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A hot flash is a sudden sensation of intense body heat, often with
profuse sweating and reddening of the head, neck, and chest. These symptoms can
occur with mild to severe heart palpitations, anxiety, irritability and,
rarely, panic. Hot flashes are the most common symptom of a woman's changing
estrogen levels around the time of her last menstrual period (menopause).
The biochemical cause of hot flashes is not well understood. Hot
flashes are more common at night than during the day and are a common cause of
sleep problems for perimenopausal and postmenopausal women.
While some women will never experience hot flashes, others begin
having them in their 30s. Hot flashes are most frequent and intense during the
first 2 years of
postmenopause, when estrogen levels have dropped below
a certain point. Sleep patterns usually improve within 6 to 12 months after hot
flashes begin.
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THE head of Australia's main stock exchange believes the sharemarket has been supervised in a less-efficient way since the corporate regulator became responsible for monitoring real-time trading.
Elmer Funke Kupper, the chief executive of the Australian Securities Exchange, said changes to the structure of the country's equity market meant more people were now needed to do the overseeing job the ASX once did.
He said the ASX and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission were still coming to terms with who should take the lead on some issues after the corporate regulator assumed responsibility for the supervision of real-time trading in August 2010.
His comments come less than two months after the share prices of a handful of blue-chip companies, including the ANZ and BHP Billiton, shot up and then dropped back inexplicably in the opening auction on the ASX.
ASIC has responsibility for looking into bizarre price movements and is yet to publish results of its inquiry. Before August 2010, it would have been the ASX's responsibility.
''One of the things we're discovering is … what issues should be managed by us and what issues should be managed by ASIC, or what issues actually fall in both our camps, [where] someone should take the lead,'' Mr Funke Kupper told a Senate committee last week. ''[But] the current way of organising ourselves around this is less efficient than it used to be … [because] together we have more people overseeing market surveillance than we used to have on our own.''
Mr Funke Kupper said he did not think anything had ''fallen between the cracks'' since ASIC has assumed its increased supervisory workload.
ASIC is now responsible for licensing and market integrity rules, while the ASX monitors and enforces compliance with its listings and operating rules.
An ASIC spokesman said on Sunday that the ''assessment'' of the strange price movements in the ASX's opening auction had not concluded. Peter Hiom, the deputy chief of the ASX, told the Senate committee last week he could see not see any evidence of a delay in the way ASIC had handled the price spikes.


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Discussion of the nature of Ultimate Reality and the path to Enlightenment
I wholeheartedly agree.unfair wrote:For a thinking man, self honesty is essential.
Being authentic doesn't mean going around trampling on anything that might be in your way. Authenticity is not an excuse for insensitivity.
@Dennis: As a thought, as memories, as feelings, as other people's memories and thoughts, yes.
I think life is about creating yourself as well, every moment offers you a choice.
Dennis Mahar wrote:OK,
you take charge of your breathing for a while.
you take over the beating of the heart
you stop yourself from hearing, talking, smelling,feeling
you stop the flow of thought, the flow of emotion
let's see who is fanciful.
a sense of self is a thought...labeling
blaming is a thought...labelling
labels don't do anything except label
they get attached after the fact..they deal with the past, it's already moved on.
prince wrote:lol.
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[This is not an official Adobe publication. This article may contain errors or omissions, and is subject to change without warning.]
While troubleshooting PDF-related problems, a number of tests come back again and again, and I intend with this article to give a brief overview of basic techniques and considerations on troubleshooting PDF problems.
Note that Reader is the free PDF reading software by Adobe. Acrobat has many more functions including PDF creation, manipulation, analysis, peer-reviewing, tracking, securing…. the list goes on.
Also note that sections referring to browser environments apply to Windows only, as browser plug-ins for Acrobat and Reader are not issued by Adobe for non-Windows operating systems (excpetion: on Mac OS X, browser integration exists only for Safari, but not other browsers)
1) Who's Driving ?
When in a web browser in Windows, to check what plug-in is rendering the file, you can simply click somewhere in the PDF, and then use the key combo [Ctrl K]
If it is Reader or Acrobat, it will bring up a Reader or Acrobat dialog box.
If it is Acrobat, one of the sets of preferences will be "Convert to PDF"
If you're in Reader, the PDF conversion preference set will be absent.
Otherwise, anything could happen – within the scope of the PDF reading application. If nothing happens, or a dialog for non-Adobe software appears, then you're not displaying in Reader or Acrobat.
2) What Are My Rights ?
Through Acrobat, and some other Adobe software, it is possible to restrict how a user uses a PDF: whether they can print, save copies, modify, fill-in forms etc.
To determine this, right-click on a page in the PDF, and select "Document Properties" (available both in Acrobat and Reader)
The Security tab will show you what you are allowed to do with the PDF – whether you can print; add or remove pages, and a few more restrictions.
The Description tab will show you some useful information, of which the "PDF Producer". Typical Adobe PDF producers are Acrobat, LiveCycle Designer, InDesign, PhotoShop, PDF Maker, PDF Library, Distiller and Adobe Central Output Server Print Agent 5.x.
If your PDF was not created with an Adobe product (in which case, it is not an "Adobe PDF"), and you are having PDF-related problems, then Adobe's technical support may only be able to provide limited assistance (see http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/328/328140.html ). This also applies when you modify a PDF with a non-Adobe product; this will sometimes leave the PDF producer intact, depending on the software you use.
To test whether an issue occurs with a real Adobe PDF, and you have Acrobat (not Reader) installed, you can try printing the PDF to the "Adobe PDF" printer (available from the "Print…" dialog). This is commonly known as "re-frying" a PDF. This will create a static PDF, whose producer will then be "Adobe Distiller". You can only do this if you have printing rights on the PDF. Use this new PDF to try to replicate the issue.
3) What Type of Form is my PDF ?
There are two main types of PDF forms that Adobe software produces: forms created directly in Acrobat (not Reader) through the menu item [Forms: Add or Edit Fields]; and those created in LiveCycle Designer (formerly "Adobe Designer").
The first, created by Acrobat, are known as "AcroForms". They have static (don't move) form fields layered on top of static (non-changing) PDF pages.
The other, created by LiveCycle Designer, are called "Dynamic XFA Forms", or "XFA's", whose structure are part encoded in XML, and partly in a native binary format. These have fields that are objects within the rendered PDF, as are nearly all other elements on the pages (with some exceptions, not discussed here). XFA forms can have items that repeat depending on the data entered, have areas of text that change depending on what data is in the form, etc, etc.
This is not to be confused with embedded Flash, which may also be used as a form, and constitutes neither an AcroForm or XFA Form. That would then be a PDF with "embedded content". You can check this by right-clicking in the form: if you get the contextual menu for FlashPlayer, then you're in an embedded content PDF.
In Reader, there is no sure-fire way of determining whether you have a dynamic XFA form. Even if the PDF Producer is LiveCycle Designer, you may have a static form that Designer produced.
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As far as software is concerned, there is only one thing that is certain: either data is badly formatted, or we hope it is well formatted.
There is a functionality in Acrobat (not Reader) that allows you to analyse a PDF, called "Preflight", available through [menu Advanced: Preflight]
Preflight will analyse the current PDF for any defects, and if you choose, attempt to repair the issues.
A good rule of thumb is: if Preflight says there's a problem, there's definitely a problem. If Preflight reports no problems however, there's no guarantee: it just means Preflight hasn't been able to detect any problems. If you see a spider, there's a spider. If you don't see a spider, maybe there isn't one – but maybe there's one behind you.
So if Preflight reports issues with your PDF, and you have problems with that PDF, then it will be considered that the PDF is not compatible with Adobe software. Re-fry the PDF, and try again.


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Step 1: Complete the Dordt internal approval (pre-application) materials. See Alexis Kreun (CA 133) for materials and instructions.
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- Semester in Kenya application: Preview the application, collect the required information, write your essay answers, then complete and submit the application online.
- Official transcript: Ask for the appropriate request form in your Registrar's Office.
- $50 application fee, payable to Dordt College.
- Recommendations: Print three copies of the Recommendation Form; print and sign your name after one of the statements; give to two faculty members, and one student services member or a pastor to complete.
All application materials are due April 1 for the fall semester and October 1 for the spring semester.


