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EVGA nForce 650i Ultra: Performance on a Budgetby Gary Key on 4/10/2007 2:00 AM EST
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kentster2 - Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - linkThis motherboard sounds perfect for me but I can't find it anywhere. In fact I can't find any boards based on the 650i Ultra chipset available anywhere. I did find the specs on an MSI board based on this chipset but again no availability. Does anyone know when the general availability will be for these boards? Reply
yyrkoon - Thursday, April 12, 2007 - linkStill does not compare to the best AM2 'budget' board out there. Add the following, and it would do good I think:
1) Heatpipe cooled chipset
2) Either one more PATA port, or 2 more SATA ports for a total of 8 drives
3) Firewire ( not supported ?! )
4) Overclocking options out the wazzu, with memeory voltages capable of 3.0v
Are the PATA ports controlled by the 430MCP ? It seems that way, going by the features list. If this is the case, WHY leave out a PATA port ? It does not make sense. These four things I've mentioned above are not too much to ask, ABIT has already proven that with the NF-M2 nView, and places like newegg, ZZF, etc can not seem to keep these boards in stock ! What gives . . . Reply
kmmatney - Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - linkit;s obvious that having a high priced sound card will help out with frame rates, but what about a cheaper card? Would a $27 Creative Audigy SE provide the same speed benefits by taking the load from the cpu? Reply
Gary Key - Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - linkThe SE will provide frame rates that are on average about 2~3% worse than the X-FI in my experiences. Reply
lopri - Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - link
The MCP is not actively or passively cooled and remained hot to the touch throughout testing; although additional cooling was not needed it is recommended. We feel like the inclusion of an additional low profile heatsink would have been in EVGA's best interest with temperatures soaring to 83C without airflow and 76C with airflow while overclocking. At stock voltages we witnessed temperatures reaching 71C without airflow while under load and hovering around 64C with airflow. Our idle temperature at stock voltage was 59C without airflow and 53C with airflow. Fortunately, the board has the mounting holes for a heatsink if the user wishes to add one.
Gary's measure is remarkably similar to my observations on EVGA 680i board. (Interesting because the chips used on the 680i SLI are different from 650i Ultra) Without active cooling, I saw SPP temp rising to 100C(!) and MCP to 80C. This will not only cause instability (especially mated with other high-end components) but likely shorten the lifespan of the board. Even more worrisome is that the ever-increasing popularity of those L-shaped HSFs. These HSFs provide practically zero air-flow on the board's hot (i mean, HOT) spots and therefore the heat keeps building up.
I think NV at this point just assume that their target audience are *enthusiasts* in that:
1. Enthusiasts today just accept that a new motherboard/chipset is basically a beta product and expect fix/patches via BIOS updates and/or hardware revision.
2. Enthusiasts tend to employ their own cooling solution anyway.
And that's exactly what I've done up to this date. Every single NV chipset board I bought the first thing I did was replacing stock chipset/VRM cooling with aftermarket stuff.
And I'M TIRED OF IT.
This board may be selling for $99, but in order for you to build your main rig with a peace of mind on it, you will need an aftermarket cooling for the missing SB HSF (how dare they leave it wide open like that is beyond me) and the paltry NB heatsink for a heavier one. There goes extra $20~30 quite easily.
To my eyes, this board cut so many corners and definitely not worth $99. $70~80 maybe. And I do think that's how much it'll sell for in less than a month. Reply
nullpointerus - Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - linkWhen it's included, active cooling's crap anyway. The little NB/SB fans last a few months at most before giving out completely. Motherboard makers should get in touch with Zalman or somebody like them and get some decent quality HSF's on these boards. Reply
jay401 - Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - linkTotally agree! It would be stupid to buy a motherboard that requires you buy other items just to ensure stable operation and longevity. Reply
Scarceas - Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - linkReally, who needs 2.2V? If you have RAM that needs that much voltage, chances are you paid more money for it, and the board you are looking to use it with will probably not be a budget board. Reply
WT - Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - linkI have an eVGA N41 board, so I want to like this thing, but looking at this 650 board .. blechhh .. talk about plain Jane !! It looks like a straight reference board or an Intel board ! Regardless of looks, performance is what we want, so I would refer anyone looking at this board to read Anand's earlier article on the MSI P6N Platinum and see if that isn't a better fit for your needs. The extra $40-50 is well justified (in my case at least) with the better cooling setup on the MSI board as well as Firewire (just bought a miniDV camcorder) so give that a read as well.
If the MSI Plat is priced too high, then check out the FI board priced at $108 at popular vendors websites. Reply
Pirks - Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - linkGary, E6300 has TWO megabytes of cache, not FOUR Reply
Zak - Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - linkIs there a SPDIF out bracket included? I'd find that a show stopper if it wasn't. Also, regarding the layout: with more and more video cards being quite large these days why they don't allow some extra space between the PCIx graphics slot and the next slot? This is a huge problem with mobos IMHO. Just because I want non-SLI, midrange motherboard doesn't mean I won't have a high end video card in it. Zak. Reply
saratoga - Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - linkI noticed the onboard sound benchmarks, but theres nothing about the onboard sound quality. Rightmark has a benchmark for this that take 2 minutes to run and spits out very useful information. Why not include those results like some other sites do?
While knowing how it performs is great, knowing if the results are worth listening to is also important. I don't care if its the fastest onboard sound in the world, if its got poor SNR figures, I'm probably going to buy a PCI card :) Reply
yacoub - Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - link
we firmly believe that a few additions such as memory voltages to 2.2V, *EPP suppport*, CPU VTT / GTL Ref voltage control, ... and maybe a six-layer board design *with all solid caps* would have placed this board in the exceptional category for those enthusiasts on a budget.
