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"Just as a woman's heart knows how and when to pump, her lungs to inhale, and her hand to pull back from fire, so she knows when and how to give birth."
- Virginia Di Orio
The Art of Midwifery
When you begin nipple stimulation for a client, check the prenatal record to see what her normal blood pressure (BP) is. One of the ways you can tell whether or not she is truly kicking into labor is that her BP will rise. If it doesn't, you're going to be doing nipple stimulation for a long, long time. But remember, there is a pathological rise in BP as well, so I have decided on a cutoff of 140 over 90. I don't want to see any pressures higher than that.
- Sr. Angela Murdaugh, CNM, Midwifery Today Issue 31
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More than 8,000 pregnant Danish women were surveyed about how often they had eaten fish during pregnancy. The occurrence of preterm delivery fell from 7.1% in women never eating fish to 1.9% in those eating fish at least once a week. Overall, low birth weight and preterm birth tended to decrease with increasing fish consumption, and average birth weight and length of gestation tended to increase with increasing fish consumption. This correlation applied to a daily intake of as much as 15 g fish. These findings agree with previous trials showing that consumption of fish oil in pregnancy can increase birth weight by prolonging gestation and can prevent recurrence of preterm delivery. The authors suggest that for women with zero or low fish intake, small amounts of omega-3 fatty acids -- provided as fish or fish oil -- may protect against preterm delivery.
- British Journal of Medicine, 2002;324:447
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First Stage of Labor
First Stage, Homebirths
When I arrive at a client's home, I do the following:
(Note: The order of assessment may change depending on the situation.)
- Jill Cohen, lay midwife
In-Hospital First Stage Assessment and Management of Low-Risk Women
- Sharon Glass, CNM (Midwifery Today Issue 31)
Sometimes you'll get the feeling that stronger contractions and hard labor are impending, but the woman is keeping them at bay. Up to about 4 or 5 cm (and sometimes beyond), women have the power to control labor's ebb and flow, and can choose the time when they let the forces of birth take over. Difficulties occur if the uterus has worked up to a certain intensity and the mother begins to fight against it. This is often the case when a woman is groaning and rocking at only 2 or 3 cm dilation.
Women often need special guidance at this point. To move into active labor, the mother must give up notions of how labor is "supposed to be." She may no longer find slow, deep breathing effective; if her breathing sounds ragged or jerky, introduce slightly more accelerated but relaxed chest breathing. Movement during contractions (even pelvic rocking) can create muscular tension; show her how to be still and let her body "melt" while focusing on the rhythm of her breath. Enable the mother to make this shift and frantic agitation will be replaced with peaceful resignation that permeates the environment and sets a tone of readiness for harder labor....
Some women feel vulnerable lying down, particularly those who like being in control. Sitting cross-legged, with shoulders and hands loose, can give the mother a sense of steering herself through contractions, and a straight spine can keep tension from stacking up her back. Have someone sit behind her and squeeze her shoulders or push on her lower back periodically to help her stay loose in this position. If the baby is posterior and not yet descended, the mother can try the hands-and-knees position with pelvic rocks to encourage rotation. If she likes, you can massage her buttocks using long, downward strokes. This helps her focus low in her body and encourages her to relax her breathing.
- Elizabeth Davis, Heart and Hands 3rd ed.,
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Q: A friend was just diagnosed, by urinalysis, with Group B strep. She is planning to have her baby at home (this will be her third successful homebirth). She has been told she will need IV antibiotic intrapartum. Is it safe to have a homebirth and if so what precautionary measures should be taken? She is due March 20.
- Colleen
A: I have had several moms with strep B. I encourage the moms to avoid refined sugars and junk food. I also suggest they eat lots of leafy green vegetables and fresh fruit. Having a more alkaline diet will discourage the strep B. Liquid oxygen helps to alkaline the system as well. This can be purchased in most health food stores. The medical profession has really terrified mothers. I have had no problems with moms who tested positive. They all had a fine birth.
All of us have strep B -- some have it more under control. Cleaning up the diet really helps. Most moms who have upgraded the diet will then test negative for strep B. The doctors will tell them they will still have the antibiotics regardless, since they had tested positive for it at a previous time. That is very discouraging.
A: In our country (The Netherlands) women with group B streps can deliver at home but with a few restrictions and depending if the obstetrician in charge is in favour of homebirth or not. I have had a case like this only two times. I asked for a second opinion from an obstetrician who I knew is not afraid of home delivery, and we agreed on the following:
Have the woman get another checkup (at 36 weeks gestation) and see if the bacteria are still present. If so, she can get antibiotics and be tested after the antibiotic treatment. If she is still infected she needs intrapartum IV antibiotics -- if she delivers after 4 hours. If she's a "flying multipara," as we say, and delivers within 4 hours, the IV antibiotics are too slow to work and then I think a shot of 50,000 units of penicillin for the baby postpartum will do (in the hospital I work with, this therapy is done, and after a day of observation most mothers and babys go home without problems).