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YORK council bosses must automatically refund all drivers caught and fined during the Lendal Bridge closure, according to renowned traffic laywer Nick Freeman.
The lawyer, known as "Mr Loophole" has spoken out following City of York council's announcement that it will reimburse anyone who applies for a refund, as a "gesture of goodwill". He said that by not automatically handing back the cash the council is illegally retaining money it has no right to.
He said: "They still don't get it! City of York Council has to be proactive in this. It is unlawfully retaining money that does not belong to it and legally does not have a right to keep."
"There is only one course of action the council must now take - and that is to write and apologise to everyone it fined and enclose a cheque.
Mr Freeman, who has become famous through representing a number of celebrity clients who were accused of traffic offences, has dubbed the trial bridge closure "farcical". It saw 60,000 drivers caught and £1.3 million of cash generated for the council through fines.
The bridge closure trial was ended abruptly in April after heavy opposition from the public, and a Traffic Adjudicator ruled the closure had always been illegal.
The council initially challenged that ruling, and a similar one on the Coppergate bus lane, but on Friday announced it was dropping the challenge on Lendal Bridge and would offer the "goodwill" refunds to anyone who contacted them.
But the council's ruling Labour group has rejected Mr Freeman's calls and said it is time to "move on" three months after the trial's end. A spokesman added: "We do not accept the finding of the Traffic Penalty Tribunal as regards the lawful ability to regulate traffic in this way, and are therefore continuing to pursue a review of the Tribunal's decision in relation to the permanent Coppergate Order. This is not a reversal of that position."
Opposition councillors have called on council leader James Alexander to resign over the issue.
Now Mr Freeman has raised questions about the costs of the whole debacle, and council's legal advice.
He added: "Very serious questions now need to be levelled at the council. The city's tax payers have a right to know how much this fiasco has cost. Nothing less than a full investigation will suffice.
"Furthermore, the council justifies its position by maintaining it has received affirmative legal advice. Who has provided this advice? May we see it? Will it sue those lawyers involved? And if not why not?
The Labour spokesman said the "simple but sufficient" application process for refunds was in place to stop fraud and protect the public purse.
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Path of the Petals
Why We Love It: A trail of soft white flowers tucked into an artfully arranged bun says old-fashioned elegance. Pair it with a lacy gown for a vintage-inspired look.
Get the Look: Volume is the key to this style, so begin by drying the hair with a round brush to create additional height and body. Then, backcomb the hair at the crown area of the head. Comb the hair over the backcombed area and pin it down with extra hold hair spray. Braid the hair loosely around the back of the head and pin it in a bun. Spread the hair covering the braid to add more dimension and diversity.
Petal Pick: To take this style to new heights, place a trail of dogwood blossoms over the bun and secure the flowers with hairpins.
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Young caps off stellar first half, but Mariners fall
Bats can't solve Hughes as righty takes hard-luck loss in duel
SEATTLE -- Mariners right-hander Chris Young pitched another Safeco Field gem on Tuesday, but Seattle's slumbering offense came up quiet again as the Twins pulled out a 2-0 victory.
Young threw seven-plus innings of two-run ball, allowing six hits with one walk and six strikeouts, but lost the pitchers' duel to Twins right-hander Phil Hughes.
Since racking up 28 runs in a three-game sweep in Houston last week, the Mariners have totaled just six runs in their last five games and they're 2-for-36 with runners in scoring position in that stretch after an 0-for-4 showing on Tuesday.
Third baseman Kyle Seager, the newly-named All-Star, said there's no rising concern for a Mariners club that has matured this year and overcame an early eight-game losing streak to post the third-best record in the Majors since snapping that skid on April 23.
"That would be the difference between this year and maybe previous ones, just the confidence level in here, the way guys keep themselves up and the veteran presence," said Seager. "We know how good we are and how good we're going to be and we don't panic."
Manager Lloyd McClendon said his club "ran into a buzzsaw" in Hughes, who is now 5-0 with a 0.61 ERA in six career games -- including two relief appearances -- against the Mariners at Safeco Field. But he's not overly concerned with the recent offensive lull, either.
"It's baseball. It happens," McClendon said. "This used to be one of the heckuva games, low-scoring pitchers' duels. Now it's an offense that is struggling.
"It's all about winning and losing," said McClendon. "We won a game last night and nobody talked about the offense. It was a win. It was a great win. We lose 2-0 tonight and everybody wants to talk about the offense. That's just the nature of the beast. I'm not going to sit here every night and say, 'Well, we're struggling,' and the next night, 'Oh, we're great.' The guy pitched a heckuva game. That's the way it goes."
The Mariners certainly had a strong pitching performance on their side as well. Young has been one of the Mariners' best stories this season, one of the better comeback tales in all of baseball, in fact, as he's returned from six years of shoulder problems to put up an excellent first half at 8-5 with a 3.08 ERA in 18 games.
"He's been great," said McClendon. "Coming into Spring Training, I didn't know what to expect. But I couldn't have expected this. He's been outstanding."
Young hasn't won nine games in a season since 2007, when he went 9-8 with a 3.12 ERA and was a National League All-Star with the Padres. He's still one shy of that mark, but pitched well again Tuesday and is now 5-2 with a 2.24 ERA in nine Safeco starts this season.
"You tip your cap to Phil Hughes," said Young. "He was better tonight. I made a couple mistakes and he didn't. Some nights you get outpitched and that's the way it goes."
Center fielder Sam Fuld hit a home run off Young in the fifth to give the Twins a 1-0 lead, driving a full-count fastball just over the glove of a leaping Michael Saunders at the right-field wall.
Young didn't allow another baserunner until the eighth when he walked leadoff hitter Eduardo Escobar and gave up a single to Fuld. That ended the 6-foot-10 right-hander's night, with Yoervis Medina surrendering a sacrifice fly to Brian Dozier that put the score at 2-0 before getting out of the inning.
"Falling behind [Fuld] was a mistake, the pitch wasn't necessarily a mistake," Young said. "It was challenging the No. 9 hitter with a 3-2 fastball. But falling behind him was and then walking Escobar to start the eighth. Both runs cost us."
The Mariners are still 15-7 since June 15, putting their record at 49-41 at the 90-game mark, a nine-win improvement from last year at this point.
But they had little luck solving Hughes, who gave up eight hits in 7 1/3 scoreless frames and improved to 9-5 with a 3.70 ERA. Among the struggling Mariners has been Seager, though he snapped an 0-for-18 streak with a sixth-inning single for one of the club's eight hits.
"Our pitching has been phenomenal," said Seager. "Those guys have been our backbone all year. It's just one of those things where the last couple games we haven't got as many runs as we'd hope, but that's the way baseball works sometimes."
Saunders and James Jones each went 2-for-4 at the top of Seattle's order and both singled in the eighth to put two on with one out, but reliever Casey Fien came on and induced Robinson Cano into an inning-ending double play.
"Casey came and probably got the biggest out of the night," said Twins skipper Ron Gardenhire. "No matter what everybody else did, when you're facing Cano, that's a big situation. As a manager walking off the mound handing the ball to somebody with Cano up to bat, and we haven't had much success with the guy over the years, he got a big double play ball."
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Rule No. 1: There is no crisis of sartorial indecision so confounding that it cannot be solved by simply going with the blue suit.
Rule No. 2: "Blue" need not mean dark navy. Brighter and bolder blue suits can work wonders, provided you go neither too bright nor too bold.
Two-button wool-mohair-and-silk suit ($1,250) and cotton shirt ($225) by Calvin Klein Collection; silk-and-cotton tie ($205) and leather bag ($2,240) by Louis Vuitton; leather shoes ($695) by Santoni; steel Carson automatic watch ($795) by Tissot; silk pocket square ($55) by Hugo Boss; leather belt ($180) by Church's.
Rule No. 3: In descending order of versatility: bird's eye, pinstripe, chalk stripe, herringbone, windowpane, houndstooth, glen plaid, seersucker, madras.
Rule No. 4: It is impossible to look pulled together when your jacket isn't buttoned. (Three-button jackets: middle button only; two-button jackets: top button only; one-button jacket: that one button.)
Rule No. 5: Working buttonholes : suit jackets :: seat warmers : cars. Not wholly necessary, but real easy to get used to.