Added two items to your list of desired additions. If a 650i Ultra board came out with the above features, it'd be worth an additional 25% in price to me. (i.e. $125)
It's still practically amazing how well the C2D chips OC even on this board with its somewhat limited overclocking features. =)
Thanks again for a great review Gary. Reply
yacoub - Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - linkThanks for including the benchmarks with a real-world system. It's neat to see how incredibly different most of the test results are compared to your monster rig with XLC Flex RAM and an 8800GTX. ;) Reply
yacoub - Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - link
DRAM Voltage Adjustment: Auto, 1.80V to 2.10V in .10V increments
So don't buy this board if your DDR2 sticks want to run at 2.2v or 2.3v. Reply
yacoub - Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - linkAh yes, there you go:
However, with memory voltages limited to 2.10V we found it difficult to take advantage of the memory options with a vast majority of our modules. Only our high end modules from OCZ, Corsair, and Patriot were able to operate at 1T command rates with absolute stability. We found in memory testing that switching to manual settings and changing the tCAS, tRCD, tRP, tRAS, and command rate was required to ensure optimum performance.
While we understand NVIDIA's reluctance to open up the BIOS options on a board designed for the budget market we do think they made a mistake in this area. Our performance results generated by the board would indicate that a couple of additional voltage options, improved electricals, and an increase to 2.20V for the memory would have transformed this board from very good to exceptional status in the sub-$100 market.
So time to wait and see if any other folks (Asus, Abit, MSi, etc) come out with a 650i board that offers better adjustment options in the BIOS.
Also would like to see a fully solid-capacitor design as well. Wouldn't mind paying $120-$125 for one of these 650i Ultras with those features added. Reply
yacoub - Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - linkI'm really glad you posted that nice feature chart on page 2 because I didn't know that only 680i boards got the EPP compatibility. Boy it sure would suck to spend extra money on nice high-performance DDR2 RAM that advertises really nice timings when EPP is enabled, only to find out your nice new 650i SLI or Ultra board doesn't support EPP. Reply
nullpointerus - Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - linkI'll probably be getting one of these when I upgrade to C2Q late this year. From my browsing experiences, the current crop of Core-compatible boards are much too expensive or lack the new features I would like to gain by upgrading to the new platform. Kudos to EVGA for bringing a solid mid-range board to market!
I'm glad to hear nTune (almost) works properly with this board. On my NF4 Ultra board, nTune crashes everytime I try to bring up the system status/overclocking stuff, and BTW the software is a pain to get working in Vista--something like six error messages come up when started without administrator permissions. Hopefully, the Vista issues will be resolved in a few months. Reply


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This article was published 5/7/2013 (1507 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
I've been looking for Susan Thompson, Winnipeg's first female mayor, all over the city lately.
It started when I saw the sign delineating former city councillor Jae Eadie's little park on the Assiniboine River, just over a kilometre from Thompson's old home on Douglas Park Road.
It got me wondering what the city has done for the woman who served it for two terms, from 1992 to 1998.
The short answer is: Nothing.
There is no Thompson Park, street, bridge or back lane. There's no bust of her at the Citizens Hall of Fame in Assiniboine Park. Though two other mayors are honoured there -- Steve Juba and Bill Norrie -- the city's first female mayor doesn't rank.
Order of Manitoba? No again.
Mayor Sam Katz got his in 2004.
Mayor Bill Norrie was inducted in 2000, along with Mary Kelekis and former WSO conductor Bramwell Tovey.
But the lack of acknowledgement for the city's 40th mayor is baffling.
It's been 15 years since she ran the city, but she remains popular among women as a mentor and role model. She is charismatic and colourful, and took on a number of international speaking engagements when she became the first female consul general at the Canadian Consulate in Minneapolis.
I've been wondering what it was about Susan Thompson, what she said or did that made the establishment here decide to ignore her. I've also been wondering if she battled something more subtle than just the boys at city hall -- our underlying societal assumption is women leaders should play nice, and Thompson wouldn't.
Thompson was born and raised in Winnipeg, a graduate of the University of Winnipeg. Before she was elected mayor in 1992, she bought and ran her family's business, Birt's Saddlery, becoming the first female Rotarian in the province.
She astonished everyone but herself in 1992 by winning the mayoral race, a virtual unknown against heavy hitters with deep political pockets like Greg Selinger (NDP) and Ernie Gilroy (Liberal).
In 1995, she was handily re-elected despite opposition from Terry Duguid and Peter Kaufmann. (Three days before the election, the Winnipeg Sun headline crowed Thompson is toast!)
In her first interview with CJOB's hard-hitting journalist Peter Warren, he asked her who her date would be on election night. No other candidate fielded that one, surprisingly.
She endured comments about her personal life (a single divorc©e), appearance and, in particular, her weight, throughout her time in office.
She led the city through the "Flood of the Century" in 1997, its greatest challenge in living history. She also helped bring the Pan American Games back to Winnipeg in 1999, along with a number of other major events from the Brier to the Grey Cup to the World Junior Hockey Championships.
She hosted a Winter Cities Conference in 1996, with politicians from across the globe, and a summit of mayors in 1998.
One of the greatest knocks on her, from those who knew her then, was that she fought hard -- and won -- what she believed was her mandate from the voters: a balanced budget and a tax freeze. She was opposed by her own administration on this. She did not play nice.
In 1995, she dismissed the city's board of commissioners and replaced it with a chief administrative officer. She was autocratic and demanding, setting high standards for herself and others.
"Boys are seldom called bossy because a boy taking the role of a boss does not surprise or offend," writes Facebook's female COO Sheryl Sandberg in her book Lean In. "Aggressive and hard-charging women violate unwritten rules about acceptable social conduct. Men are continually applauded for being ambitious and powerful and successful, but women who display these same traits often pay a social penalty. Female accomplishments come at a cost."
