just a bit greasy - and needed a ton of malt vinegar (which I LOVE) and hot sauce. After, we camped out in a Starbucks to keep cool and catch up on the Internet for a bit.
Lessons from the road #8: Kelly Davidson is not allowed near doors and seat belts, avoid them at all costs.
Lessons from the road #9: Always have a happy song to break into when tense moments occur.
Lessons from the road #10: do not doubt the beautiful and talented Kelly Davidson
Lessons from the road #11:You realize how attached to your phone you are when you're on the road, and your screen turns in the Rorschach test.
Lessons from the road #12: Free Wi-Fi is a God send.
Lessons from the road #13: Sometimes using your eyes is a lot easier than using your GPS, especially when the gas station is 50 ft away.
Lessons from the road #14: Yellow lights + an Amp behind your head + Sophia = severe headache.
Lessons from the road #15: I generally dislike Bright Eyes, which means it'll be played constantly on the road. Don't announce music you don't like.
Lessons from the road #16: Make friends on the road...it's cheaper than renting a hotel room.
Then we made our way down to the venue, Comet Ping Pong (D.C.) - the venue is a really awesome pizza place with ping pong in the back. We were immediately given menus and drink tickets - they had Teese vegan cheese - so Mike and I were delighted - being vegan in DC has been very easy so far. They also gave us a much needed fruit plate - first fruit I'd seen in several days! The Comet (and Sasha and Damian) treated us so well, it almost felt wrong for rock 'n' roll. Kelly, Bishop and I tore it up on the ping pong tables - it's hard not to have a ton of fun while playing ping pong.
The place had the craziest bathrooms hidden behind some wood paneling. We were pointed in the direction of the bathrooms, but couldn't figure out the secret knock to get in. There were about 5 of us trying and even doubting that these were the real bathrooms. Maybe we were on Candid Camera. It turns out they were occupied.
Monolithic Cloud Parade and She Bears, both in from Ohio. We had two missions during our stay at The Comet - wish our friend, Glenn DiBenedetto (of Killer Suit) a happy birthday from stage (video below) and hide something in the venue for Sidewalk Driver, who are playing there in one week (Tad stalking us has become a theme) - both were accomplished but the latter perhaps not quite as awesomely as we had intended because we got pretty frazzled somehow. The place was awesome, but kind of wacky. The green room was also a metal shop, for example. No joke.
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Esperanza Rising
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Esperanza Rising Chapter 2 Summary
Las Uvas (Grapes)
- Fast forward six years. Papa hands Esperanza a knife so that she can cut the first ceremonial bunch of grapes in the harvest of 1930.
- All of the people who live and work at El Rancho de las Rosas, Esperanza's family estate, are gathered for the beginning of the harvest.
- Esperanza's parents, Ramona and Sixto Ortega, encourage her towards the grapevines.
- She does it (success!) and brings the first bunch of grapes to Papa. He holds it up for everyone to see, and cries: "¡La cosecha!" "Harvest!" Woo! (Sorry, we're getting into it over here.)
- Esperanza loves watching the campesinos, or field workers, harvest the grapes.
- It's also her favorite time of year because, after the grape harvest is over, it's her birthday. And you know what that means—time to party.
- This year, Esperanza will turn thirteen. Sweet thirteen.
- Esperanza's friends Marisol, Chita, and Bertina will be at the party. Whenever these girls get together, they can't stop talking about the big parties they'll have when they turn fifteen: their Quinceañeras.
- The Quinceañeras are basically coming-out parties for the daughters of wealthy families. After these parties, the girls will be old enough to be courted, marry, and become the head of a household.
- But... let's not think about that right now. Esperanza never wants to leave her Mama and Papa and El Rancho de las Rosas. And anyway, boys have cooties.
- Three weeks later, Esperanza is gathering roses in preparation for the big party. She pricks her thumb on a nasty thorn, and thinks, "bad luck." Superstitious much?
- Papa has promised to meet her in the garden, but it's getting dark, and he still hasn't returned from working the cattle. Hmmm.
- But she knows the next day (the day of the party) will be awesome. First, Papa will serenade her with the traditional birthday song, "Las Mañanitas." Then she'll open her presents, which will surely include a porcelain doll from Papa and some embroidered linens from Mama. Jackpot.
- In the meantime, Esperanza and her mother worry about a report that there have been bandits in the area. Though the Mexican Revolution is over, there's still a lot of resentment against large landowners like Papa, because many poor people have no land at all. (Check out our discussion of "Setting" for more on the Mexican Revolution.)
- Sure, Papa is sympathetic to the cause of the poor and has given land to many of his workers. But the bandits probably don't know that.
- Esperanza goes in to have tea with her grandmother, Abuelita, who is starting to crochet a new blanket.
- Abuelita insists on teaching Esperanza the pattern to take her mind off of her worry about Papa. Bo-ring.
- Esperanza tries to copy Abuelita's movements, but her crocheting ends up looking kind of funky. Abuelita to the rescue. She unravels the yarn, telling Esperanza, "Do not be afraid to start over" (2.38). Uh... is it just us, or does it sound like she's talking about more than just yarn?