If there are no strep B left after the antibiotic treatment in pregnancy, the woman can deliver at home, but stay aware of the fact that nobody knows how long after the treatment with antibiotics in pregnancy the strep will be eliminated. So close observation of mother and child is still needed, and the baby must be transferred to hospital to get treated if even the slightest sign of infection occurs.
In my opinion this shot of preventive antibiotics also can be given at home to the baby (we are allowed to give the first vaccination against hepatitis B within two hours of birth to the baby at home as well, so why not antibiotics?).
Thorough observations for signs of illness in mother and child also can be done at home, but I never got a GP to give me the antibiotics for the baby because it is not "regular protocol." Still I think it could be an option (maybe that's my opinion about delivering in the most natural environment; I think you need a hospital only if there's nothing you can do anymore at home).
Remember that this woman already had two babies at home without complications and that close and thorough observations for signs of infection are more important than antibiotics -- because there still is no hard evidence this preventive antibiotic treatment really helps.
A: I have attended a homebirth where the mother needed GBS prophylaxis. If the labor is progressing rapidly, start an IV site and administer penicillin-G 500 million units or 2 grams of ampicillin if allergic to penicillin. Then give Clindamycin 900 mg or Erythromycin 500 mg. If the labor is going to take a while, start a saline lock instead, tape it nicely, and give her additional doses every 4 hours of Pen-G 2.5 million units or 1 gram ampicillin, or half doses of the other -mycins. I did not consult the ACNM Homebirth Handbook, but that is what I have seen and it worked out well. Now that the mother has had the screening and is known GBS positive, the CDC guidelines suggest she receive intrapartum prophylaxis. If a midwife is not familiar with doing it, she may be able to find a supportive RN in her community. The mother should still have a homebirth if she wants it, but we should remember that a baby with GBS sepsis often will die and we all should carefully do what we can to prevent that.
-Carla Cleary, RN SNM
A: During my research into homebirth, I came across several articles that support giving antibiotics IM during the last 4 weeks of pregnancy as an alternative to intrapartum antibiotics. Recommended dosage is (1) 1.2 ml shot of penicillin G benzathine per week for 4 weeks.
-Erika O.
A: I recently had a woman test positive with GBS from a yoni/rectum culture sent into a lab for testing at about 36 1/2 weeks. After getting the results, the mother was informed of her choices: the protocols of a hospital birth with a GBS+ test and what we would do at home with a GBS+ homebirth. She decided that she would like to stay at home and try to work on the GBS using herbs, positive thinking, and a chance to retest after a few days of herbal treatment. It seems to me that GBS can come and go on a daily basis. My own feeling is that GBS has to do with pH balance and allowing it to grow if this balance is out of whack. We had a remedy: First, we used a light herbal douche made of comfrey, calendula, a bit of goldenseal, 3 drops of Nutri-biotic diluted in warm water. She was advised to administer the douche just at the vaginal opening and not to push the herbal water too high or with force. She did this 2-3 times a day. Also, she drank 3 glasses of water infused with Nutri-biotic daily and ate lots of veggies, fruit, and simple grains. After 5 days of this remedy, we retested. Her test came back GBS negative. She was ecstatic! I truly believe the herbs worked and the retesting was crucial. Her homebirth was wonderful!
A: A UK support group for Group B Strep offers loads of evidence-based information. The Web site address is www.gbss.org.uk.
-Zana, CBE
More about bipolar condition [Issue 4:9]:
More about stroke [Issue 4:8]:
Several years ago our hospital had a lady who had a stroke at about 28 weeks. She stayed in the hospital and received tube feedings and physical therapy. She responded very little and could not communicate verbally at all. Near term she became restless. OB nurses were called to the floor and we determined that she was in labor. It progressed very well and she pushed spontaneously when the baby started moving down. When we put the baby on her chest a single tear rolled down her cheek. Of course the baby was watched closely for growth and well-being throughout the pregnancy, but she didn't have any further problems.
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Sometimes, all you can do is shake your head and wonder.
TV will do that to you -- for many different reasons. Take today's two-part column, for example -- the first half deals with a new drama that leaves the intrigued viewer thinking, "I didn't think they could pull it off, but they did," and the second focuses on a show that raises the question, "Can it really be that bad?"