So what's the cost for Susan Thompson? She declined a pension as mayor, and didn't get one as consul general. She went on to work for her alma mater, as founding CEO of the University of Winnipeg Foundation from 2003 to 2011, raising millions before a purported fallout (neither has discussed it openly) with president Lloyd Axworthy.
Other than a six-month contract job raising money for a local charity, she has kept busy writing two books, one of which is her memoir.
The men we honour every year deserve the recognition they receive. But it's time we honoured the first female mayor of Winnipeg, if only to show younger women that women can lead.
"For men, professional success comes with positive reinforcement at every step of the way. For women, even when they're recognized for their achievements, they're often regarded unfavourably," Sandberg notes, singling out "Attila the Hen" Margaret Thatcher and Angela Merkel, the "Iron Frau."
Prime Minister Julia Gillard experienced such a massive decline in popularity in Australia -- even as global admiration grew -- that her Labor Party tossed her overboard last month, replacing her with Kevin Rudd.
According to The Guardian, "The slings and arrows rarely stopped coming throughout her three-year tenure -- with much of the criticism becoming personal. Gillard has been criticized over her voice (described by many as nasal and monotone), the length of her nose, her fashion choices, and even her figure.
"Whether Australians found it difficult to accept a female prime minister or not, her leadership placed sexism, particularly in public life, firmly on the agenda."
Can female leaders get past Sandberg's "unlikeability factor" through sheer critical mass?
Gillard seems to think so, tearfully telling a reporter last month, "What I am absolutely confident of is it will be easier for the next woman, and the woman after that, and the woman after that, and I'm proud of that."
Maybe so. But you won't find Susan Thompson in the city anytime soon. She's packing up and moving to Vancouver next week to be closer to family and friends. Maybe she'll find a job there. Maybe somebody will invite her onto a board or two.
Maybe she'll become a best-selling author. She's got one helluva story.
Though perhaps she's too much of a lady to tell.
Margo Goodhand is a former editor of the Winnipeg Free Press.


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When Pringle of Scotland's newly appointed design director, Alistair Carr, started sifting through the archives two and a half months ago, the first thing that caught his eye was a picture of 1960s in-house model Ms. Douglas. The look—a psychedelic knit exploding with acid pinks and held together with one bold white center line—was hardly the kind of conservative twinset that you might expect Her Royal Highness to wear, but it proved to be the pivotal point of departure for the designer. "I wanted to bring back the color," said Carr. "That's where the heritage of Pringle is."
Using the white stripe of that archival piece as a grounding principle, Carr created graphic yellow and green cashmere-and-silk cardigans and modish mock-neck sweaters. He streamlined the overall silhouette, stripping blazers of their buttons and collars, and draping one graphic mélange print dress over a minimalist structure of solid white straps.
After four years under Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga in Paris, Carr is clearly excited to be back at home. The "central line" jacquard in his collection is inspired by his new morning commute (anyone who's taken a ride on London's Underground will recognize the purple-and-red motif in the piece as the upholstery pattern of a British subway car). His foray into color was a thoughtful first foot forward, even if the overall palette was still somewhat subdued. Bringing the heritage of Pringle into the twenty-first century will mean defining the needs of a modern-day Ms. Douglas. If the abstract, asymmetrical argyle twinsets of resort are anything to go by, Carr already has a good inkling of what she, and other chic working women like her, might want to wear.


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Why Women Stay In Toxic Relationships
Behind every bad relationship lies fear.
Have you ever been in a toxic relationship? One where your gut told you run, but every time you entertained the thought of leaving, you couldn't muster the emotional strength to leave? A part of your brain could always come up with excuses.
Is being in a relationship where you are consistently unhappy your idea of love? If so, I've got news for you: If you're in a relationship with someone who used to make you happy and no longer does, what keeps you there is not love, it's fear.
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You're afraid that if you leave you may never find someone else; you're afraid of being single again; you're afraid that what you really want may never happen, so instead of taking a chance and moving on, you decide to settle. Unfortunately, you just don't see it that way.
You think you are making the right decision. You think by staying in an unhappy and unfulfilling relationship you are doing the right thing.
You convince yourself that things will get better, that he'll change and that it's not that bad, you can live with things the way they are. But the truth is you can't and you know it.
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447th Bombardment Squadron Special Account: September 3, 1942: The O.D. was awakened at 2:30 A.M. with the news that one of our planes had crashed near a road just outside of Greenville, S. C. The news was phoned in by Lt. John Colby, navigator on the flight, who bailed out before the crash. He added that the other members of our Squadron in the plane had also successfully jumped. They were Lt. Jack DeMoss, pilot; Lt. Clyde J. Morganti, co-pilot; and S/Sgt. Michael Galich, engineer. It seems that they had run into some navigational difficulties and were forced to abandon ship due to lack of gas. Lt. Morganti sustained the only injury – a sprained ankle. The men who had jumped straggled in all morning with stories of how they landed in trees, marshes, and on farm houses. Their membership fee for the Caterpillar Club was expensive to Lts. DeMoss and Colby since they each had to pay $112.50 in damages for the plane to the Government.
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Young turns in career start with seven two-hit innings
Vet K's eight over seven scoreless; Rodney's 200th save squashes rally
SEATTLE -- Veteran right-hander Chris Young continued to dominate at Safeco Field, the Mariners offense offered a few timely hits and Seattle snapped a four-game losing streak by holding on for a 4-3 win over the Orioles on Saturday afternoon.
It nearly unraveled in the top of the eighth inning.