Two-button wool-and-linen suit ($3,250) by Versace; cotton shirt ($245) by Luciano Moresco; silk tie ($225) by Ports 1961; steel Jazzmaster Maestro watch ($1,745) by Hamilton; silk pocket square ($100) by Brioni.


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Presenting Cora the Cuttlefish!
She is 19 inches long and 10 inches wide!
Difficulty: Intermediate
- Worsted weight yarn in 2 colors
- Size H-8 Crochet Hook
- Stitch Marker
- Polyester Stuffing
- 18 mm Safety Eyes
- Tapestry Needle
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- Single Crochet
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Bobby Flay's Tips for a Healthy New Yearby Healthy Eats in Uncategorized, January 7, 2013
Even with a busy lifestyle as a celebrity chef, Bobby Flay manages to stay healthy and fit. Starting January 14, Bobby will share his secrets to eating healthy and exercising right in a seven-part Web series, Bobby Flay Fit. But until then, Healthy Eats caught up with Bobby to learn more about his healthy lifestyle and his fitness routine. He also shared some great tips for sticking with a plan and dealing with everyday temptations.
Do you prefer working out in the morning or evening?
BF: Mornings for sure. Right out of bed. I'm a morning person – I'm one of those people that get up really early in the morning.
Your workout of choice: running, lifting weights or biking?
BF: Running for sure. I've been running competitively since high school. It's the most comfortable for me.
During the winter, do you run inside or outside?
BF: I like running outside in the cold, unless it's brutal out, because I warm up very quickly. I like running along the West Side Highway. It's nice – people running in the opposite direction will go, "Hey Bobby!" People are so nice. It's nice to run among other people who have the same goals you do.
How often do you work out/how often would you like to work out?
BF: I'm disciplined. If my call time is 6 a.m., I'm up at 4:45 a.m. and in the gym or running in the streets. That's because I need to work out to set myself up for a busy day. I'm just better at what I do for the rest of the day after I work out. When you decide to skip just to skip, you're making a bad choice. I put my gym shorts on before I'm actually awake. You can lie in bed and come up with 400 excuses . . . then all of a sudden you have to go to work. Think about it this way: for all that time spent lying in bed wondering what you should do, you could have been halfway done in the gym already.
Do you work out alone or with a buddy?
BF: I usually run by myself, but I like working out with friends. Michael Symon and I work out very differently. He's a big bulky guy and was a wrestler in high school. I can't lift 25 percent of the weight he lifts, but he can't run like I can. So we're a good team. We learn from each other. I do a lot of cardio, but I would like to tone my upper body more, which is where Michael comes in. He can help me with that.
Is working out ever a family affair?
BF: Well, my daughter is also a runner – Sophie likes to run. I run with her occasionally. She works out with her team at school, but in the summer I like to run with her. I have a hard time keeping up with her! I think of working out as a much more individual thing. I don't want to inflict anything on anyone else that I need to get done. I see people running and talking together – I just can't do it. It takes energy to do that. I've run three marathons and people tell me they want to run with me. Two things: first, I don't want to exert the energy to talk with them, and second, I don't want to hold anyone back or be held back. It's easier to just be focused. I've run the New York City marathon three times, but I think I'll retire from those now!
What's your go-to pre/post workout snack?
BF: A very healthy fruit and nut bar.
What do you eat during the day?
BF: I eat Greek yogurt with berries and honey for breakfast, a salad or half a sandwich for lunch and for dinner, that depends – it could be anything from a 10-course restaurant dinner to a home-cooked meal of roast chicken. I tend to be stricter with my breakfast and lunch than with dinner.
What's the one food you couldn't live without?
BF: Ice cream.
What are three tips that people can use now to start building healthy habits?
- Get rid of all the snacks that aren't good for you that are in the house. Just throw them out now. Don't buy them. If you have potato chips, ice cream or high-calorie dips, you'll eat them. And then you'll just have to work harder. I don't keep that stuff in the house.
- Make dinner early; don't wait until 9 or 10 p.m. to eat dinner. Get dinner out of the way. Obviously that might not happen if you're having a dinner party, but for everyday dinners, eat early.
- Portion control: when you're home, you're dishing out your portions. Eat three-quarters of what you would normally eat and I promise that you'll be fine.
Watch Bobby's daily, web-exclusive video series, Bobby Flay Fit, starting on January 14th.


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PLANS for a football stadium and 65 new homes between Clacton and Holland-on-Sea have been submitted.
Scott Properties want to build new bungalows on the redundant Colchester Institute playing fields off Gainsford Avenue.
Part of the planning agreement could also include a new pavilion and stand for Holland Football Club, as well an all-weather pitch and two training pitches for the community.
Residents attended a public exhibition last month. Final blueprints have now been submitted to Tendring Council for 39 two-bedroom and 26 three-bedroom homes on the six-hectare site, along with 214 car parking spaces.
A survey of 115 people found seven per cent were against the plans for the new sports facility, and eight per cent against the homes.
Architect Tim Snow said the site has already been allocated for housing and the "small stadium" will include some seating. A decision is expected by October 9.


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The Defiant returns home, as political upheaval and personal revelations rock Bajor and the Federation. And a child long awaited is about to be born...
- From the back cover
- On the eve of Bajor's formal entry into the Federation, First Minister Shakaar was assassinated, derailing the induction and plunging the planet and station Deep Space 9 into chaos. Investigation into the murder revealed the presence of a parasitic conspiracy threatening not only Bajor's future with the Federation, but the very survival of both. At the same time, the fracturing of Bajor's theology has put its people on the threshold of a startling transformation – and the consequences now rest on the shoulders of Colonel Kira Nerys, who months ago defied the religious authority of her planet by making public an ancient heretical text that challenged the very foundation of the Bajoran faith.
- Now, after a harrowing and historic voyage of exploration in the Gamma Quadrant, the weary, wounded crew of Starship Defiant is at last coming home. But the joy of their return is short-lived as the crew becomes swept up in the crisis aboard the station, with many of them confronting personal issues that force them to make life-altering choices. Among those is a grief-stricken Commander Elias Vaughn, who reaches a crossroads in his life's journey and learns the true purpose for which he was touched by the Prophets... as well as the ultimate fate of Captain Benjamin Sisko. And... somewhere on Bajor... a child long awaited is about to be born.
- Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.
Elias Vaughn and the prophets Edit
After having shot his own wife with his daughter watching, Elias Vaughn falls deeper into depression and self-loathing. After on Bajor for the parasite crisis (see below), at one time it becomes clear that he can't go on like this. He is then released from duty for medical reasons and goes to a monastery where he meets Opaka again. She allows him to have another orb experience...
In his experience, he is Eli, a man who has shot his wife and is in a sanatorium therefore, where he meets Benny Russell. The two get along very well, and it is Benny that helps Eli to overcome his grief and his anger. When the parasite crisis gets worse, Benny understands that he has to go "back" - and although Eli does not really know where that is, he follows him and finally finds his way back to reality.
He then starts another approach towards his daughter - because he understands that his relationship to her is not a state, but a process.
The hunt for the parasites Edit
It becomes clear that the parasites are on DS9 as well as on Bajor. Julian Bashir is searching for medical insight, while the Federation asks the Cardassians to help out - something which is not entirely welcome across Bajor and the station. When the crew of DS9 finally manages to get hold of a queen, Gard, the supposed Trill assassin of Shakaar Edon volunteers to have the parasite within himself, because it seems obvious that the parasites have some genetic connection to the Trill symbionts. While having the queen inside, the being speaks of the tears and of Bajor, revealing the hideaway of the mother queen.
Kira Nerys decides to go on a rescue mission aboard the Defiant - and ultimately manages to overcome the mother queen - with the surprising help of a man named Wex, who turns out to be none other than Odo, who after having learned of Opaka as well as of the parasites, had decided to go back to DS9, although he would not stay as his work within the Link is not finished.
The SiskosEdit
While the O'Briens as well as the remaining Siskos are with Kasidy Yates, they are taken hostage by some of the parasite-infected Bajorans. While the O'Briens are released, Jake Sisko, Joseph Sisko, Judith Sisko and Kas are brought into the monastery (the same one where the mother queen is). Kasidy is about to give birth to her child, with the help of Opaka.
After his experience with Eli(as), Benjamin Sisko finally returns from the celestial temple, realizing that he belongs to the linear beings and that his help is needed. He arrives at the temple just to witness the birth of his daughter, Rebecca Jae.