At first glance, NBC's Hannibal seemed like a no-hope proposition. The dark, crime-focused drama proposes a life for legendary big-screen serial killer Hannibal Lecter before The Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon.
Much like A&E's recent prequel-ish reboot of the Norman Bates story with Bates Motel, Hannibal seeks to build a series storyline around a fictional figure whose eventual dark fate is already well known. And like poor, Mommy-issues-crippled Norman, Lecter is hardly the sort of fellow one could hope to transform into a sympathetic central character.
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Hannibal, despite its title, actually focuses mostly on the efforts of Will Graham (Hugh Dancy), a gifted but deeply neurotic FBI criminal profiler who, as the series begins, is working on a case involving a serial killer who has abducted several young women in Minnesota.
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Fairly few antenna units were manufactured with the faulty piece (Shakespeare estimates that only 400 left its factory), but if you have an active TV antenna, you should definitely check it out. For starters, turn on your GPS at the dock with the TV antenna turned off, then turn on the antenna, tune to a TV station, and see if your position changes or gets lost. You might also go to the U. S. Coast Guard safety site (www.uscgboating.org) to get a list of affected models. If you have one, you'll find that the manufacturer has a program to further identify and replace defective units.
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MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming Reviewby Ian Cutress on 4/18/2013 12:00 PM EST
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jabber - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkYes a shame about those unwanted video ports. Just more unnecessary circuit traces on a very busy board. Reply
iamkyle - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkI'm still waiting for a manufacturer to come out with an E-ATX or XL-ATX motherboard that sacrifices the onboard junk - audio, LAN, etc and just gives me the bare essentials. Just give me USB ports and let me build the rest.
With those motherboard form factors, there is PLENTY of room for 'enthusiasts' to use 3 or 4-way SLI or CF setups and STILL use a premium sound card or NIC of their choice. TRUE customizability, TRUE choice. Reply
jabber - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkYes I've always wanted a motherboard that really strips away everything an enthusiast wouldn't want. I'm pretty sure with less crap on the board it would have less noise and the traces could be shortened and widened improving stability and OC potential. Reply
TaylorSandler - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkLove my job, since I've been bringing in $5600… I sit at home, music playing while I work in front of my new iMac that I got now that I'm making it online.(Click Home information)
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dawp - Friday, April 19, 2013 - linkwhy can't we flag spammers? Reply
whyso - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkWhy are POST times so long on desktop boards. For laptops its generally less than five seconds. Reply
Death666Angel - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkBecause desktop boards typically include a bunch more extra hardware (USB chips, SATA chips, bigger BIOS, more memory modules etc.) and all that takes time to initialize. Laptop motherboards on the other hand are usually pretty bare bones utilizing only chipset features and not much more, the BIOS is also fairly locked down and offers only basic customization and the builder knows what will be included in the built so there is no need to search for a lot of stuff that might be installed, which shaves off even more time. Reply
IanCutress - Friday, April 19, 2013 - linkUsually due to initialisation processes. I test POST with two GPUs under Win7, and each GPU adds some time. There's also more fan controllers, headers, ports, and all the stuff connected to the chipset that you don't get in a laptop, hence the big discrepancy in time. Death Angel covers it ^^^ Reply
TGressus - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkI've always liked the look of the Tantalum capacitors MSI uses. They should switch the remaining SMD caps out, blacken the silk screening, lead and solder.
It would take extreme aesthetic to offset MSI BIOS. :( Reply
Quizzical - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - link"gaming WiFi" is an oxymoron, so I don't think you can reasonably fault MSI for not including it.
If the GD65 is the flagship of MSI's "gaming" line and the rest have numbers that normally correspond to MSI's lower end motherboards, then they may well be taking the approach of saying, let's include the stuff that gamers need and not so much else, rather than spending the money for worthless junk like a Thunderbolt port.
There are plenty of people who want to build a gaming rig with a sub-$100 motherboard for budget reasons, though on such a budget, you're probably looking at an AMD CPU. A motherboard that offers everything that has a plausible gaming use and not much else could have a useful niche.
The utility of a higher polling rate mouse has nothing to do with the frame rate. There's no good reason for a game engine to pretend that all inputs happened exactly when a new frame started. You process keyboard, mouse, and gamepad inputs as they come in, and if you don't start a new frame until 10 ms after you found out that a button was pressed, then that frame can show 10 ms worth of movement due to the button press.