Seattle led, 4-0, with two outs and two on when Kyle Seager allowed a Chris Davis ground ball to scoot under his glove as two runs came around to score. J.J. Hardy then hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 4-3 before Mariners reliever Yoervis Medina came in and got Manny Machado to ground out to end the inning.
The win moved the Mariners back to 54-50, while the Orioles dropped to 57-46.
Young, like most of Seattle's pitching staff, has received minimal run support during the 2014 season -- just 29 runs in his last 10 starts. But in his 21st appearance (20th start) of the year, he had a four-run lead at the end of five innings and had little issue taking advantage of the newfound cushion.
"My last start, the team spotted me three early and I gave it right back in Anaheim," Young said after improving to 3-2 with a 2.12 ERA over his last eight starts. "That's another very good lineup. That was in the back of my mind.
"'Don't let up. Don't lose focus. Continue to make one good pitch after the next.' That was my goal, and today I did a better job of it than last time."
The 6-foot-10, 35-year-old began the day holding opponents to a .188 batting average in Seattle, and he built off those numbers against the O's, allowing just two hits over seven scoreless innings. Young struck out eight, walked three and hit one batter while picking up his ninth win and lowering his ERA to 3.04.
"He did an outstanding job for us," manager Lloyd McClendon said. "He really kept them off balance all day. I thought his secondary stuff was pretty sharp and he had real good command of the fastball."
It was a much-needed effort for a Mariners offense that entered Saturday at or near the bottom of the American League in runs, hits, batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
For a day, none of it mattered as Seattle handed Young an early lead with three runs in an odd third inning.
The rally started when No. 9 hitter Jesus Sucre hit a bloop single into right field. After James Jones struck out, Dustin Ackley hit a check-swing double that beat an infield shift when it rolled past third base and down the left-field line.
"I think when you're expecting good things to happen, sometimes they do," Ackley said after going 2-for-4 to lift his batting average to .245. "That one was a pleasant surprise for sure."
With first base open, the Orioles opted to intentionally walk Robinson Cano and load the bases to face Kendrys Morales. The maneuver backfired when O's starter Bud Norris (8-7) hit the designated hitter to force in Seattle's first run. Morales checked his swing on the pitch, and third-base umpire Brian Knight ruled that Morales didn't go around.
"He made a good pitch there and we didn't get the call," said O's manager Buck Showalter. "Pretty obvious he swung."
Seager followed with an RBI single to make it 2-0.
After Corey Hart struck out, Logan Morrison lined an 0-2 pitch into left field for a single. Another run scored, but when the ball was misplayed by left fielder Nelson Cruz, Morales didn't try to score from third and was subsequently tagged out because he rounded the base too far after Cruz hit the cutoff man.
Young, meanwhile, breezed through the first two innings before issuing a two-out walk to Nick Markakis in the third, then giving up a single to Delmon Young. But he rebounded to get Adam Jones to fly out to right field to end the inning.
Jones came up in the fifth inning with runners on second and third and two outs, but Young induced a groundout to get out of the jam. Ackley and Cano led off the bottom of the frame with back-to-back doubles to give Young a 4-0 advantage and ensure that the three unearned runs in the eighth inning didn't come back to cost them.
In the ninth, closer Fernando Rodney issued a one-out walk to pinch-hitter David Lough, but he retired the next hitter. With two outs and Young at the plate, Lough broke early trying to steal second. Rodney calmly stepped off the rubber and threw to second base, nailing Lough to end the game. The save was Rodney's 28th of the season and 200th of his career.
"Congratulations to my closer for his 200th save," McClendon said. "That's a phenomenal accomplishment and we're extremely proud of him."
Adam Lewis is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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N.A. brings home 3rd straight WPIAL title
North Allegheny's locker room was rather subdued after Friday's victory — until coach Art Walker entered and questioned the mood.
"Why's it so quiet?"
With one smiling shout, the music grew louder, the atmosphere grew livelier and the weary Tigers celebrated their third consecutive WPIAL Class AAAA championship at Heinz Field, 21-14 winners over Woodland Hills.
It was their time once again.
"There is absolutely no thought of ever being tired of being here," said Walker, whose team became the first to win three straight Quad-A titles.
"(Winning titles in 2010 and 2011) kind of taught the senior class that it's expected," said senior Zach Lyon, who caught two touchdown passes. "That's the only thing we know."
No. 1 North Allegheny (12-0) built a 21-14 lead with three first-half touchdown passes by senior Mack Leftwich, including one that capped a three-play, 82-yard drive just 45 seconds before halftime. But the Tigers needed a second-half shutout from the defense to keep No. 7 Woodland Hills (10-3) from stealing its history-making moment.
"That's been kind of the theme with our defense: If we have a lead at halftime, they take it personal," Walker said. "If we shut them out, we're going to win. The offense doesn't need to do another thing. That's how they want it to be."
Leftwich did just enough. The Stephen F. Austin recruit completed 13 of 23 passes for 219 yards and threw two touchdown passes to Lyon (44 and 5 yards) and a 32-yarder to Gregg Garrity.
The first to Lyon gave NA a 7-0 lead on its opening possession, and the second created a 14-14 tie. The Tigers took a 21-14 halftime lead on the pass to Garrity, which followed a 50-yard catch by junior Elijah Zeise.
"I was surprised how many points were scored in the first half," Woodland Hills coach George Novak said. "Give them credit. They had a great passing game on us."
North Allegheny's key defensive stand came early in the fourth, when Woodland Hills had a first-and-goal at the 4. Three runs netted minus-2 yards. On fourth down with 9:47 left, Woodland Hills' Cody McClelland threw an incomplete pass that bounced short of wideout Khalil Harper in the end zone.