After the mother queen dies, the remaining parasites leaves their hosts and the crisis is over. Bajor finally enters the federation; during the signing ceremony, all of DS9's staff are there, but also the USS Enterprise-E's staff, ambassador Worf, Martok, Odo, Macet, and Grand Nagus Rom and his now pregnant wife Leeta.
Other storylines Edit
Shar Edit
After having mourned with his bondmates for the late Thriss, Shar decides not to go to Andor, which upsets his zhavey very much. In the meantime, Prynn Tenmei discovers her romantic feelings for the Andorian science officer and starts to invite him for dates, which he ultimately accepts, not sure of what to make out of them.
Quark and Ro Edit
Still both considering to leave DS9 after Bajor enters the Federation, for both Ro Laren and Quark something happens to change their attitude. Ro is left in command when Kira goes on her rescue mission; Ro realizes how much she liked this experience, where she even got a chance to talk to Admiral Leonard James Akaar quite frankly (something she liked, too). And after Bajor joined the Federation, Rom officially appoints Quark to be the ambassador for Ferenginar on Bajor, turning Quark's Bar into an embassy.
Yevir and Kira's attainder Edit
After some serious talks with Opaka, Vedek Yevir strongly doubts himself and his decisions. The Vedek Assembly then revokes Kira's attainder, making her an official member of Bajor's religion again. Opaka does not think bad of the Ohalu texts, but assures Yevir that the Bajoran people need such new spirit from time to time.
Memorable quotesEdit
"I suppose you want the office."
- - Kira, to Sisko echoing the very first thing she had said to him in "Emissary".
Background informationEdit
- Marking the tenth anniversary of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Unity was originally scheduled for release in late 2002, but was pushed back first to April 2003, then November of that year. [1]
- Bajor is now part of the Federation; Bajoran militia is absorbed into Starfleet.
- Benjamin Sisko has returned from the celestial temple just to witness Kasidy giving birth to their daughter: Rebecca Jae.
- Quark has become official ambassador of Ferenginar on Bajor; his bar serves as embassy.
- The O'Briens are about to move to Cardassia after Keiko has accepted a job there.
- Ashalla, the capital city of Bajor, is listed on the title page as the location of one of Pocket Books' offices.
- Cover art was done by Cliff Nielsen.
- Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in Pocket DS9 characters.
- Kira Nerys
- Kira's Starfleet commission is reactivated by Admiral Akaar.
- Elias Vaughn
- Starfleet commander, the CO of Defiant.
- Prynn Tenmei
- Ensign aboard DS9, daughter of Elias Vaughn
- Julian Bashir
- chief medical officer on DS9
- Ezri Dax
- CO of the Defiant
- Sam Bowers
- Tactical ops
- Kasidy Yates
- wife of the Emissary (Ben Sisko)
- Miles O'Brien
- former chief engineer on DS9, now teacher on Earth
- Keiko O'Brien
- wife of Miles
- Molly O'Brien
- Daughter of Miles and Keiko
- Kirayoshi O'Brien
- Son of Miles and Keiko
- Nog
- Chief engineer on DS9
- Quark
- barkeeper
- Ro Laren
- Chief of Security on DS9
- Joseph Sisko
- Ben's father
- Judith Sisko
- Ben's sister
- Jake Sisko
- Ben's son
- Benjamin Sisko
- Former CO of DS9
- Leonard James Akaar
- Starfleet admiral.
- Charivretha zh'Thane
- Andorian member of the Federation council, zhavey (mother) of Thirishar
- Thirishar ch'Thane
- Ensign aboard DS9 and the Defiant
- Gul Macet
- Captain of the Trager
- Opaka
- former kai of Bajor
- Asarem Wadeen
- Bajoran Prime minister
- Lenaris Holem
- Bajoran general
- Rom
- Grand Nagus of the Ferengi
- Leeta
- wife to Rom
- Benny Russell
- Ben Sisko's alter ego
- Odo
- changeling
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External link Edit
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There's a classic riddle about a father arriving late to a summer barbecue with his son. He asks the grill master for a well-done hamburger for the boy. The grill master says, "He doesn't want that; my son only eats burgers medium rare." See, the grill master was the kid's mother! We might have the specific details of the riddle mixed up, but the point is female chefs are now (wo)manning the fire all over the world. Tonight at 10pm ET, watch Cooking Channel's Grill Girls about some of the women who are discovering the thrill of the grill.
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The Department of Planning and Zoning contracted with Lardner/Klein Landscape Architects and Frazier Associates in 2009 to complete a Historic Structure Report for the Physician's Residence in Laurel Hill. The report provides historic background for the property, an architectural evaluation of the house, a property description and assessment, and recommendations. In September 2010, Frazier Associates prepared a Supplementary Information Report to document the removal of a deterioriated second-story sunroom. This removal was necessary to stabilize the building and was approved by the Architectural Review Board.
The Physician's Residence (also known as the Lipscomb/Environmental House) is listed as part of the D.C. Workhouse and Reformatory Historic District. The house was originally constructed as the home and office for the prison physician in 1920. The Colonial Revival style home was built using prison labor and prison-made brick, and was designed by staff in the office of the Municipal Architect for the District of Columbia, Snowden Ashford.
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Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 in RAID 0: Is Two Terabytes really better than One?by Gary Key on 4/19/2007 12:15 AM EST
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Gaelstorm - Wednesday, October 08, 2008 - linkThis article was a long time ago, but the second to last comment before mine was talking about fair. If a program is not hard drive intensive and is just slow all around like the Sim 2, you are not being fair by mentioning that Raid 0 doesn't help it. Honestly nothing will help with that games load time except a faster computer overall. Even so that game loads horrible for the type of game it is. I can tell you right now, there are very few situations I have encountered where Raid 0 didn't way outperform a single drive for gaming or just feel on a desktop type system. All the arguing I read, actually made me rethink trusting information from certain sources at all. Reply
Per Hansson - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - linkSome ideas, as could be seen on page 4 of the review the system was limited by something (flat graph in STR instead of what you would expect)
This is probably because you are using the normal SCSI Miniport driver, which happens to be the only choice for Win2K and WinXP 32 bit
WinXP 64bit, 2003 Server 32bit and 64 bit and Vista 32 bit and 64 bit has the new StorPort miniport driver, which improves performance tremendeously in RAID arrays
Of course the controller cards driver must also actually support and use the StorPort driver instead of the normal SCSI miniport driver
What this means in laymens terms is that it was not because the "software based" RAID controllers where crap that we got shitty performance in Win2K and XP, it was because those controllers had shitty drivers. Which really was MS fault.
The really expensive RAID controllers however did not use the NT4/2000 Server etc native SCSI miniport driver but had their very own implementation (just as good as MS "all new" storport driver) which meant that they where not capped at about 100-150MB/sec, but rather unlimited... Try your review with 4 150GB Raptors in RAID-0, your performance will be the same because it is the drivers that is holding the system back...
Please keep this in mind for your upcoming review ;)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/6/6/5664b...">http://download.microsoft.com/download/...06-45ec-... Reply
ShadowdogKGB - Saturday, April 21, 2007 - linkYou have 5 synthetics that tell us that two are faster in stripe but then you have 5 real world tests that aren't real world at all. Tell me who plays HL2 Lost Coast and Sims2 Neighborhood. I think you should just stop testing raid setups all together since you can't be honest about it. Reply
Gary Key - Sunday, April 22, 2007 - link
You have 5 synthetics that tell us that two are faster in stripe but then you have 5 real world tests that aren't real world at all. Tell me who plays HL2 Lost Coast and Sims2 Neighborhood. I think you should just stop testing raid setups all together since you can't be honest about it.
The Sims2 continues to be one of the top selling/played games in the world and HL2 along with its various versions is also a top played title. We are revising our benchmark suite to include WoW and a couple of other titles that were recently released. As far as the other benchmarks, compression/decompression and encoding are fairly common activities on a PC the last time I checked. ;-) What are we not being honest about? Reply
jleboeuf - Saturday, April 21, 2007 - linkI'd be interested to see what your results fair out w/ a raid 10 config w/ 6 drives. that's 3 terabytes, and completely mirrored Reply
aethyrmaster - Friday, April 20, 2007 - linkThey said they only used a 64 kB (KiB if you prefer) stripe size. Using stripes of 128 kB size would most likely have changed the results significantly. If possible, I'd like to see results with a 256 kB stripe as well.