A higher polling rate does only take a few ms off of input latency. Windows default for USB devices is 125 Hz, which means average input latency of 4 ms (on average, you press a button halfway between the next time that the device will be polled and the previous time), and that trivially can't be reduced to less than 0 ms. Reply
hansmuff - Friday, April 19, 2013 - linkGood comment on the polling rate, marketing at its best. I do notice a difference between a 125 Hz rate and a 250 Hz rate in terms of smoothness of the desktop cursor when you move it, but any higher and I personally can't make out a difference.
It should also be noted that polling with a higher frequency uses additional CPU cycles, since as the name implies USB is a polling interface. Reply
sherlockwing - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkMy favorite part of the MSI Z77 board is the 90 degree USB3.0 header, it really helps hiding that huge usb3.0 header. Reply
boogerlad - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkIs this motherboard a joke? Covering the fins is very stupid, and fins that are shaped merely for aesthetics is even worse. Are aesthetics more important than performance and practicality these days? Reply
mwildtech - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkBitch Bitch Bitch - Beat it! Reply
HisDivineOrder - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkDare you deny the dragon? Reply
Crono - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkI dare not. I actually was planning on doing a custom paint case, red and black, with the Dragon Army emblem from the new Ender's Game coming out in fall. The motherboard would fit well, though really even with a side panel no one looks that closely to see some of the theme details on a motherboard.
"Your ass is dragon!" Reply
Sunstorm - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkHi Ian, I wanted to point out a piece of misinformation that MSI seem to be allowing various review sites to propagate. The board is not capable of 2X SLI (yes, standard two way) when the third PCI-E 3 slot is in use. I was told by MSI tech support that this is due to how the pcie lanes are provided for the third slot, which differs from the majority of other Z77 boards. This occurs even if the third slot is used for a soundcard ie you are not trying to do tri-SLI, SLI is simply disabled.
Multiple reviews of the GD65 (and therefore presumably this gamer version) do not highlight this issue and presumably review sites aren't testing this. MSI seems content to allow this misinformation to be spread far and wide, which led to me buying the GD65 and finding it was not adequate for my needs several months after purchase. Thankfully the retailer accepted a return.
Please update the review to reflect this, if reviewers are able to test this and publish it then maybe a few people will avoid the hassle I had Reply
IanCutress - Friday, April 19, 2013 - linkHi SunStorm,
I am communicating with MSI directly on this to see what is up. Personally I feel there may be something wrong with the SLI certification flag. It probably confirms that the x8/x8 arrangement is SLI capable, but the x4 from the chipset is not, but there may be a bug that states if the x4 is populated, disable SLI completely. I am hoping to get a straight answer for you.
Please note I would have tested it if I had access to three of the same NVIDIA GPU, but alas I do not :( Reply
IanCutress - Friday, April 19, 2013 - linkHi SunStorm. I got an answer, and it boils down to this.
"In order to run SLI you need either a x16 slot running at @16 or @x8."
So when the third slot is populated, it brings all slots down to x8/x4/x4. Because the second slot is x4, it fails SLI certification.
If you have examples of SLI working in x4 mode *anywhere*, please email me (email@example.com) as this is rather interesting. If this is truly the case, it's an NVIDIA restriction, not an MSI one.
Ideally if you want 2xSLI and an x4 sound card/RAID card, you need a board that does x8/x8 on PCIe slots and then takes the final x4 from the chipset, such as the Z77 OC Formula or Z77 Extreme6.
Ian Reply
Sunstorm - Friday, April 19, 2013 - linkThank you Ian, the fact that you took the time to take a look in to this is much appreciated. I have only found one forum post anywhere which highlighted this issue.
Since most reviewers are stating that the MSI GD65 (and presumably related boards) is capable of tri-SLI I would imagine other people buying these boards may end up bitten down the line, even if they do their research by looking at reviews. I think in most people's case, given the price level, the fact that it is not tri-SLI capable is not a concern; however, the fact that ANY card in the third slot disables SLI is pretty important for people to be aware of, particularly as it is a behaviour not seen on most Z77 boards. As far as I am aware, the majority of Z77 boards take the lanes for the third slot from the chipset (as you describe), I've now switched to an ASUS v-pro for this reason.
The only instances where I recall I may have seen SLI operating at 4x or lower are the tests of the impact of PCI-E bandwidth on graphics card performance. I'm not sure how those are conducted though. Reply
IanCutress - Friday, April 19, 2013 - linkThe x8/x8 + x4 vs. x8/x4/x4 difference will only showcase for those that need the PCIe slots, and I hope I have pointed this out in every review I have written. The x8 requirement for SLI will definitely feature in my future reviews, and I will be testing it on Haswell for you.