The Wolverines had two more chances to score a game-tying touchdown, but neither drive reached farther than North Allegheny's 37. Another opportunity ended with a muffed punt near midfield, one of three Woodland Hills turnovers; NA's Chas Smith recovered a fumble and intercepted a pass, both in the second quarter.
McClelland completed 8 of 22 passes for 163 yards, including an 11-yard touchdown to Tom Greene in the first quarter that created a 7-7 tie. A 1-yard touchdown run by freshman Miles Sanders gave Woodland Hills a 14-7 lead 8:23 before halftime.
Sanders, who rushed 17 times for 97 yards and caught two passes for 50, was carried by stretcher from the field in the fourth quarter with a sprained neck. He was treated and released from the hospital, Novak said. Sanders was injured with 3:04 left, when a tackle drove him head-first into the ground on a 14-yard run.
After an extended delay, McClelland threw incomplete on Woodland Hills' final four plays, including a fourth-down pass that Harper caught out of bounds with 2:33 left.
With 1:10 left, Woodland Hills nearly regained possession when NA faced fourth-and-5, but an offside penalty allowed the Tigers to consume those final seconds.
NA's measured postgame response could be explained a few ways. The players have added another goal, believing they can win a second state championship in three seasons.
"We made history," senior Pat Kugler said, "but it's not done now. It's a great feeling, but we've got to move on."
But there was more. These Tigers had just played their closest game this season, an exhausting 47-minute performance that wasn't decided until the final minute.
"They had to give everything they had to get another game," Walker said.
Chris Harlan is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Depending on whom you ask, Friday, June 1 was the best or worst thing to come to the Mac App Store since it opened its doors in 2011. As of now, new and significantly updated apps submitted to Apple's Mac App Store must implement sandboxing, which compartmentalizes what data and features a specific app is granted access to. Apps each can metaphorically play exclusively in their own sandbox, accessing only the data that Apple has granted that app entitlements to see.
Originally, Apple told Mac App Store developers that their apps would need to implement sandboxing by November 2011. In November, that deadline was extended to March 2012; in February, Apple extended that deadline again until June 1. That day has come; we've finally entered the sandboxed era.
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The plus side of sandboxing is that it means, in theory, that apps will become safer and more trustworthy: Your Mac prevents them from accessing files they shouldn't access. But that security comes with a price, at least in some cases. Some developers say that sandboxing will force them to remove features from their apps -- or, in some cases, to pull them from the Mac App Store entirely. For example, the sandbox generally prohibits actions like simulating key presses (like a typing expander tool might perform) or accessing root-level privileges (like executing certain command-line scripts).
Apple's view
It's easy to see why the sandboxing requirement makes sense from Apple's perspective: For one thing, it's worked great on the iOS App Store. From day one, apps for the iPhone (and later iPad) were sharply limited as to what features and data they could access on those devices, and the result has been an impressive track record for iOS security.
Although there was that address book kerfuffle and an occasional WebKit security exploit that needed patching, those were the security exceptions that proved the need for tight sandboxing requirements. Clamping down on what data apps could access from the get-go ensured that iOS would remain far less vulnerable to security threats than Android.
Clamping down on the data that Mac App Store apps can access empowers Apple to assure its customers that the third-party software they install is safe and won't compromise their Macs. And Apple certainly wants to reassure its users that Macs are supremely safe, especially after the disappointing blemish left by the Flashback Trojan horse. If Apple sees its alternative as waiting for the day a rogue Mac App Store title maliciously starts abusing user data, the sandboxing requirement seems like a no-brainer.
User and developer outlook
Apple hopes -- and likely expects -- that most Mac App Store customers won't notice that anything has changed as they start installing sandboxed apps from the Mac App Store. For many niche apps that don't need access to any extras (think games and to-do list managers), that should indeed be the case; sandboxing those apps shouldn't have any tangible impact on the user experience.
But in other cases, developers may be forced to sacrifice features large and small to comply with Apple's security requirements. Flying Meat Software's popular image editor Acorn, for example, offers a clever shortcut for power users: When saving an image, merely changing the filename's extension automatically tells the app to adjust what format you're saving the file in. The sandboxed Mac App Store version of the app won't support that feature, Flying Meat's Gus Mueller told Macworld, because -- he believes -- of under-the-hood changes related to how Save dialog boxes work within the sandbox. Mueller stressed that he's not certain precisely why the feature doesn't work in the sandboxed version of Acorn, but he's been devoting his time to figuring out other, more pressing sandboxing issues, like getting the app's AppleScripts to work.
On the plus side, while Mueller had feared last November that Apple's sandboxing approach would break other Acorn features, like plug-in and screenshot support, "it looks like Apple built in some smarts that look for user intent with regards to" features like those.
Rich Siegel of Bare Bones Software spoke to Macworld about his concerns regarding sandboxing last November too, rattling off a long list of features in the company's popular text editor BBEdit that he feared might not be allowed going forward: multifile search and replace, text factory applications, multi-application automation using AppleScript or Automator, Open File by Name, disk browsers, live folder views in projects, SCM integration, bulk HTML tool operations (such as syntax check and site update), and lots of behind-the-scenes stuff such as scanning directories for ctags data. Back then, Siegel said he wasn't sure which features BBEdit would be able to continue to support once sandboxed.
And now that sandboxing is here, Siegel still isn't sure: "The question really remains wide open," he wrote in an email to Macworld. "With a technology like sandboxing, any feature changes are dictated by the underlying system; so we can't really know whether a given feature or behavior is going to work until we test it in the sandboxed environment." While Bare Bones knows that BBEdit features like its Unix command-line tools and privilege escalation when saving over root-owned files will never work in the sandbox, "there's a lot of testing to do" with other features in the software. And, of course, once Bare Bones identifies issues that don't work, Siegel says, "we have to decide whether to neuter the feature entirely or agitate with Apple for changes to the system to enable it to work."