Separately, I personally have used RAID 0, as well as used exactly the same drives in a non-RAID setup. I often times do a lot of transferring of video from my PC to other devices on a Gigabit ethernet network, and the extra 10 to 30 MB/sec transfer rate provided by RAID 0 is well appreciated when you are copying 400 to 800 MB (MiB) of video. Reply
GOSHARKS - Friday, April 20, 2007 - link
Our preliminary acoustic testing revealed minor differences between the drives with the retail unit having an increase in noise levels at idle from 26dBA to 27dBA and load results going from 35dBA to 36dBA with AAM enabled at the silent setting of 128. At an AAM setting of 254 we noticed an increase from 27dBA to 28dBA along with load results increasing from 36dBA to 38dBA.
Is that even statiscally significant? As it is, it can be slightly misleading. Reply
Gary Key - Sunday, April 22, 2007 - link
Is that even statiscally significant? As it is, it can be slightly misleading.
Not in the grand scheme of things but the tests were run five different times with the same results. We were providing information based upon having a retail drive to test instead of the OEM drive we had in the first article. There were a few comments that suggested differences could have existed between the two so we tried to answer it. Reply
tshen83 - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkreviewing a 1TB drive by raid 0? the writer obviously have NO FREAKING IDEA of what the target audience is. A RAID5 review would be much more appropriate. Hate to lose 100GB of data nowadays...let alone 2TB, at that point, you might as well kill yourself Reply
Gary Key - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkWe have a full RAID article in the works that will test RAID 1, RAID 1+0, and RAID 5 with several drives, Intel and NV chipsets, along with hardware controllers. As I mentioned in the article, this story will be up in the coming weeks. As far as offering RAID 0 results with a motherboard controller chipset, this was done as the vast majority of boutique systems offer this option along with several hundred emails asking when we could provide RAID 0 results with the latest drive releases. Reply
userexists - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkAs I understand it, from previous articles, the limiting factor in gaming tests seems to be the CPU. I understand why you'd want to use an Opteron or Xeon system for benchmarking the access patterns -- the only people who care about those results are probably going to be running servers. But most people playing games aren't using server components. I'd love to see how the QX6800, for example, and some fast RAM affects gaming benchmarks under RAID-0 -- i.e. answer the question of whether the CPU bottleneck has been relieved. Probably not, but who knows until you test it, right? Reply
Gary Key - Sunday, April 22, 2007 - linkI will have some Intel benchmarks with a QX6700 up this week although I doubt the results will be that surprising. ;-) Reply
cbuchach - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkFor all the arguing, NO ONE can say that RAID0 is overall slower. In most situations it is faster by varying degrees, maybe a percent or two or maybe more. For enthusiasts, the percent counts. Look at heatsinks or overclocking. Someone may spend an extra $50 for a better heatsink, for what, maybe an increased overlcock from 3300 MHz to 3400 MHz or spend lots of cash for a water cooling setup, or spend an extra $100 for slightly better RAM; the list goes on and on. For real enthusiasts, the extra 1-2% counts.
(And as far as data loss goes, everyone should backing up all their nonrecoverable data data anyways, so that point is moot.) Reply
tshen83 - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkand don't even talk about performance, people who want performance will buy Raptors X or SCSI drives. this drive is for storage. RAID storage for cheap Reply
tshen83 - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkyes, backing up 2TB of data, with what? probably a RAID1(takes 4 drives to have 2TB) or RAID5(3 drives) of the same drives. so why not just use RAID1 or RAID5 in the beginning? Reply
ncage - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkI just wish hitachi would make this drive in something other than 1TB. I love hitachi hard drives and just which this awesome thing would come in like a 500GB or something like that.
Ncage Reply
Gary Key - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - link750GB drives will be available in May, the smaller capacities later this summer. Reply
TomWomack - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkWhat I'd be much more interested by is a review of performance for a pair of these drives in RAID1. RAID1 read speed ought to be the same as RAID0, and most disc-limited tasks are read-limited, whilst running drives in RAID1 seems a sensible reaction to the combined unreliability and cheapness of modern HDDs.
[also you can break a RAID1 mirrored pair and grovel for deleted data on one of the drives while running the computer happily on the other, which I've found useful in the past] Reply
Watson - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkI would love to see if useful speed increases are actually available over multiple drives when splitting OS and cache files from applications vs. Raid 0. I have a Raid 0 on 10k Raptors in my machine, and they are very fast (obviously), but I have often wondered in a reinstall if I would be better off splitting the drives and what is put on them. Any thoughts? Reply
yyrkoon - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkIf you are wondering if booting from this array would be slower, or faster, the chances are with RAID0 if anything, the array will boot slower vs a single Raptor. The reason behind this is simple: booting windows, HDDs benifit more from faster access times, and RAID0 will increase random access times. RAID1 on the other hand, could help some here, but it really depends on the controller(RAID1 paired with the right controller can actually decrease access times, but it will not be a huge difference).
Now, all that being said, there is a reason why systems, where speed, and redundancy is crucial, people opt for RAID10. Obviously, there is the redundancy factor, but you can get the from RAID5 as well as speed if enough drives are used. Pretty much, you get the best of both worlds having a RAID10 array, faster access times, and throughput. This performance of course comes at a cost, you need a minimum of 4 HDDs, so for instance, using 4x 1TB Hitachi drives, we are talking in the balpark of $1600 for a bare minimum + controller capable of handling RAID10.
When it is all said and done, unless your system is serving thousands of people data every hour of the day, heavily editing video, or some other similar task you do not need this kind of disk performance. Also, for the life of me, I can not see how making one large disk array, for your OS, and putting all your data on this array is going to help things either. Personally, I think it is much smarter, to use a single fast disk for the OS, and perhaps multiple drives for data, keeping everything seperate. As for using RAID, well, I can see an application for it, even in the home, but not for the OS.
Think about it, what is so important about the OS that you need redundancy for it ? Nothing, plain and simple. Need a RAID array for video editing, or something else ? fine, get a third HDD for the OS, and keep the RAID0 array seperate. Same goes for RAID1, or RAID5, keep it seperate from the OS, and if something catostrophic does happen, chances are, it wont be on the data disks(however, nothing is ever set in stone). I have been using this technique since the mid 90's, and have had very little problems, and have lost next to zero data, that I needed. Not only this, but it does help to organize your data, so it is more easily found later on, but not as important.
As for splitting OS/swap accross multiple drives, this is debatable. First, if all of your SATA channels are saturating what your system is capable of handeling, then no, but in theory it should help. I personally have noticed the bigest differences when transfering file locally, if I am transfering files from a PATA -> SATA drive, or vice versa. Two different interfaces, using two difference I/O channels.
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photoguy99 - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkYou have tested XP 32-bit which uses the "ScsiPort" storage system.
This artificially limits results using Raid.
Vista 32, Vista x64, and XP x64 all use the "StorPort" storage system, which is much faster and doesn't limit Raid results.
You could add 4 or 8 drives in Raid 0 and your transfer rates would not change much.
This should really be part of the discussion for the article. Reply
yyrkoon - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkFunny that, last time I personally did a dirrect comparrison of a 3xRAID0 array in Vista, it was 30-40MB/s slower comparred to the same array in XP Pro.
Nothing changed, only the OS. Reply
photoguy99 - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkPerhaps in your case the Vista driver was not as optimized as the XP driver or was not using storport.
However, it is absolutely invalid to benchmark raid performance on XP 32-bit if your goal is to test hardware rather than OS specific results.
Microsoft reference:
AllanLim - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkhttp://kakaku.com/item/05300415786/">http://kakaku.com/item/05300415786/
Along with every other pc component, this probably comes at 20-30% premium compared to Stateside when it becomes available, but at least you can but it here. Reply
Myrandex - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkTwo 250GB drives in Raid 0. I dunno, I still feel that it helps with some load times on large maps on games and large numbers of file transfers at once, but I could be full of it. I do keep an off disk backup though that is pretty current.
Jason Reply
Sunrise089 - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkSorry to double-post, but the end of the article says:
" As stated in both articles, we believe leaving AAM and NCQ turned provides the best user experience with this drive."