- Hortensia, the housekeeper, tells Mama not to worry. Alfonso, Hortensia's husband, and Miguel, their son, have gone to look for Papa.
- Miguel, who is sixteen, knows the ranch like the back of his hand because Papa always takes him out when he does work.
- Miguel and Esperanza have played together since they were babies. Esperanza once declared, "I am going to marry Miguel!" Aww.
- Eventually, though, Esperanza realized that she and Miguel could never get married, because she was the daughter of the ranch owner, and he was the son of a housekeeper.
- See, here's the deal: Esperanza imagines that there is a river separating her from Miguel. It's deep and wide and probably full of rapids and alligators and fish with sharp pointy teeth. There's no crossing it.
- One day, Esperanza explains her theory of the river to Miguel. Since then, he hasn't spoken to her much. Esperanza misses him, but she pretends not to care. As it goes with thirteen-year-old girls.
- Papa's stepbrothers, Tío Luis and Tío Marcos, arrive at the ranch because they've heard Papa is missing.
- Esperanza and Mama don't like the Tíos. They serve as bank president and mayor of the town, and they think they're pretty hot stuff. But Papa says they love money more than people.
- Tío Luis shows Ramona a silver belt buckle that one of the cowboys brought him. It's definitely Papa's.
- Oh no.
- Esperanza gets really nervous. For the first time in her life, Tío Luis is being nice to her. Something must be really wrong.
- Finally a wagon comes up to the house. It's driven by Alfonso and Miguel.
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Credit Suisse Promotes Rob Stewart to Australia CEO
Credit Suisse has continued the global reshuffle of its senior ranks with the promotion of its co-head of Australian investment banking, Rob Stewart, to chief executive of its Australia unit.
Mr. Stewart will take over the role in February when David Livingstone, the bank's chief executive of the past three years, returns to London to take on a senior client role, Credit Suisse said in a statement Tuesday.
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The FCPA Blog has a Q/A with SFO Chief Richard Alderman.
British solicitor Jeffrey Tesler, 62, is ending his battle against extradition and flying to the U.S. to face corruption charges. (UKPA)
MAN SE executive board member and head of its diesel and turbo division Klaus Stahlmann was a suspect in a bribery investigation, public prosecutors said Tuesday, following the German engineering company's announcement of his imminent departure. Stahlmann couldn't be reached for comment. (Dow Jones)
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Swiss assets linked to ousted Tunisian President Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali may total as much $84 million, the Federal Police Office said. (Bloomberg)
International sanctions on Libya will be inevitable if the country's regime continues to put down protests violently, said Germany's foreign minister (CP)
The European Central Bank challenged euro-zone governments to surrender their powers to stop or slow down the European Union's disciplinary processes against countries with excessive deficits. (WSJ)
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday agreed to the opposition's demand to form a parliamentary panel to probe allegations of corruption in the allotment of licenses and bandwidth to mobile telephone services. (WSJ)
Britain is backing European efforts to force oil and mining companies to publish details of payments made to governments in poor countries where they operate. (Guardian)


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Lesser known character from the Star Wars saga. Android cousin of C3P-O whose primary skill is the playing of music from portable processing units. Also know as MP3-EO.
Oh Master Luke. It's Dreadful! That Kehdog Unit we pick up on Daghoba is stuck on Afroman again and I haven't had a moments rest!
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The individual single-handedly responsible for making it a bad idea to buy a former rental car.
Dude, remember that event out on the Delmarva Peninsula when Kehndog totally took us off-roading in the Buick LeSabre?
Beküldő: jicket 2004. április 27.
one part Sambucca, one part Guinness, and one part King Cobra neither shaken nor stirred but repeated frequently
Delmarva...the state that occurs when your brain is on Kehndog.
Beküldő: Sewboxers 2004. április 27.
v. to consume something (or someone) uncontrollably fast (from the noun Kehndog - a person who is incapable of sipping or nibbling on anything)
I offered Kehndog a pull off my 40, and he Kehndogged the whole f**kin thing.
The dated briefly after they met at Stuckey's, but then, as always, he kehndogged the shit out of her.
The dated briefly after they met at Stuckey's, but then, as always, he kehndogged the shit out of her.
Beküldő: nyhambone 2004. május 13.
Ass-poor driving skillz
Be drivin' like a kehndog, bitch!
Beküldő: Smelvis 2004. április 27.
n. KEEN-dawg - a person known for his/her amazing driving skills
adj. KEEN-dawg - excellent, fabulous, incredible, amazing
adj. KEEN-dawg - excellent, fabulous, incredible, amazing
n. "Man, went we went offroad, he was a total kehndog behind the wheel."
adj. "Hey ... that dude sure is a kehndog driver"
adj. "Hey ... that dude sure is a kehndog driver"
Beküldő: whodatbe 2004. május 14.
(adj.) Relating to or describing very cryptic pronounciations over the telephone.