Also back in November, Rob Griffiths -- a former Macworld senior editor and now part of Many Tricks -- expressed concern that several of the company's apps (Moom, Witch, and Time Sink) would simply need to get pulled from the Mac App Store entirely once the sandboxing deadline arrived. All three of those apps use the Accessibility APIs, which lets them simulate various user interactions to work their magic.
Griffiths confirmed to Macworld that, indeed, Apple has offered no new entitlements for developers to use the Accessibility APIs in a sandboxed environment. That means Many Tricks can't release any new features to those apps in the Mac App Store, only bug fixes. For major new releases, Many Tricks will return to relying on direct sales from its website instead.
For some developers, making their apps conform with the Mac App Store's sandboxing requirements would simply hamper their software too much. The developers of the popular keyboard launcher Alfred posted on their blog that "Apple's new Gatekeeper [the OS X Mountain Lion feature that prevents unsigned apps from running] paves the way for us to keep Alfred as productive as possible without having to work within the limitations of a sandbox." The company adds further: "You'll continue to find the free version of Alfred in the Mac App Store, as Apple allows existing apps to remain in the store and receive bug fixes. However, if you're looking for the big, juicy new features, your best bet is to download Alfred from our website."
This story, "Mac App Store's sandboxing requirement kicks in, frustrating developers" was originally published by Macworld.


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The college's supporters celebrated a major victory at Homecoming with the groundbreaking for the Diane C. Nordin '80 Turf Field, expected to open for the fall 2013 semester. Student-athletes and coaches, trustees and administrators joined Nordin (center) and her husband, Thomas Keller (in Wheaton sweatshirt), to kick off construction. In six short months, alumnae/i, parents and friends contributed $3 million toward the new artificial turf field, which will expand the opportunities for varsity, club and intramural teams. Before opening day, however, the college must raise an additional $1 million to support long-term maintenance for the field. For more information, or to get involved, visit wheatoncollege.edu/gobeyond or call Marjorie Houston at 508-286-3556.
The virtuous circle
Sunny Chen '06 remembers the first time she met John and Ann Kirkpatrick Runnette '56.
"I had just co-founded the Wheaton Investment Club with two classmates," she recalls. "The Runnettes were so supportive of our initiative that they immediately promised seed funding to the investment club!"
Their investment in the club marked the start of a relationship between Chen and the Runnettes that has featured several big surprises.
The first came in 2006, when the economics major and Wheaton Posse Scholar graduated. The Runnettes, who were on campus for Ann Runnette's 50th Reunion, attended the Posse celebration that followed Commencement. "We just think she's a lovely person," Ann Runnette says. "When she graduated, we met her parents and many of her family members at graduation."
The Runnettes were so moved by the ceremony that they decided to name their Wheaton Fund Scholarship in Chen's honor. "I was very surprised and humbled," admits Chen, who prefers to see the honor as symbolic. [Read more...]
Creating learning opportunities from research grants
Professor Matthew Evans and four Wheaton students will spend the next three summers above the Arctic Circle seeking to better understand how the melting of Greenland's glaciers will contribute to rising sea levels.
"The big question is how the Disko Bay system has responded to temperature changes in the recent past," Professor Evans said. "The hope is that we can better predict how warming will impact the system in the future. It's an important system, with one of the fastest-advancing and iceberg-producing glaciers on Earth."
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $139,104 grant to Evans for the research effort, which will also take the Wheaton team to the National Ice Core Lab in Denver, Colo., to analyze the 100-meter ice cores they will collect in Greenland. [Read more...]
Gentlemen Callers set stage for future
The way that Mark McKone-Sweet '92 remembers it, the first Gentlemen Callers had no idea that they were forming a group that would last beyond the semester. That makes it all the more remarkable that the male a cappella ensemble is approaching the 25th anniversary of its founding.
To celebrate, and to put the group in position for another 25 years or more, former members of the Gentlemen Callers decided to create a formal organization, the Gentlemen Callers Alumni Union, and establish a $100,000 endowment to support the student group into the future.
The fundraising effort pays forward the generosity that helped the original Gentlemen Callers prosper.
"We should never let go of the fact that we wouldn't be here without the help of the Whims and the Wheatones, the Alumnae/i Relations Office, the dean of students and many others," said McKone-Sweet, who serves on the group's board of directors along with fellow alumni and a current student. [Read more...]


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"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams, which opened at Stow Players March 14, ends the theater's season on a strong note.
Director William Morgan assembled a talented cast to bring this classic story of family conflict to life, and the production was well-received by the opening night audience.
"I thought it was very well done," said Dan Goodell of Tallmadge. "Maggie and Big Daddy played their parts very well."
In the play, the Pollitt family has assembled at the Mississippi homestead to celebrate Big Daddy's (played by Tom Stephan) 65th birthday. However, this birthday is expected to be Big Daddy's last due to cancer. Tensions flare up over who should be in charge of the vast Pollitt estate. Older son Gooper (played by Doug Lillibridge) and his wife Mae (played by Doug's real-life wife Claudia) believe they should inherit, and let no opportunity pass to belittle younger son Brick (played by Brian Westerley) and his wife Margaret (played by Brenda Redmond). Brick gives his older brother and wife plenty of ammunition. After the loss of a close friend, Brick has hit the bottle, and he and Maggie have remained childless, while Gooper and Mae have several children. (Carl Goodell, Daevlynne Lambert, Josephine Reynolds and Colton Reynolds play the children). Through it all, Big Mama (played by Harriet DeVeto) tries to both keep the peace and stay in denial about husband Big Daddy's deteriorating health.