I think there should be an "on" or "off" after "turned". Reply
Sunrise089 - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkI have a long-running arguement with another PC enthusiest about the relative merit of RAID 0. Some people just cannot get it through their heads that no matter how great the idea sounds, the performance just isn't justified by the cost. At all. With video card price/performance scaling perfectly, and CPU and memory scaling at least OK, it's insane to spend hundreds of dollars on a second hard drive and gain a few percentage points in real-world tests. Thanks Anandtech for keeping the real-world focus of these articles. Reply
mesyn191 - Saturday, April 21, 2007 - linkDepends how its done...
These software RAID controllers (yes NVRAID, Intel Matrix RAID, Silicon Image 3112/4 etc, Promise, Highpoint are all software RAID controllers that often act more like storage subsystem DE-celerators and often slow things down...) that Anandtech keeps using to demonstrate the pointlessness of RAID 0 really only prove how crappy software RAID controllers are. If you use a "real" enterprise class RAID controller that has a dedicated CPU and significant cache you'll see some real world performance improvements, even with doing things like loading games which is a far from ideal work load for RAID 0. The problem is most of these "real" RAID controllers tend to cost ~$300, and that is for a cheap one, high end versions can easily cost thousands of dollars and most people don't want to spend that much on storage. Most of these enterprise class controllers also tend to have issues working with desktop motherboards, they're really meant for use in server motherboards and so they won't even boot up properly in alot of them, just read up on all the issues people tend to have getting the Areca 1210 (probably the most commonly used enterprise class RAID card in the enthusiast PC crowd) PCIe RAID cards working in commodity consumer grade motherboards.
Of course another nice thing about those enterprise class RAID controllers is most of them support multiple levels of RAID at the same time, so you can have a RAID 0 set and a RAID 5 set on the same bunch of hard drives, providing you a good way to safe guard your data and get a performance benefit. Reply
PenGun - Friday, April 20, 2007 - linkK .... maybe you can tell me how I'm gonna get a solid write of 150MB/sec any other way. My camera in HD SDI needs to move that much data.
RAID 0 or perhaps RAID 5 (to be tested soon) is the only way. 4 Western Digital 500G drives is my way of handling that fire hose of data.
Oh go back to your games it really does not matter, it's just my problem right now. It is my desktop when it's full. It's easier to crunch the massive files in situ. Reply
yyrkoon - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - link
I have a long-running arguement with another PC enthusiest about the relative merit of RAID 0. Some people just cannot get it through their heads that no matter how great the idea sounds, the performance just isn't justified by the cost. At all.
Some people just can not seem to get it through their heads, that not everyone plays games, or surfs the web, on a home desktop PC. Video editing applications that require 65MB/s substained transfers rates, will require either a very fast disk, or two lesser drives striped.
Since most enterprise drives cost an arm and a leg, I think running RAID0 for this application, or something that NEEDS the throughput justifies the cost. Now, I personally DO run RAID0 on my home desktop, and I think it is more than justified, but I do not expect it to work wonders, and I definately know, it will not make my system boot faster, will not make a First Person Shooter faster (except, perhaps level load times, which is pretty much moot).
Now, Imagine spending 2x $400 for RAID1 . . . that is what I call a waste of money, although, with these hitachi drives, who knows how reliable they are. The point here, being, you can not tell anyone what they need, or want in a desktop, because you really have not a clue what they really need / want. This being said, RAID0 for most people probably is overkill. Reply
Pirks - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - link
quote:call it a waste after you lose a terabyte of data because you hdd died on ya, until then - move along Reply
Imagine spending 2x $400 for RAID1 . . . that is what I call a waste of money
yyrkoon - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkBTW, those of us who are truely serious about their data, do not keep the data stored on HDD alone. Tape, offsite, optical, choose your poison. Reply
Pirks - Friday, April 20, 2007 - linkfor me number one reason for data loss was ALWAYS hdd failure, those caviars that click to death. I've never experienced data loss for any other reason. hence my natural impulse is to put two hdds in mirror raid - this eliminates most potent threat. and striping only doubles it, plus striping only slows things down when you copy big files (video mux/demux and stuff like that) so for me its mirror only (plus extra drive to speed up file copies a LOT) Reply
yyrkoon - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkIf you are smart about how you use your HDDs, you will have no need, BUT if it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, more power to you. The rest of us, who live in reality, and have HDDs much older than 10 years old, still functional, know better. Reply
Pirks - Friday, April 20, 2007 - linkyeah, I have 80 gig wd that I bought I forgot when, 5 years ago? maybe more... it's hot and noisy but looks like it's immortal. however, I wish ALL hdds were like this one. which they are not, unfortunately. those who experienced dead hdds (without doing anything special, just hdd that suddenly dies on you after a couple of years of excellent service) know better than you Reply
mlambert890 - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkit's not hundreds of dollars, its not insane, and you are wrong. its really kind of amusing that people are "debating" the basic premise of if a stripe set yields better read performance as if this were some new invention newly discovered and untested! Reply
Boushh - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkWell, maybe not hunderds of dollars (I agree that putting two of these 1 TB drive in RAID 0 is not very usefull) but if you go down the price list you can buy 2 320 Gb drives and put them in RAID 0. They are not expensive, and I know from my own experience that it realy makes a difference. All disk based activity is a lot faster than it would be on a single drive.
I've may OS and my games on the RAID 0, and it realy helps speeding things up. So when the price is right RAID 0 is the way to speed up disk activity. Reply
DigitalFreak - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - link*sigh* Reply
mlambert890 - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linksigh all you want, but this is not up for debate. Many of us spend all day every day building and operating RAID systems. maybe for you, one article from anand that confirms some weird bias you have is sufficient. for those of us with 20+ years of doing this, the benefits of multiple spindles really dont need to be retested, and reproven, to make yet another generation feel cozy.
synthetic benchmarks arent operating in some alternate reality. if whatever you are doing on your pc involves moving large, linear, blocks of data then you will benefit from a throughput boost clearly. in this case, a stripe set will yield quantitative benefit.
for many, loading something (even a game) seconds faster has value. esp since raid 0 has become a complete commodity. pointless article really, and pointless comments from the clueless. raid 0 has been written about and analyzed by smarter poeople with better measurement tools for decades. maybe people should try using common sense and broadening their google searches (that is if collecting their own real world experience is too much trouble) Reply
OrSin - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkI got 20 years plus experience working in server farms and Raid is great from 0 to 5.
With that said desktop raid dont do crap. I have over 10 systems in my house most on the extra same hardware. I tested Raid 0 and raid 5 and the difference in transfer speed even from GB switchs in less then 8%. Sorry but unless the maps or levels are just sitting in cache it don't do anything. Most of the delay is in seek time and Raid dont improve that at all. In fact I beleive it slows it (no proof). Please with all your experience the desktop and Server space is very different. Also remember SCSI raids improve seek time alot. I think if SATA hardware raids improve then raiding desktop might help.
What are people doing they they even need a 50% improvement in hardrive speed on a desktop? Load levels and map? Sorry but saving even 5 secs out of 10, 5 times a day is not work the extra money to me. CPU, Ram, and Video cards scale so much better. You want the speed make a ram disk. :) Reply
MadAd - Saturday, April 21, 2007 - link<quote>Sorry but saving even 5 secs out of 10, 5 times a day is not work the extra money to me</quote>
I take it you dont play battlefield 2 then. Having just two or three seconds advantage on each mapchange can mean the difference between a round flying a jet or helo, or a few seconds later watching everyone else fly off and being left with a humvee (if you are very lucky) or nothing at all.