"Yes, that's right. The H is silent, as in kehndog."
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Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney encouraged residents of the 101st District to take the opportunity to prepare for winter storms.
"Fall is a time to prepare our homes and community for the harsh winter months," said Tenney, R - New Hartford, in a news release. "While we are still fighting to recover from storm damage, we need to make sure we prepare for potentially destructive winter weather."
Tenney made the following suggestions for winter preparedness:
• Low-income residents who may be eligible for home heating assistance through the Home Energy Assistance Program should call the HEAP hotline at 1-800-342-3009;
• Take steps to protect your property against flooding, prepare your home for winter storms, and secure your home against rodents by sealing holes and cracks around the home's perimeter;
• Fall cleaning is the new spring cleaning. Take advantage of the crisp weather to clean out the garage, and properly dispose of items like car batteries or old appliances. Check with your local waste management service regarding proper disposal methods; and
• Be sure to apply for your STAR Rebate. Check with your local assessor's office for the application deadline;
"As the winter months approach, we need to make sure our homes are prepared to withstand potentially dangerous and destructive weather" said Tenney.
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They don't call it "Black Friday" for nothing. The holiday shopping season is an important point during any year for a business's ledgers. However, let's face it, the holiday release window for video games, though important, ultimately draws attention to the heavyweights: Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed, [insert big name franchise here]. Games coming from smaller developers, publishing houses, or both don't get half the shine that the aforementioned titles do. What this has me asking, then, is why more smaller developers aren't flocking to the summer months to release their games.
Beyond Good and Evil, Metal Arms: Glitch In the System, and last year's Rayman Origins are perfect examples of this. BG&E, upon it's release, was up against Jak II and Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando; MA came out only a few weeks after Halo 2; and RO came out a damn week after Modern Warfare 3. Disregarding when the game was completed, what the hell were these developers or publishers thinking? What many seem to be missing, it seems, is the yearly gaming drought that is the summer months.
Recently, Rebellion's Sniper Elite V2, what could be described as niche with its realistic sniper gameplay, recently landed in the number one spot on sale's charts. It's May 1 release kept it safely away from the gargantuan hits that are bound to come out in the holiday season, allowing it to flourish. The key to grabbing someone's attention when you aren't CoD, AC, or Halo is not having the loudest advertising campaign, it is waiting for the opportune moment to release it so that your product can breathe. Even better, by the time November rolls around, the price may drop, giving the thrifty buyer even more incentive to pick the game up while Christmas shopping.
Don't tag me as naive, though. I am well aware of publishing pressure and that developers may want to get a game out the door after completing it, regardless of what other games are coming out at the time, so that they may start on something new. But if you're putting it out when every video game blockbuster known to man is about to body slam store shelves, aren't you just setting it up for failure?
BG&E and RO were fortunate enough to be bred from developers under big publishing houses, they are supposedly both getting sequels, despite poor sales. But what about Metal Arms? What about the countless other games that go ignored and end up being cult classics? Cult classic might sound like a good thing, but it isn't. Cult classics are usually one-and-done affairs. In an age where there are far more sequels than original IP's, some might find this to be a good thing. But I am sure there are still plenty of people out there that could have used another romp with Jade a few years earlier and just one more adventure with Glitch.
I know, there is a reason developers don't release their games in the summer. Sales on video games go way down. Buy hey, it's better to take a chance on a spacious release window than to throw your game to the lions by releasing it in Q4. Not only would it give these games a better chance, it would also give us gamers one more good reason to stay inside during those hot summer months.


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VANCOUVER, British Columbia Santa Clara senior forward Marc Trasolini will miss the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in an exhibition game in his home province
Santa Clara said Wednesday that Trasolini was injured in the first two minutes Tuesday night in the Broncos' 108-100 overtime loss to Trinity Western in the first game of the team's foreign tour.
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Welcome to WebmasterWorld Guest from 184.108.40.206
Forum Moderators: Robert Charlton & aakk9999 & andy langton & goodroi
OK, so after feeling really good to get our site back in order after the 27th of June "data refresh" I come back from holiday and find its all gone Pete Tong again.
The site: tool is NOT SHOWING OUR HOME PAGE FIRST. AGAIN!
Consequently, the home page is not showing in the serps. Again. Grrrrr....
Another data refresh required please Google. You're killing me.
[edited by: tedster at 6:17 am (utc) on Aug. 30, 2006]
There should be some real experts to analyze the reasons for that carzy line of dates which is doing so much damage to solid publishers.
Why can`t publishers organize themselves in order to gain a little bit of strength and independance.
This Google monopoly is much too risky with such fragile technology.
I didn't do anything in the last months, the site was growing very well, every day new useful content.
And above all: NO TRICKS since it has been online (2001), it was always clean, no cloaking, keyword stemming, invisible text, buying links or WHATEVER.
I simply can't see what I've done wrong!
We lost a number of pages from the index altogether. These pages had relatively little paragraph-based text (the unique content is in tables) and a high ratio of internal and external outbound links.