After speaking with MSI, they *will* (because I'll hunt them down) be updating their website to make it more obvious to users. A lot of reviews will just go to the back end and copy/paste of the specifications rather than going through them like we try to do, to see where reality meets purpose. In recent months I have found a few glaring errors with both websites and manuals (!).
Ian Reply
Sunstorm - Friday, April 19, 2013 - linkMany thanks Ian. The quality of the reviews here, as well as interactions like this between commentators and the authors are what really make you guys stand out as pretty much the best tech site out there, in my opinion. I'm glad that I have potentially flagged up this SLI issue that has not come up before. Reply
WeaselITB - Friday, April 19, 2013 - linkWow, kudos on this. I'm not really in the market for a new motherboard (and I'm more of a ROG fan, anyway), but this sort of interaction is exactly why I keep reading Anandtech. Awesome.
-Weasel Reply
just4U - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - linkRealtek Sound?
I noticed the SoundBlaster Cinema Sticker there yet it says Onboard sound is Realtek. Is it software emulation like what you see out of Asus? Or like Gigabyte's Killer series where it really is a SoundBlaster chip? Reply
IanCutress - Friday, April 19, 2013 - linkSoftware Emulation; the Soundblaster Cinema software package is part of software stack, and enabled it by default. We had to disable it to run our RMAA audio tests properly as it interfered and raised an interchannel leakage error.
Ian Reply
just4U - Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - linkSuch a shame.. MSI, use the real thing ok? That goes double for you Asus. Doesn't have to be SoundBlaster either but come on these are supposed to be a step above. Reply
benbenkr - Friday, April 19, 2013 - linkWhy did you guys not test DPC latency on this board?
Seriously, DPC latency is like one of the -->MOST<-- important thing to test given how much BS software which comes with all the motherboards these days. Reply
IanCutress - Friday, April 19, 2013 - linkDPC Latency is on page 6, under System Benchmarks (http://anandtech.com/show/6902/6). It's a quick test and there are people who want the info, so we are happy to provide the extra data point. Some boards fail this test spectacularly, so it's good to get onto the manufacturers to fix it. Reply
tech6 - Friday, April 19, 2013 - linkJust another cynical marketing attempt to extract more money from the gaming community. Raise the price, make it black, put some cool graphics on it a loud contrasting color and call it a day. Reply
Lucian2244 - Saturday, April 20, 2013 - linkIsn't that how every business work? Reply
ZoeAnderson24 - Monday, April 22, 2013 - linkbefore I saw the receipt for $6106, I did not believe that my friend actualy erning money in there spare time from there pretty old laptop.. there aunt has done this for only 17 months and at present paid the morgage on there villa and got themselves a Mazda. read more at, All29.comCHECK IT OUT Reply
geokilla - Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - linkThis motherboard ahs been on the market for a year and you say it's a new release...? Fail. Reply
geokilla - Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - linkOh I missed a section. Nvm Reply
pandemonium - Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - linkMaybe it's just me, but I was expecting a lot more gaming benchmarks for a gaming MoBo. Reply
deegee - Sunday, April 28, 2013 - linkNot bad features for the price, but as mentioned in the article not much more than a stock board.
Thanks, but I will stick with my ASUS ROG components. Reply
Rob94hawk - Thursday, May 09, 2013 - linkGlad I didn't swap my blue MSI Z77A-GD65 for the gaming version. Other than the NIC and the nice color scheme it doesn't have anything to warrant a swap. Reply
PCgamerblogspot - Sunday, December 22, 2013 - linkI think you're being a little harsh on the board, MSI makes great boards and this one is no different. I own this board and although it not going to break any world records what it will do is provide a solid, stable, platform for you to build your PC off of. Its got good features and it's a (reasonably) good OC board. All in all I'm happy with it. Reply


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Yule Log – Buche de Noel
Adapted from Pastrywiz. Not recommended for beginners.
2/3 cup whole milk
2 large egg yolks
2 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons all purpose flour
1/2 cup marzipan, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
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3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
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2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
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4 ounces milk chocolate, chopped
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Starting 1 inch in from each end of cake, cut on diagonal to remove one 3-inch-long piece of cake from each end. Attach 1 cake piece at sides of cake near each end. Spread frosting over top and sides of cake and pieces. Using tines of fork, draw concentric circles on cake ends to resemble tree rings. Draw fork along length of cake to form bark design. Garnish with Marzipan Mushrooms.
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thesuperject - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - link1366 x 768? Is it really too much to ask for at least a 1600 x 900 display on these sorts of devices? Reply
Stuka87 - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkIts intended to be very low cost, which means the screen is going to suck. But for its price bracket that doesn't matter to most people. Reply
ImSpartacus - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkYup, that's Kabini's bag.