Of course not all games have this problem however with bf2 when there are 32 players a side and only 2 jets each then its the quickest in that gets first picks, and if it takes running raid 0 just to pick up that extra second or two, then so be it. Reply
ShadowdogKGB - Saturday, April 21, 2007 - linkMy four little Hitachi 80gigs in R0 will load the single player Daging Oilfields in 18-20 seconds. Hows that for real world performance. Or maybe somebody from the church of the anti-raid can explain that away for me. My point of contention from this article is that the author went out of his way to denigrate the concept of raid. And another point is that you don't buy a 1 terabyte hard drives just to put them in raid, and especially put them in raid 0. These babies are for storage. You're definitely are not going to want 2 Terabytes of data sitting on a fragile Raid 0. No, this article is just plain skewed. Now there's gonna be a bunch of knuckle heads pointing to these benchmarks and saying "See? See? I told you so!" Yeah, HL2 Lost Coast. That's not even a real game. And The Sims2? Oh please. Yeah that's real world performance figures right there. Bleh. I'm no programmer or mathematician but I could have done a more decent article on this subject than this amateur. Reply
Axbattler - Friday, April 20, 2007 - linkI do not buy the 'extra money' argument that much (**). It's not like performance is the only (*possible) gain from striping two drives. The second drive get you extra capacity, and as long as people choosing to go RAID-0 are using the extra space, then they are not paying a financial premium over buying two drives and running them separately (unless they need to purchase a RAID controller). To me, the main cost from going RAID-0, is the added risk in case of failure.
* Though I am in the school of thought that RAID-0, do not provide significant performance boost in the majority of the cases, I do find gains more often than penalties (from overhead).
Regarding from the article results, I am not surprised by the game loading results. I do, however suspect that the performance benefit of RAID-0 may be more noticeable in XP boot up time however (whether that is important enough, I'll shrug to it. Not my cash).
The file copy result make me wonder if there is not a bottleneck elsewhere though.
7.55 *1024 / 100 = 77.312 MB/sec on average. That's the transfer rate of a single drive.
** I do make an exception to people stripping Raptor's. I can't think of many desktop users who have enough 'performance sensive' applications (OS, apps, games - as opposed to multimedia files for instance) they use regularly - so much that they would need a second Raptor in the same rig. I do suspect that those users are really going for the bragging right rather than the 'free performance'.
Lastly, I wonder if RAM Disks, in their current form, are really faster the fastest SCSI drives at loading games. I seem to remember benchies of i-RAM some time ago showing it to edge the 150GB Raptor by not that much. Reply
Griswold - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkAbsolutely agree. The only winner is the storage industry. Reply
gramboh - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkNo kidding, been waiting for the Seagate for a while. It will also be nice to see 250GB platters (x4) on a 1TB drive. I'm running 2x 7200.10 500's right now and am happy with them. I'd like 1TB to come out to push drive costs down so I use a few for external back-up. Reply
BoberFett - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkAnybody who stripes drives of this size is asking to lose a lifetime's worth of data. Even assuming it's data than can be reassembled such as ripped or downloaded music and movies, the time required to reassemble that data is pretty significant. Reply
goinginstyle - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkGlad to see you guys still telling it like it is with RAID 0. I am just waiting on the comments to come in from people who swear it lets them operate their systems at light speed. This drive seems to be really nice but I will wait for the Seagate 1TB to come out before making an upgrade decision. When is it coming out? Reply
Gary Key - Thursday, April 19, 2007 - linkThe Seagate 1TB drives are due out in four to six weeks according to the last information we had from them. Reply


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Sat Jul 13, 2013 10:20 pm
Old Smoker
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Well I've used our new Traeger 3 times, been hard to do any cooking with the rain and all. The first firing was the burn off, set the temp dial to HIGH and it hit 415-420 and held for an hour then I shut it down, very satisfied with this. Okay the first cook was 2 whole chickens a little over 5lbs. each, set the dial for 350 and the temps floated between 340-353, took 2 hrs. for the birds to finish, skin wasn't as crisp as I would have thought and not a very deep color for that temp so I wasn't exactly over joyed at this but I must say the flavor was very good which after all is really the important thing. The second cook was a meat loaf which was close to 3 lbs. using a pork, veal, ground beef mix with some chopped pulled pork, this addition though my daughter and I liked, my wife and SIL wasn't real crazy about. Cooked at 350 with the same temp swings for 1.5 hrs. The loaf cooked nicely in an aluminum loaf pan that I poked hole in to let the grease out. Didn't have a deep dry looking color like some meat loafs I've made but was lightly browned but once again it was good tasting. This last cook I brined 10 boneless skinless breasts, after brining I put 5 in a baggie with Italian dressing and just seasoned the other 5. I also had a dozen wings that sat in a baggie of Franks and Texas Pete for about 5 hrs. Fired up the grill and set it to 350 and on went the meat. The 5 pieces that I had in the Italian dressing never did get brown except for a little around the edges, the other 5 did take on a little color of which part was do to the rub. The wings never really browned up that much and once again the skin just didn't get that crisp and this cook was 1.5 hrs. at 350 then I cranked it up to HIGH until the internal temp hit 165, the cooking temp never went over 380. I turned the wings into hot wings and despite my thoughts about the appearance was really good and the skin was crispier than I thought. I thought the breasts were pretty good as well though I was informed by my wife that they were maybe a tad to spicy. My thoughts are that the weather and humidity must have affected the grill's ability to hit the higher temp, after all this is suppose to be a smoker. It really is unbelievably easy to use a total no brainer. They do make a bit of a whooshing noise as they burn due to the fan and the fire. Because of the higher cook temps and the measured amount of pellets that is fed into the fire pot the smoke flavor wasn't real heavy but I am after all more use to the WSM. The flavor of everything over all was quite good and very moist and I can't wait for the weather to clear up so I can try a few more cooks. No pics I realize but as I said, I wasn't overly impressed with the looks of some things and the only camera I have is on my not so smart phone, maybe later when I get the hang of this thing better.
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Re: Traeger Grill First Impressions
Sat Jul 13, 2013 11:58 pm
BBQ Deputy
Central Alberta, Canada
Looks like there's a bit of a learning curve for both the smoker and the phone, but I'm glad to hear that things are coming together. I've cooked on Traegers and a few other pellet smokers and once you get used to their cooking style they can turn out some really good food. On days like this when I'm repainting the SFB on my Outlaw, I sometimes wish I had a smoker like that.
It's amazing that ten or twenty degrees can greatly affect the temps on a smoker, but I've run into this issue as well. I see the same thing on my gas grill - on a 65 or 70 degree day it cooks nicely if a bit slow, but on a 90-dgree day it gets so hot I've got to be careful that things don't burn.
I wonder why that is, when the grill temps are between 400 and 600 degrees (or higher)? I don't see this issue nearly as much when cooking over wood or charcoal.
Unlike propane, you'll never wake up scorched and naked in another county because you mishandled a bag of briquettes.
Re: Traeger Grill First Impressions
Sun Jul 14, 2013 9:21 am
Old Smoker
well done
Charlotte, NC
I think my situation has something to do with the amount of moisture in the air but not real sure. I've done a lot of searching and even checked with the folks at Pelletheads but all I get is "yep weather can affect the way your grill works" I'm
not disappointed
with this unit by any stretch and I realize for a little more I could have got a Weber Summit or BGE but the request was more for something not charcoal or gas related. The fact that it requires some form of electric input to run doesn't thrill me but it will run off an inverter for that and it does use less power than a 60 watt light bulb once it gets fired. I have also considered changing the digital control that comes with it to a Savannah Smoker II which allows for 1 degree incremental change as opposed to the 25 degree the stock one has and also has an auger by pass which allows the feed auger to run continuously, I've read it's more stable all around but still it's a good unit right out of the box. Next time I fire it up I'll use my Maverick to check temps from side to side and I'll probably end up cutting the cooking grate to make it 2 pieces, Seems there isn't many Traeger owners on this forum.
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Re: Traeger Grill First Impressions
Mon Jul 15, 2013 10:22 am
BBQ Deputy
Central Alberta, Canada
Old Smoker wrote:
The fact that it requires some form of electric input to run doesn't thrill me but it will run off an inverter for that and it does use less power than a 60 watt light bulb once it gets fired.
Now that I didn't know. That's very efficient and I think their smaller grills would run very nicely off an inverter or battery pack indeed. Something like the PTG, Junior or Lil' Tex might be great for camping or tailgating. This would be especially true in wooded areas that have periodic fire bans - most bans don't allow live fire including charcoal but will allow for propane or electric grills. The Traeger would fit the latter category.
Unlike propane, you'll never wake up scorched and naked in another county because you mishandled a bag of briquettes.
Re: Traeger Grill First Impressions
Mon Jul 22, 2013 6:57 pm
I've had one for a couple of years and it's served me well. I primarily use it in the garage. I just open the door and wheel it to the front. As such it's never been rained on and not too affected by the weather. Traeger does sell an insulating blanket for it. I don't get large temp swings. However the temp outside does affect how hot I can get the traeger. Upper 300's is normal for the fall/winter and low 400's for the summer.