We have pages that just list businesses in a city. The ones with only 1 or 2 listings (which previously had ranked well for [city] businesses) fell dramatically. The ones with >10 listings are still doing fine.
Our "city pages" operated like search results, so users could sort the businesses by various criteria. This meant it was possible to have the official URL like "/business/city-state.html" and then also have "page=city&state=ST&city=CITY&sort=name&order=1".
I *thought* Google was smart enough to recognize that the sortable pages were the same thing. Also, we obfuscated these links by generating them with externalized Javascript, so I thought they were relatively safe from the crawler finding them. But I've found various instances of these URL's in the index, so maybe not.
Here's what I'm doing about it:
- adding more paragraphs to our city pages
- eliminating some of the outbound links
- replacing the query-parameter-based sorting with AJAX-based sorts that put sort variables in the server-side session, then 301 redirecting anyone who tries to access our city page via query parms to the "official" page
One thing I'm also doing is spending time parsing our Apache logs:
cat apache_log ¦ cut -d\ -f7,9 ¦ egrep -v '200¦301'
This produces a list of URL's and response codes. Look for any response codes that are suspicious, especially 302 or 500+. Then figure out what's up with these pages.
I also have a phpbb forum with about 120.000 posts. Since August 17th there has been a drop in traffic to about 10%, so traffic from Google has almost DIED.
This thread might be of some use to you espeically when using PHPstyle forums and cms software:
Additional reading: [google.com...]
Remember that last year we went from page 1 to 700+. I believed at the time it was a duplicate content filter and after 301'ing a second domain to the first, a month later everything was fixed. No idea if that was the issue really.
So when on August 17th our SERP's fell again, I ruled out duplicate content as that's all been handled. Then the other day I stumbled onto something. Our second domain was back but as supplemental results even though it's still 301'd. Hmmm, our second domain is back and we're penalized exactly the same as last year? Can it be?
So I mentioned it to Matt Cutts last night. Note, I didn't tell him my domains.
Tonight I was shocked to find some of our listings back on 18.104.22.168 which happens to be my current www.google.com ip. I then checked to see if our second domain was showing up in the supplemental and it wasn't.
Coincidence? You be the judge.
I can only hope our SERP's are back as this has been a trial as I'm sure all of you can attest. And while the Bible tells us to "count it all joy when we fall into divers temptations..." that's a tough request ;-)
The Supplemental Results are cleaned away one full year after the redirect is first actioned: no sooner and no later.
Your result is exactly as I would have expected. The previous Supplemental Updates have occurred in 2005 August and 2006 February/March, and the currect one is in progress right now: some datacentres have been cleaned up more than others - and the work is not yet completed on any of themm, as far as I can see.
I tried to explain all this in: [webmasterworld.com...] and several other recent threads.
Frankly this seems kind of buggy to me-- for the past 1-2 years Google has been pretty good at just "figuring it out." Then suddenly it's like they said, "we'd rather have 0 pages for the content than choose from among 4 different URLs."
It's also odd that they don't look to our very comprehensive and painstakingly created sitemap to guide them to the canonical pages.
The directive "design your site for users, not search engines" applies to static sites and on-page optimization. For complex 100k page dynamic sites, it's utterly bad advice.
The directive "design your site for users, not search engines" applies to static sites and on-page optimization. For complex 100k page dynamic sites, it's utterly bad advice.
Well said in lieu of the ongoing saga with Google and canonicalization.
[edited by: CainIV at 6:25 am (utc) on Sep. 7, 2006]
My key money phrase on the site that has been experiencing issues during some of the updates went from #1 to #9 (nothing too drastic). The thing that worried me the most is that on the allinanchor: it went from #1 to AWOL -- how confusing is that?!
It is a day ending in 7 and a full moon, so I wouldn't be terribly surprised if some sort of funky data refresh is going on.
On an allinanchor: search, I come back to the top of the second page when appending &filter=0.
Has anyone else ever seen anything quite like that? Back in June we were doing the "" and &filter=0 tests for the main search results, but this is the first that I've seen anything happen on the allinanchor: query as well.
The &filter=0 parameter shows all of the results, and it is not uncommon to see stuff appear very close to the top when you do that.
It's your wake up call to fix the problems with the site. Those pages when unfiltered will do really well. Get working.
I get what the &filter=0 is supposed to do in terms of showing filtered results on normal search, but have never seen it occur on an allinanchor: search before.
In that event, what can one get working on fixing?
Edit: I found it. A new scraper popped in that duplicated me on a cloaked redirect and Google nailed us for it...I hate that so much. Thanks g1smd.
[edited by: JoeSinkwitz at 10:09 pm (utc) on Sep. 7, 2006]
<No discussion of specific tools, sorry. See Forum Charter [webmasterworld.com]>
On the scraping, I'd appreciate it if someone could point me to (or explain) how to find and get these removed.
Thanks all!