I'm tickled that these kinds of budget machines might start seeing ~128GB SSDs. Even mediocre SSDs would yield a tremendous improvement. Reply
Alexvrb - Sunday, July 07, 2013 - linkAbsolutely. For consumers buying this sort of entry-level ultraportable, they're better served with an SSD and a less expensive CPU, rather than a mechanical drive and a pricier processor. Hopefully this trend continues. Reply
djc208 - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkIt's a value ultraportable, so for around $500 it wouldn't be too out of place. Sure most tablets have better resolution in a smaller screen, but they don't currently run a full Windows OS or have 128GB SSDs (or full HDDs). Reply
karasaj - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkI would take a 400-500$ device (maybe even 600$?) with a Kabini SoC, 128GB SSD, and 768 display (especially if it's decent contrast - low ppi doesn't necessarily mean shitty display!) over a 1600x900 13 inch with a 5400RPM hard drive and i5 any day. An SSD means worlds for the feeling of responsiveness in a system. Reply
whyso - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkYou can generally add in an SSD too. 128 GB for $80. Or even if the laptop has an mssd slot have the best of both worlds: storage and speed.
I'd certainty pay $80 more for i5 and better screen. Reply
karasaj - Saturday, June 22, 2013 - linkYou're exaggerating - most 128gb SSDs cost around 100$, and fall to 90$ sales. *Occasionally*, they do fall to 80$, but not often. Plus, good or bad, laptops this thin don't tend to be serviceable.
If you're buying a thin and light notebook under 500$, chances are your intentions are web browsing, office, and maybe a flash game. An i5 and better screen would probably rocket the price at least $200 haha... Kabini costs way less than the three hundred something I think Intel charges. Reply
gnx - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkAlso hoping that by the end-of-year refresh, they'll have a 1600*900 display version of the ATIV Book 9. AMD or not, I don't really mind, since I don't game, but a 1366*768 is no good for heavy text work that I need to do on my portable laptop.
One more thing, I am very glad they have a dark color scheme with matte screens. IMHO, much better than shiny silver and glossy screens in most ultrabooks. Reply
R3MF - Wednesday, July 03, 2013 - linkagreed.
they have some great 13.3" screens at 1600x900 from the old series 9 chassis, can we not have those in the kabini version? Reply
AlB80 - Monday, June 24, 2013 - linkATIV 9 Plus has a 3200x1800 display. I think you will be satisfied. Reply
JDG1980 - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - link"The ATIV Book 9 Lite features a 13.3-inch 1366 x 768 display"... that's where I stopped reading. Reply
heffeque - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkPlease, tell me how many ultrabooks that cost under $500 have better than 1366*768 displays do you know. I'm really interested. Reply
Darkstone - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkA mediocre display: maybe $50
A good 1080p IPS display: maybe $80 ( LP156WF4 SLB6 = $98 aftermarket )
What i'm whilling to pay for the difference between an 1080p ips display and 768p TN: $200.
What i'm actually paying: $30 for the display, $300 in intel taxes.
There is no reason it isn't possible to outfit an $500 notebook with a kabini quadcore and 1080p ips display. Hell, for $50 extra it's possible to grab one of dell's inspirions with i5, 15.6" 1080p TN and HD 7730m. That one is €550-600 where i live. ($ = € usually).
It's a shame samsung positions this in the '9' series. The 9 series is supposed to be the high-end. Reply
monstercameron - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkits not just about costs, they have limited supplies of certain displays, so they have to choose what products to use them on. There isn't an unlimited supply of high res displays. Reply
heffeque - Saturday, June 22, 2013 - linkSo... your answer is that there are no 13.3" ultrabooks with better than 1366*768 displays for less than $500. Just what I thought. Thank you for confirming that people have unrealistic expectations. Reply
Alexvrb - Sunday, June 23, 2013 - linkElitist armchair techies alawys have unrealistic expectations when it comes to OEM devices. "I won't touch it if it doesn't have an SSD RAID 0 array, i7 hexacore, two discrete GPUs, and a quad HD display!"
Not to mention that OEMs have *gasp* costs and overhead, and have to make a PROFIT off these devices?!? OMG Teh fux00rsz! Reply
Alexvrb - Sunday, June 23, 2013 - linkI'm with Heffeque here. List off the 1080p 13.3" (or even 14") Ultrathins with 1080p displays. The LP156WF4 SLB6 you listed came up as a 15" in a random search. They're not the same cost, for whatever reason, as the ones in this segment. Which is why currently a 14" Ultrathin 1080p is so rare at reasonable prices.