Also in the cast are Tom Marshall as Reverand Tooker, Dave Hinebaugh as Dr. Baugh, Dottie Emmerick as the maid Sookey, and Keri Lambert as the Nanny.
Stephan said that he has wanted to play the role of Big Daddy for 20 years.
"Twenty years ago I was in this play, and I played Gooper," Stephan said. "Since then, I have always wanted to play the role of Big Daddy. We talked about doing this play last year, but another theater did it. I just turned 65 in December. I loved every minute of it. It's such a classic of American drama."
Westerley said that he recently finished directing "Cat" in Brecksville, but he is far from tired of doing the show.
"Brick's a man trapped by society," he said of his character. "Society tells him he can't be who he is, so he feels he can't be. He's told he has to get married, he has to have a family. All he wants to do is bury himself. He acts out, with jumping the hurdles and with drinking."
Morgan said that the team of actors in this show "is probably the most talented cast I've worked with."
"Everybody is so equally talented," Morgan said.
Ticket and show information
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" can be seen through March 29. Show times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., with one Sunday matinee on March 23, at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets for "Cat" are $12 general admission; $10 for senior citizens and students (although the theater doesn't recommend the show for students younger than high school). Only cash or checks are accepted for ticket payment.
All Stow Players performances are in the Heritage Barn in Stow's Silver Springs Park, with access from the Young Road entrance only. Call 330-655-6051 for reservations and information. Visit the Stow Players website at www.stowplayers.net or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The Conversations I Overhear–Sue's Mommy Blog
For the first 5 years I had a Mommy Blog about my daughter Abby's life and what it was like for me as a first time Mommy. Well now she's a 7 year old Diva and I've decided to bring back the Mommy Blog. Her life and what she does is just so funny, it's too funny not to talk about or write about! It's time to share our adventures with you again. Wow, I can't believe she's almost 8. Time flies. Sue's Mommy Blog


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You exercise your body to stay physically in shape, so why shouldn't you exercise your brain to stay mentally fit? With these daily exercises you will learn how to flex your mind, improve your creativity and boost your memory. As with any exercise, repetition is necessary for you to see improvement, so pick your favorite exercises from our daily suggestions and repeat them as desired. Try to do some mentalrobics every single day!
In a Brainstorm, you don't need to come up with completely unique, original, and fully formed ideas. If everyone did this, the meeting would be very quiet while everyone sat and thought, and you wouldn't end up with very many novel ideas. The best ideas come from a collaborative effort of springboarding off one idea to arrive at another improved or modified solution. After you have built on the original idea several times, you'll have something completely new that you never would have thought of on your own.
Never hold back because your idea is only partially formed or incomplete. The other brainstormers can build on it and turn it into a possible solution. Even a little random thought could provide the spark that gives someone else a great idea.
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text: LBBs not so nondescript By Scott Shalaway December 8, 2012 Story Share The diversity of backyard birds fuels their appeal. Cardinals and blue jays are spectacularly beautiful. Chickadees, titmice, and nuthatches sparkle with personality. Woodpeckers entertain. But some, the nondescript native sparrows we call "LBBs" (little brown birds), avoid the spotlight by simply feeding on the ground. Ground feeders are nice to have around because they help clean up the seeds other birds kick to the ground.Because native sparrows lack stunning colors and irresistible personalities, they can be a challenge to identify. Here's a guide to some common ground-feeding sparrows that may visit your backyard feeders.Song sparrows exemplify the classic LBB. Careful study, however, reveals several distinctive markings. For example, their legs and feet are pink. They have a long, rounded tail, which they pump up and down when they fly. Their white throat is bordered by long dark stripes that suggest a mustache. And the white belly and chest are marked by heavy brown streaks that often converge into a central breast spot. They're not so nondescript, after all.Dark-eyed juncos are often called "snowbirds" because they are so often seen in winter. They usually arrive here in mid-October.Juncos are easy to recognize. The charcoal gray body contrasts with the white belly, white outer tail feathers that flash in flight and the bright pink bill. The body of female juncos is a duller brownish-gray.White-throated and white-crowned Sparrows can be identified by distinctive facial patterns. White-throats sport a prominent white throat, black and white crown stripes, and broad eyebrow stripes, which are yellow in front of the eye and white or tan behind it. White-crowns lack the bright white throat, and the head pattern consists of zebralike bold black and white stripes. Tree sparrows usually arrive shortly before Christmas from their breeding range in northern Canada and Alaska and are easy to identify. Look for a rusty crown, a fine rusty stripe behind the eye, two white wing bars, and, most important, a dark spot in the middle of an otherwise plain breast.Despite their name, tree sparrows are not forest birds. They nest in northern Canada and Alaska among the stunted trees and shrubs that characterize the tundra. Visits by tree sparrows are particularly gratifying because they travel so far to reach my backyard. Here, tree sparrows inhabit old fields, forest edges and marshes where they roam in flocks of 30 to 40 individuals. Within these flocks, sub-groups of four to eight birds travel and feed together. Another winter visitor from the north whose arrival often coincides with the holiday season is the fox sparrow. Among the largest sparrows, foxies measure about 7 inches long and sport a bright rusty plumage. Heavy streaking across their chest converges to form a distinct central spot. When feeding, they make a lot of noise by kicking back the leaf litter with both feet like a towhee. Fox sparrows are unmistakable. When I see a fox sparrow, I'm reminded of a big rusty song sparrow.A few years ago I devised a simple multi-level platform feeder to attract a greater variety of native sparrows. Place a 3-by-5-foot piece of exterior plywood on top of two sawhorses. Then put two concrete blocks on top of the plywood and cover them with a smaller piece of plywood. Anchor the whole arrangement with another concrete block. This setup creates a large, three-tiered platform feeder for native sparrows.The ground is reasonably protected by the first tabletop, and initially birds congregate there. But the middle level is protected by a roof that is only as high as the concrete blocks; expect birds to gather here when it snows. Another simple way to enhance a backyard feeding station is to place used Christmas trees near feeders. After the big day, gather a few discarded Christmas trees from the neighborhood and tie them together to provide ground feeding birds with protective cover from snow and wind and safe haven from hungry hawks and cats. Just toss a handful of seed into the bundle, and ground feeders will find it in no time.Send questions and comments to Dr. Scott Shalaway, 2222 Fish Ridge Road, Cameron, WV 26033 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Trump turns down Murray Energy coal relief proposal 2 WVU's Dana Holgorsen says extended practice 'insane' 3 Charleston's Civil War soldier statues erected with private funds 4 Casey fuming that Justice blamed wife's politics for unexpected firing 5 Crossings Mall Kroger reopens with new look more than a year after flood There's still time to bag an antlerless deer Previous Story Snow birds Next Story


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A GYMNASTICS club in Stock Wood, near Redditch, has secured £50,000 of Olympic legacy funding from Sport England's Inspired Facilities Fund.