[edited by: tedster at 1:06 am (utc) on Sep. 8, 2006]
1. Through G sitemaps, submit a spam report on the scraper.
2. Get more links, build more content.
3. Contact scraper's host and registrar.
4. Get more links, build more content.
5. Send e-mail followed up by certified letter to scraper.
6. Get more links, build more conent.
We're up to #5 right now, though all the DCs gfe-* show me in the correct position again; still we're following through because it is a frightening proposition that an external entity can wreak so much havok on one's ranking. Hopefully Google can lessen the blow of these crazy dupe filters as the algo progressively evolves.
Can but cross my fingers these DC stick.
anyone else find these results better, or see more datacentres showing these results
Should I keep on waiting for things to iron themselves out and go back to normal, or should I just accept the fact that Google has gone to the dogs and start finding a new way to market my site?
Added: the vanished pages are really vanished from Google, as in unable to be found even with a site:example.com "unique phrase" type search.
Also seeing a lot of "hotel spam" results for searches like "widgetville thingyburb".
[edited by: zCat at 4:46 pm (utc) on Sep. 8, 2006]


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Common sense and a new Dallas police foot-chase policy
As president of the Dallas Police Association, part of Ron Pinkston's job is to express skepticism at every thought that could lead to a directive from commanders. In essence, it's the way of labor vs. management, although the DPA is technically not a union in the collective bargaining sense.
That skepticism includes Pinkston's thoughts on the under-construction policy on foot chases. Tanya Eiserer had the story in today's newspaper detailing some of the changes afoot, with the new policy expected to become official early next year:
The draft directs officers not to:
– Continue a foot pursuit if they are acting alone and would be chasing two or more suspects at the same time.
– Continue a foot pursuit if they lose their weapon.
– Split up to chase multiple suspects.
The policy also encourages officers to consider visibility, the availability of cover, whether they are in a hostile area, whether the suspect is armed and whether they know the identity of the suspect.
These would seem to be fairly common-sense guidelines, as even Pinkston concedes. Still, he says, he worries that the policy would place "unreasonable limitations" on officers. "This is something you can't put in a box, and they're trying to put it in a box," he said. "It's not going to work." Not to mention that new, written-down rules mean new elements to hold over officers' heads in disciplinary hearings, should it come to that.
And while that's a reasonable suspicion, the new draft policy doesn't sound like that. It could be something positive to come out of the July 24 shooting death of James Harper in the Dixon Circle neighborhood of South Dallas. Harper, you'll recall, was one of four suspects who ran from a known drug house after police were called to look into a kidnapping that would prove bogus.
Officer Brian Rowden chased and fought with Harper over three fences on a brutally hot Dallas afternoon. When they reached a horse corral, police say, Harper told Rowden, "You'll have to kill me," and appeared to reach toward his pocket. An exhausted Rowden — losing the fight and unsure if the suspect had a gun — fatally shot him. Harper was unarmed.
The shooting nearly led to a riot, as an angry crowd grew, fueled by rumors — later proven false by his autopsy — that Harper had been shot in the back.
Harper had a long history of drug arrests, and police found ample evidence that the house from which he and the others ran was being used to sell drugs. But at the moment the chase began, police knew only sketchy outlines of that story.
The new foot-chase policy, especially the part about officers not splitting up to pursue multiple suspects, almost certainly would have changed what happened that day, if officers had followed it. And it's fair to argue that officers themselves would have been in less danger.
I've wondered since that day not whether Rowden should have shot Harper in the horse corral. Given the circumstances, that's a second guess I'll leave to others. My question is whether it was worth chasing Harper at all, with other suspects already under control.
It's easy to consider the situation academically now. At the moment, less so. Yet that's the point at which training and, yes, policies have to inform a police officer's split-second choice.


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If you've suffered too long with the burdens of being severely overweight, you're not alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 15 million U.S. adults struggle with severe obesity. For some, weight-loss surgery can offer an incredible life transformation, and can even be lifesaving.*
"The many health conditions associated with being obese — including heart disease and stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, osteoarthritis and respiratory problems — are often improved or even reversed by successful weight-loss surgery," says Sean M. Lee, MD, a bariatric surgeon at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
Is weight-loss surgery right for me?
Your Body Mass Index (BMI) is used as a measurement of body fat based on height and weight. It is an important factor in determining your eligibility for weight-loss surgery. According to National Institutes of Health guidelines, bariatric surgery may be an option for you if you have a BMI greater than 40, or a BMI greater than 35 with serious weight-related health problems, such as diabetes or high blood pressure.
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"We are there to support each patient throughout the process," says Gail Collins, Bariatric Nurse Navigator. "From helping them schedule appointments with various medical specialists to follow-up care, we provide our patients with the resources they need for long-term success."
Types of Weight-Loss Procedures
The goal of weight-loss surgery at Aiken Regional is to improve your health through sustained weight reduction and continued long-term management of your weight for a better quality of life. If you qualify for surgery, you will be given access to an online resource enabling you and your surgeon to collaborate on a customized plan that focuses on establishing healthy habits in the areas of nutrition, physical activity and emotional well being. It also allows both of you to monitor your progress after surgery and compare it to your recorded goals.