This will change with time, of course, and I'm sure we'll see 1080p versions down the road. As they become more common, costs will drop. Reply
AlB80 - Monday, June 24, 2013 - linkRumor says it costs aprox. $700. Reply
AmdInside - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkAre the LCD panels as ugly as those pics make them out to be? They all look like TN panels with overally cool temperature. Reply
bleh0 - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkCome on this is their entry level ultrabook/ultrathin anyone honestly expecting high ppi is not thinking right. As long as the performance is good your average user isn't going to care. Reply
whyso - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkAnd here we go again. Putting really low power chips (like bobcat but now jaguar) in desktop systems. An i3 is going to be better for that 21.5" system. Better CPU and GPU on an i3 ivy (HD 4000). Reply
monstercameron - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkwe have seen benchmarks for the a6-5200 yet and kabinis prices are lower, and BOM is lower(kabini is an soc, no fch). Reply
anubis44 - Monday, June 24, 2013 - linkBetter CPU and GPU on an i3? Eh? What kind of crack are you smoking? The HD4000 will be blown away by the GCN Radeon cores. As for the i3, it's been shown time and again that the single-threaded performance of Intel chips is better than AMD's but this machine's APU has 4 integer cores, and virtually all newer software is recompiled to take advantage of additional cores. I seriously doubt the i3 would beat the Kabini in almost any benchmark that wasn't from from more than 5 years ago. Reply
nissangtr786 - Monday, June 24, 2013 - linkAre you serious. Thei i3 cpu will destroy that a6 for breakfast. An i3 3220 is about 60-80% faster then the a6 5200 at multithreaded tasks and the i3 3220 cpu consumes less electricity. Reply
isigrim - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkThey really deleted everything that stated AMD for the Book 9 Lite? Even the Device-String and CPU-Information is altered to exclude AMD from there.
This is a Temash. 1 Ghz Base, 1,4 Ghz Turbo. Sad they did not include a Kabini there.
But now we have one nice indication of how Intel´s Ultrabook-Fund works. Thanks for the Photos. Reply
FwFred - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkHuh? Kabini and Temash are the same chip. Samsung simply chose the version with the power consumption appropriate for the chassis. Reply
isigrim - Sunday, June 23, 2013 - linkSame silicon, but nonetheless a different chip. Temash supports 1066 mhz Ram, Kabini 1600 Mhz. The A4-5000 has quite a bit more speed for CPU and GPU than the A6-1450 but should not draw considerably more power when doing normal work. It would be a nice improvement. Reply


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Despite that ugly loss at Green Bay last weekend, the Seattle Seahawks are in strong position to secure the NFC West crown Thursday night.
It's hard to picture the Rams, who just fired coach Jeff Fisher following an equally distasteful loss to Atlanta, getting in Seattle's way.
If the host Seahawks win or tie Thursday night and Arizona loses or ties Sunday, the race is done.
The short turnaround is a mixed blessing to Seahawks star cornerback Richard Sherman. He vehemently dislikes Thursday night games, saying they are a danger to player safety. But getting to forget the blowout at the hands of the Packers comes easier with another game on tap so quickly.
The Rams not only lost 42-14 to the Falcons, which tied Fisher with Dan Reeves for most regular-season coaching losses, but they saw Fisher lose his job the next day. How will they react?
"It was tough," running back Todd Gurley says. "It was tough on a lot of guys. Coach Fisher, he did a great job. He brought everybody in. We loved him as a coach. We know a lot of other people didn't.
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The first national political party with a Muslim viewpoint has been launched in Granada. According to the founder of the Party, the writer, poet and journalist, Mostafa Bakkach El Aamrani, The Partido Renacimeinto y Unión España or PRUNE party of Spain intends to contest the municipal elections next year in places where the Muslim population is crowded as Málaga, Madrid, Barcelona, Murcia, Valencia, Oviedo and Toledo.
Around one million of 45 million population of Spain is Muslim and the new party is stated to fight for the rights of Muslims. At present, though there are Islamic political parties in Ceuta and Melilla, these are joining the elections only in the regions that they are located, not all through Spain.


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Sreytouch is from Cambodia. She has 5 children. She needs a loan of $525 to buy cloth.
Sreytouch is from Cambodia. She has 5 children. She needs a loan of $525 to buy cloth.
Sreytouch owns a grocery store, and she also works as a tailor. Her husband is a farmer, but they need additional income to support their five children. However, Sreytouch does not have the funds to keep her business running. She will use a loan from World Vision to purchase cloth, which will help her business get ahead and increase her profit.