Worcester Gymnastics Club will receive the funding to upgrade facilities at the gym, which has helped more than 1,000 local young people get into sport since it opened in 1998.
It started as a small club for boys and expanded over the years to take males and females of all ages.
The improvements include roof repairs, a foam pit to allow safe practice of difficult manoeuvres, a storage area and a viewing area.
More than 1,000 sports projects across the country have now received National Lottery funding through Inspired Facilities Fund. Every sports facility that receives funding will carry the London 2012 Inspire mark – celebrating the link to the Games.
Worcester Gymnastics Club chairman Sally Everest said: "We are delighted to have secured this investment, which means we can upgrade the quality of our premises to match the quality of coaches. It is the cornerstone of our strategy to have an outstanding club for the 2012 Olympics legacy."
Redditch MP Karen Lumley added: "This investment by Sport England is fantastic news. This money is an investment that will enable everyone in the community to become involved in gymnastics if they wish. In particular, it offers the young people of today and in the future, access to top class training in top class facilities."
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HOUSTON - Shots were fired during an attempted robbery at a west Houston antiques store, investigators said.
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The owner, Harry Little, 70, said he believed the men were going to rob the store.
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This exhibition provides an overview demonstrating the presence and flourishing of Jews in the ancient and modern Kingdom of Morocco. The exhibition is presented through the implementation of artistically designed textual displays, documents, pull quotes, non-photo images (e.g. lithographs and engravings), historic photos, captions, replications of historic documents, and other visuals which demonstrate the life of the Jews living throughout this North African country. This exhibition, developed and curated by Shelomo Alfassa, has been funded in part by the New York Council for the Humanities.
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Cespedes, Smith combine for seven RBIs vs. Angels
OAKLAND -- Yoenis Cespedes had a simple explanation as to why he was productive hours after playing in a 19-inning marathon.
"When I got here, I drank a Red Bull and was ready for the game," he said after driving in four runs and helping the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels, 10-6, on Tuesday night.
Seth Smith, who would have pitched had there been another inning on Monday night, added three RBIs as the A's won their third straight after losing eight of their previous nine.
"I thought we were good," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "We were limited with our personnel, but the guys who played did so with energy."
Jarrod Parker (1-4) pitched one batter into the seventh inning, giving up four runs on six hits. He walked three and struck out four.
"I felt good," Parker said. "I was able to forget about what's done and focus in on each pitch. There's a reason for my success and I didn't want to get away from who I am. I didn't want to fight myself."
Parker, who said he has been working on some mechnical issues, avoided becoming the first Athletics pitcher to lose five games in April with his effort.
He also helped save the bullpen, though Melvin had to go to Sean Doolittle, who threw 18 pitches to record four outs.
"Until we get to this off-day on Thursday, we're going to have some guys unavailable," Melvin said. "We'll be fine."
Smith, Cespedes, Derrick Norris and Eric Sogard each had two hits for the A's, who have scored 29 runs over their last three games after scoring 20 in the eight losses they sustained in a nine-game stretch prior to their win streak.
"I'm going to come right at him with my stuff," Angels starter Garrett Richards said of Cespedes. "I'm not going to change what I do because he's in the box. I came right at him tonight, and he came out on top. I'm going to have to make adjustments for next time."
Cespedes, who drove in the tying run in the ninth in Monday night's 19-inning win, doubled in a run and scored on a wild pitch in the fourth, tripled home two runs during a three-run rally in the fifth and brought home Sogard with a sac fly in the eighth.
"His bat is huge," Parker said. "His defense, his arm; he's a complete player and extremely important to our success. With him in the lineup, the guys around him are more comfortable."
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Parker had allowed only an unearned run through four innings. He gave up consecutive singles to J.B. Shuck and Erick Aybar ahead of Mike Trout's two-run double in the fifth, turned in a scoreless six and was pulled after walking Aybar to open the seventh. Aybar scored on a Trout triple off Tuesday callup Evan Scribner, closing the book on Parker.
Scribner was charged with two runs on three hits in two-thirds of an inning.
Rick Eymer is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Dog-friendly Steyning, 1 Dogs & Pub Within 1 Mile
Formerly the stables to the house adjacent, this delightful grade II listed cottage with enclosed courtyard garden is ideally located a stone's throw from various shops, amenities, pubs and restaurants of the charming market town of Steyning.
This well-presented holiday property is located in the heart of the popular market town of Steyning, at the foot of the South Downs National Park and only 10 minutes' drive from the nearest beach. Offering a wealth of charm and character, this period apartment is situated above the owner's traditional sweet…
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