Adjustable Gastric Banding
("Lap-Band®") Adjustable gastric banding is considered the least invasive of the weight-loss surgeries, and is performed through several small incisions in the stomach. The surgeon places an inflatable band around the upper portion of the stomach, creating a smaller pouch with a narrowed outlet.
This limits the amount of food you can eat, and increases your feeling of fullness. Through a small access port under the skin, the surgeon can later tighten the band to make the stomach smaller, or loosen if the band is too tight.
Sleeve Gastrectomy
During this operation, which is usually a laparoscopic (minimally invasive) procedure, about 75% of the stomach is removed. What remains of the stomach is a narrow tube or sleeve, about the size of a banana, which connects to the intestines.
Because the outlet valve and the nerves to the stomach remain intact, the stomach is drastically reduced in size, yet function is preserved. The production of Ghrelin, the "hunger hormone," is also significantly reduced, enabling most patients to control hunger and cravings and enhancing weight loss.
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Sonnet 133
by William Shakespeare
Quatrain 1 Summary
Get out the microscope, because we're going through this poem line-by-line.
Lines 1-2
Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan
For that deep wound it gives my friend and me.
- Okay. If we were expecting some romantic love poem that we could recite at our cousin's wedding, we've got another think coming.
- The speaker comes right out and says something like "Hey! Screw you and that heart of yours for breaking my heart and the heart of my BFF." OMG. We think we've got a love triangle on our hands.
- So, who's our speaker talking to here?
- Normally, we don't like to get ahead of ourselves, but we're just going to come right out and say this. We know from the context of the entire sonnet sequence that he's probably addressing the same mistress (a.k.a. girlfriend) that shows up all over Sonnets 127-152. (FYI: literary critics like to call her the "Dark Lady.")
- Most literary critics also assume that the "friend" in question here is the same dude our speaker addresses in Sonnets 1-126. This guy is also known as the "Fair Youth" and our speaker is just a tad bit obsessed with him.
- That said, you don't need to have read all 154 sonnets to understand this poem. And, you also don't have to agree with those scholars we just mentioned. We just want to give you a heads up.
- Now, back to Sonnet 133 and those hearts...
- So, technically, hearts can't "wound" other hearts. This is a pretty common metaphor for the kind of emotional pain and suffering people often experience in romantic relationships.
- It's also a huge cliché in the courtly love tradition, where lovers are always running around getting their hearts wounded by Cupid's arrows and stuff.
- (FYI: Shakespeare's sonnets are full of courtly love conventions, so we should start getting used to it ASAP because they're going to pop up a lot in this poem.)
- Of course, Shakespeare takes this wounded heart stuff to the next level by using personification. When our speaker says that his heart "groan[s]" in agony (as if his heart is some kind of physically injured person), we're a little grossed out, but we really do feel the guy's pain.
- What's odd is that our Speaker talks like there's only one "deep wound" here. Why is that? If the mistress is involved with two different dudes and is breaking each of their hearts, shouldn't there be two different "wounds"?
- Oh, wait. We get it. Our Speaker is making a dirty joke by punning on the word "wound."
- "Wound" is Elizabethan slang for "vagina," so he's saying that his mistress has been "giv[ing]" hers up to both him and his buddy.
- He's also being super-insulting by using the adjective "deep," which is kind of like comparing her to the Grand Canyon. (Raunchy, we know.)
- So, the dirty joke brings us back to the word "groan," which now takes on a whole new meaning. Our speaker is also suggesting that getting busy with his mistress causes him to "groan" in ecstasy.
- In other words, he is still totally hot for her, despite the fact that she's sleeping with his buddy.
- TMI? Yeah, but it tells us something important: this little love triangle isn't just about emotional and psychological "wounds." Even if our speaker won't come right out and say it, we know it's also about sexual betrayal and obsession.
- One last thing before we move on. Shakespeare's sonnets are mostly written in iambic pentameter, a type of meter that sounds like this: daDUM, daDUM, daDUM, daDUM, daDUM. Go to "Form and Meter" for more about this.
Lines 3-4
Is't not enough to torture me alone,
But slave to slavery my sweet'st friend must be?
- This is interesting, don't you think? Our Speaker makes it sound like he's suffering mostly because he hates seeing his friend being abused by his mistress.
- Here, he asks a rhetorical question that's basically just a way for him to accuse his mistress of getting off on tormenting men.
- He's all "Dang, it's not enough for you to just 'torture' me? You have to turn my 'sweet'st' BFF into your pathetic love slave, too?!"
- Gee. Exaggerate much?
- The repetition in the phrase "slave to slavery" is pretty over the top. It's also kind of crude because it's the equivalent of saying that the guy is totally whipped.
- And, even though the speaker says his buddy is the one who has been turned into a "slave," we sort of get the sense that our speaker feels like one too, especially since he's accusing his mistress of "tortur[ing]" him.
- Of course, the idea of torture makes his use of the word "slavery" even more menacing.