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Rosa is from Philippines. She has 2 children. She needs a loan of $350 to purchase ingredients and supplies.
Rosa is from Philippines. She has 2 children. She needs a loan of $350 to purchase ingredients and supplies.
Rosa resides in Tabunok Hilongos in the Leyte Province of the Philippines. To support her family's needs, Rosa farms rice and also cooks meals to sell. She and her husband are working hard to provide for the basic needs of their family.
With a loan from World Vision, Rosa will purchase more ingredients for her cooking so she can make a variety of menu items. This will attract more customers and increase her income. Rosa will be able to provide her two children with their daily needs and pay for her youngest daughter's education fees. Rosa will also hopes to reinvest some of her profits in her food vending business.
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Nearly 50 percent of the area's residents live in poverty. As a result of economic struggles, many children drop out of school and seek work in places such as the sugar cane fields or urban areas. These children often face exploitation and abuse.
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YOUNG Mobberley riders have taken hold of the fundraising reins for pet charity Blue Cross.
Members of Mobberley Riding School's Pony Club rallied together to raise over £600 through a variety of events, including a sponsored showjumping event, home-made jewellery sale and raffle.
The children presented Blue Cross Horse Co-ordinator Rebecca Johnson with the funds on Saturday afternoon and afterwards listened to a talk about the work the charity carries out.
Mobberley Riding School Manager Sarah Diggle said: "I am very proud of the group and how they really threw themselves into their fundraising challenge. They did so well and raised so much more money than I expected. Well done to all of them."
Blue Cross receives no government funding and relies on the support of the public to continue its work helping unwanted, homeless, sick and injured pets.
The children chose the charity as recipients of their dedicated fundraising because of a beloved rescue horse at the centre called Sid. The five-year-old horse was being cared for by the Blue Cross in Staffordshire until he was taken on by Mobberley Riding School last summer.
He proved to be an instant hit with all of the children and has become a firm favourite at the school.
Rebecca said: "We were delighted to hear about the fundraising efforts of Pony Club members at Mobberley Riding School. We are so grateful to receive the funds and I'm also very happy to see Sid looking so happy and settled in his new home."
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Bret Airborne alpha update v0.0.3
As always you can download this update if you pre-ordered the game by launching the game and clicking the "Download update" button appearing at the bottom right of the screen.
You can try the demo and pre-order the game by visiting http://www.machine22.com/bretairborne/
Update notes
- Left FPS display in the top left corner. It should usually remain over 50, close to 60. If not I'd like to know when it drops lower than 50 and what kind of machine you're running the game on.
- Replaced cannons for chests in duels
- Combining 3 chests or more will create a random block (other than a chest) with a x2 multiplier
- Optimization to limit creation of new objects (and prevent the bug crashing the game in the previous version)
- Improve lock on board when it's still processing combinations
- There is now 20 powers and 20 augmentations
- These can still change but it's a good starting point to start balancing things.
- Feedback to balance these powers and augmentations are welcome!
- Added missing sound effects to powers and events
- Added feedback to augmentations effects
- Improved AI use of powers
Note: All aircrafts have just been assigned random powers/augmentations for now so feel free to customize them. These are not the final aircrafts.
What's next?
Well first a lot of balancing. I need to make sure that all powers/augmentations are first useful and are well-balanced. Feel free to send me feedback on that matter to firstname.lastname@example.com
Then I'll start working on the map for the campaign. Navigation, store, encounters, transitions, etc. I'll probably start working on the save game feature (which will be automatic) for the next build. There are some decisions I need to make like do I allow multiple players slots so working on the save game might have an influence on the campaign interface.
I'm also working on alternative gameplay. I'd like to find at least 1 (2 would be great) way to play the match 3 part in a way that doesn't always involve shooting down another aircraft. I have a few ideas but again if you have suggestion just drop me a word.
Oh did I post the pre-order link?! http://www.machine22.com/bretairborne/
Do you think it's a good idea to sell such game to players? The graphics and sounds looks nice for a free flash game, but I guess not for the commercial one. Or you plan to improve them, so they will be much better in the release?


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text: News Article Remote Success Danielle Przyborowski Published May 22, 2012 in College Planning and Management When administrators at the University of Alberta in Edmonton decided to include a distance learning aspect to the physical therapy department, they had a very specific goal in mind. "There is a distinct lack of physical therapists in rural areas," says David Polvere, manager of IT Systems and Support, Rehabilitation Medicine Faculty. "The hope is that by training these students without requiring them to leave those rural areas, they will chose to stay there and servce once their education is completed." See the Report