- By the way, Shakespeare's giving a shout-out to another courtly love convention. (In this case, it's the one where dudes are always running around swearing that they are the willing "slaves" or "servants" of their ladies.)
- Usually, being a slave to love is a metaphor for being completely devoted to loving and admiring someone.
- But here, being a "slave to slavery" seems like a metaphor for the total lack of self-control or power these two men have in their relationship with an abusive woman.
- This reinforces the idea that our speaker and his "sweet'st friend" are both innocent victims in all of this.
- That's weird, right? Doesn't it take two to tango? (Or, in this case, three to tango?)
- Why is all the blame getting heaped on the mistress? How can the speaker's buddy be the "sweet'st" when the dude has gone out and hooked up with his best friend's girl? Maybe reading on will yield some clues…


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I'd maybe swap the UEFA win, we could still pull that back in the second leg and Ramos is supposed to be a 'cup specialist' so that,s a fun route to go down. I also think being knocked out of 2 cups by the end of Sept would be more of a confidence knock than being low in the table after 4 games - a team will always have highs & lows in a league, that's why it's played over a year. Hopefully soon we'll have our bad patch over, and playing back-to-back Newcastle and Portsmouth can't hurt. They've got the worst goal difference in the league right now, and we know a lot of their players have something to prove to us, so hopefully that should be enough to spur the team on. If we get the right combination of players and sensible formation Seaside Spurs won't know what's hit them!
personally I'd take the 6 points (that is swapping two wins for the two losses and keeping the 2 points we have...puts us at 7th...getting knocked out of two trophies by the end of September and 7th in the league trumpets your intentions..."we're gunning for the top 4"...I don't think team spirit would be affected in that scenario. (do you?)Highs and lows in the season...what about getting drawn against Man U at old Trafford for the next round...how's that for an instant low (think SAF would field his 2nd team with what we supposedly put him throough to get Berbatov? Would he f*@k!)Naw, definitely the points.


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"I remember filling out this questionnaire thing when I was 5 years old," said One Hand Free founder and frontman, Andrew Blowen. "You know, one of those pieces your parents keep in a box in the attic so you can look back on them when you're older...; One of the questions read, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' I wrote, 'Mick Jagger.' I don't remember a time when I was even remotely curious about being anything else. This has always been what I wanted to do. A rock singer...; I've done other things because I've had to, but this is it."
It's been 10 years now since One Hand Free formed and released their eponymous debut album. Ten years of a relentless and unrepentant chase for the rock that rolls. You can look at any such journey and make the claim that 'it wasn't easy,' but for One Hand Free such thoughts have never really percolated. The goal has always been to simply play their music in a fashion of their liking — to the best of their ability.
Ten years is a solid run. In celebration, they offer up a new EP titled, "Word on the Street," which will be available at their upcoming release gig at the Press Room on June 1. Furthermore, the word on the street is that his EP will serve as a teaser to a new One Hand Free full-length which will make a tangible appearance later this summer.
It's about time. If you're paying attention during your travels in area and regional music-related haunts (and heck, telephone polls and bulletin boards), you're likely to have seen their bold and beautiful, "What Have You Done for Rock Lately?" stickers. It's 2013 — a couple of years removed from their "Sweetbreads" release — and One Hand Free is again making the call, and fueling the sentiment of the sticker.
"You gotta believe in something," said Blowen. "It doesn't necessarily need to be rock music, or music at all for that matter. Every human being needs that gutbucket kind of thing where you're giving it everything you've got. You need that vice where you're pouring your all into it. No compromises. For me, that's what that saying represents. You can substitute out 'rock' with whatever that gutbucket thing happens to be for you. But there needs to be something there. Or you're probably not breathing."
In terms of One Hand Free, we've described ourselves as being unrepentant rock 'n' roll. The operative there, unrepentant, is how I live this music each and every day. When I sing these tunes, I mean it. I've always wanted it to be genuine and authentic, and I think we've succeeded in keeping it that way. There's no irony. There's nothing to apologize for. This is what it is."
"Yeah, the goal with this band has always been consistent," said fellow founding member and bassist, Geoff Taylor. "To have the chance to do what we want to do. We have this angle, we have this story we want to tell, and we have a way that we're going to play it. People think it's cool enough that we get to do it that way, and that's the biggest point of all. That was the point when we were playing for 20 people in a basement, and that's the point when we play a place like Meadowbrook, or the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom — in front of bigger crowds."
There was a time when the label Andrew had a songwriting deal with — Halt Music (who have worked with Lucinda Williams, Fastball, and Cotton Mather, among others) out of Austin, Texas — wanted us to go in another direction. All we could do was say, 'sorry.' We want to do what we want to do. And I'm glad we've always played by our own rules. Maybe a couple of cool things would have happened had we cooperated, but it just wouldn't have been, well, us...; I don't know. There's so much more to the pig than the sausage."
One Hand Free is indeed undeniable. It may not be for everyone, but it's out there if you want to check in and check it out. It's rock 'n' roll — straight up. They live by David Bowie's guise of not doing what you do because other people told you to a given way. Do it the way you see fit, and let people decide if it's their thing, or not. Lucky for us, OHF is just plain good.
"I play with a lot of bands for a lot of different reasons," said Blowen. "One Hand Free is the band that has always remained pure. It's sacred to me. Writing songs and crafting them with Geoff, Josh (DiJoseph), and John (Santarelli), is so cool. They make songwriting a very fun thing. I'm so happy to be a part of this family. And I'm so glad this family rocks the way it does."
Old-school riff rock. Quality human beings. One Hand Free. Here's to 10 years!
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State Department of Human Services Executive Director Thelma Brittain said Tuesday that the administrators of Oakley Training School near Raymond, Columbia Training School near Columbia and Ironwood, a separate maximum-security unit inside Oakley, were reassigned last Thursday and will remain off their regular jobs indefinitely.
They are being paid, and Brittain said they could be fired if DHS and the state attorney general's office independently verify the abuse accusations.
She said the changes were made at the schools for juvenile offenders because of a U.S. Department of Justice report that said young people had been hogtied, chained to poles, ordered to exercise at odd hours and forced to eat their own vomit when they got sick from the exertion.
Brittain, state Attorney General Mike Moore and other state officials met today with Justice Department officials to discuss the report.
Moore said he tried several times to get the names of children who claimed they had been abused at the training schools, but the Justice Department would NOT release names.
Moore said he will prosecute people on child abuse charges if his office can put together names, dates and other relevant information.
DHS officials said Michael Morris had been administrator at Columbia about three and a half years. Richard James was named acting administrator of the Columbia school.
Nanolla Yasdani had been administrator of Oakley for about nine years. Irvin "Rocky'' Holston was named acting administrator of Oakley.
DHS would not release the name of the Ironwood administrator, but said that person had been on the job about a year. Robert Franklin was named acting administrator.


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Clerical Reminiscence
In recent times there has been something of a renaissance in the writing of clerical reminiscences. Books by, among others, Patrick Semple, Kevin Dalton and Brain Mayne, although at times carefully nuanced, have given readers, both within and without the Church of Ireland, valuable insights into the clerical life and the institutional church in the second half of the twentieth century.
The latest in this genre of publication is The Rambling Rector by Norman Ruddock which has been published by Columba Press. The memoir follows a familiar pattern with memories of early life, training for the ministry, early clerical experiences, and reflections on some of the more significant features of later ministry. Norman Ruddock served as a curate in Belfast and Dublin in the late 1950s and early 1960s and, after a brief period in the USA, became Rector of Killane in Co. Wexford in 1973 and Rector of Castlepollard in Co. Westmeath in 1984. He returned to the Diocese of Ferns in 1993 as Rector of Wexford where he remained until his retirement in 2004.
His reflections on, among other issues, the infamous Fethard-on-Sea boycott, the clerical abuse scandal which rocked the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ferns, the sale of the bishop's palace in Kilkenny and his treatment for cancer make interesting reading both for those who know something of these matters and, for the great majority, who ought to know.
A somewhat different publication is David Butler's South Tipperary, 1570-1841. Religion Land and Rivalry which is published by Four Courts Press. This is a local study of inter-church relations from post-Reformation times to the culmination of emancipation.
Today (Saturday) in Dublin the annual Monkstown Missionary Union Sale will begin in the Knox Hall at 10.30 am while in Christ Church Cathedral the lunchtime recital at 1.15 pm will be given by the organ scholar, David Baskeyfield.
Tomorrow (Sunday) morning the preacher in the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, will be the Revd Dr Duncan Dormer, Dean of St John's College, Cambridge, a sister college to Trinity . At Evensong in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, the Revd Sonia Gyles, Rector of Sandford, will preach at the commemoration of those who lost their lives on Irish ships, 1939-45, and at Evensong in Drumcondra parish church the Revd Kevin Brew, Rector of Howth, will preach at the Fingal Choral Union Service.
In St Iberius' Church, Wexford, at 3.30 pm the Wexford Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Service will hold a special Healing Service to mark the tenth anniversary of its foundation. The theme of the service, which will be led by the Revd Maris Jansson, will be 'I Shall be Released' and among those taking part will be the singer Eleanor McEvoy.
On Monday the Bishop of Clogher, Dr Michael Jackson, will begin a visit to Pakistan where he will accompany the Archbishop of Canterbury on an official visit. Dr Jackson is Chairperson of the Network of Inter Faith Concerns in the Anglican Communion.
Tuesday is the Feast of St Cecilia, the patron of music, in whose honour there will be a concert in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, at 8 pm, by the Cathedral Chamber Choir. At 1.15 pm, one of the cathedral's canons, Dr John Crawford, will give the lunchtime history lecture in Christ Church Cathedral where he will speak on 'The Alternative Parish. Dublin's Proprietary Chapels'. The Diocese of Meath and Kildare is launching a programme of lay training in pursuit of which there will be Ministry Matters Road Shows in Castlepollard on Tuesday and Trim on Thursday.