I've cooked all manor of things on it, brisket, pork shoulder, chicken, turkey, ribs, meat loaf, salmon, veggies, bread, etc.
I just ordered an a-maze-n tube smoker for it to get more smoke in my meats. I'm also thinking of getting grillgrates for it.
Re: Traeger Grill First Impressions
Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:07 pm
Old Smoker
well done
Charlotte, NC
archer75 a few questions, do you use the Traeger pellets? I'm also wondering why I haven't been able to hit 400> since the first time I fired it up, the weather has been warm, wet and humid, the cooker stays on a covered porch, the pellets are dry , the time I hit 400 I started it up and turned the dial to high the only other time I tried I had been running at 350 for 1.5 hrs. then up to high but it never went over 380, the unit is new. Now I hadn't thought about it until now but I've ran the ceiling fan every time I've used it except the first time, hmmmm, could it be that simple ????
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Re: Traeger Grill First Impressions
Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:00 pm
I use bear mountain pellets. They review pretty highly. Right up there with bbq'ers delight. But cost half as much. I had nothing against traeger pellets, these were just cheaper.
I hit higher temps when I have more ash build up in the traeger. I only clean out the interior once a month or so and as ash builds up I get the higher temps. I've also lined the bottom of the traeger with ceramic briquettes to better hold temps.
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by Larry Hume, VFW Post 8904, Center, Texas
In September 2012 Mr. & Mrs. Ben Samford of Center came into my shop with a couple of photos they wanted copied. One of the vintage photos was of a handsome young aviator dressed in flying gear and the other was of a WW II B-24 bomber crew sitting in front of their aircraft with nose art that said "Shack's Shack". It depicted a hillbilly running out of an outhouse as a bomb is about to destroy it.
When I saw the photos naturally my interest grew and Mrs. Samford told me the aviator was Charles Frame and he was a crew member in the other photo. I asked her if he was from Shelby County and she said he was but that he had been killed in action during WW II. I immediately checked to see if he was listed among the names our VFW and Auxiliary read each Memorial Day and found that he was.
I inquired about relatives and Mrs. Samford said the only one he had was a nephew, Gary Frame who lived in Center. Mrs. Samford was not a relative but had the photos as Charles Frame and her sister Carrie Lucas were engaged at the time of his death. I found that Ms. Lucas never married and passed in August of 2000. She is buried at Oaklawn Memorial Park.
Back on the home page there was another link to 485th KIA. Going to this link revealed Charles' name among many others including three of his fellow crew members. The contact us link on the site gave me the email address of the association historian Jerry Whiting whose father Wayne was a tail gunner on a crew in the 831st. I emailed him that I had a photo of Shackleford's crew and would email it if they would like to put it on their web site. Jerry was eager to have the photo and stated at one time he had a photo of the crash site that killed Charles Frame and a copy of the accident report that he would send.
I then moved on to finding where Charles was buried and found the American Battle Monuments Commission website. This commission was established by Congress in 1923 and is the guardian of America's overseas commemorative cemeteries and memorials. I searched their WW II data base by putting in his name and bingo there it was showing he was buried at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery in Nettuno, Italy. I also visited the website of the cemetery and printed out some information for the family.
In the meantime Jerry had emailed me stating that he couldn't find the crash photo but did have a copy of the accident report attached and a narrative mission report dated January 9th, 1945. Obviously at the time they were classified documents but had since been changed to unclassified. Evidently after each mission these reports were submitted about what happened and what went on. Paragraph 1 of the report stated that 25 B-24 aircraft took off at 0809 hours on January 8th, 1945 to bomb a primary target in Austria. Paragraph 2 said the group assembled over the home base at 3,300 feet at 0823 hours and aircraft # 95460 crashed on the field during the assembly. Six crew members parachuted safety and the remaining four crew members were killed in the crash.
Jerry said in his email that there was a lot of speculation at the time about sabotage but the accident report ruled this out and concluded it was pilot error due to "faulty technique".
Earlier while on the website of the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery I asked them if they could provide me with a photo of Charles' grave and within a couple of days they did.
After my research I was in touch with Charles' nephew Gary Frame and asked him for any family information that he might have. Gary provided me the following and gave me permission to include it in this story.
"As I can remember, here is a brief family history of what I can recall. My grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W M Frame, moved to Center somewhere in the late 1920's to build a bottling plant. They had three sons, John Bill Frame (my father), Charles Frame, and Gladney Frame. As you know, Charles was in the Army Air Corps, Uncle Gladney was a Merchant Marine, and my father was in the Navy. Uncle Charles died in the service unmarried with no children. Uncle Gladney had one daughter who passed away and she had two children but I do not know them. Daddy had one daughter, Gayla Bright who lives in Arkansas and two sons, my brother Greg who passed away without any children and myself. I have one daughter, and two sons, and am proud to say just had my first grandson which puts us at 5 generations of Frames. Myself, my sons, and my grandson are the only remaining Frame males to carry on the family name. I greatly appreciate all that you have done but if possible, could you find or show me how to find more information on my daddy's career in the Navy? It would give me great honor for you to do a story about my family. Again, I can't thank you enough for this information."
I do not know Charles' exact date of birth but he is listed as 6 years old on the 1930 Shelby County census which would have made it 1924. He enlisted in 1942 so he was approximately 18 years old then and was killed probably before his 21st birthday in January 1945.


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Roast Chicken with Natural Gravy
Roasting the bird breast side down is critical, because the juices run down and keep the breast meat from drying out. Some chefs roast their chickens and turkeys breast side down for all but the last 15 minutes. This cooking method also ensures that the meat on the bottom doesn't become mushy.
When the chicken is stuffed with the mirepoix, it develops the dish's "flavor profile." When used this way the mirepoix is discarded.
Be sure to scrape up the browned food bits or the fond to incorporate into the gravy.
The gravy needs to simmer a full 20 minutes in order to develop its full flavor.
Stage 1
One 3–5 lb. chicken
to taste salt
to taste pepper
as needed oil or butter
1.5 oz. onion, medium dice
0.75 oz. carrots, medium dice
0.75 oz. celery, medium dice
1. Remove any giblets from chicken. Check inside cavities to make sure they are well cleaned.
2. Season the inside of the chicken with salt and pepper.
3. Truss the chicken.
4. Rub the outside of the trussed game hen with oil or butter (butter promotes faster browning). Season the skin with salt and pepper, as it will be served with the meat.
5. Place the mirepoix in a roasting pan and place the chicken, breast down, on the mirepoix. Or stuff the chicken with mirepoix and place the breast down in roasting pan.
6. Place chicken in an oven preheated to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). After 15 minutes (not longer), turn the heat down to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
7. When the chicken has been in the oven for 15 minutes, turn it breast side up. Baste with the fat (or with small amounts of stock) every 15 minutes, and finish roasting. Total cooking time is about an hour (twenty minutes a pound), or when leg meat registers 180 degrees F, or juices run clear in leg meat.
8. Remove the chicken from the roasting pan and let it rest.
Stage 2
1.5 cup chicken stock
0.5 oz. flour
to taste salt
to taste pepper
9. To make the gravy, the juices need to be separated from the fat to make the roux. This can be done in a glass measuring cup. Just let it rest for a bit to separate.
10. Set the roasting pan on the range over high heat and brown the mirepoix well with some of the fat but do not let it burn. Add flour to the mirepoix, stirring constantly for 4–5 minutes.
11. Add the strong stock to deglaze the pan, while stirring to avoid lumps.
12. Boil until the gravy comes to a simmer.
13. Strain into a saucepan, using a china cap. Season carefully with salt and pepper.
14. Serve chicken with gravy.
All-butter pie dough
Pie dough will freeze well and retain its butter's bright yellow. If it's just put in the refrigerator, the iron in the flour will oxidize and turn the dough gray.
All butter is preferred over vegetable shortenings, which are an unhealthy source of trans fats.
1.75 cup flour
.5 tsp. salt
12 tbsp. unsalted butter (1.5 sticks)
.5 cup ice water
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RemoteApp – Northeastern students, faculty and staff can access through the RemoteApp virtual application service a number of university-licensed discipline-specific, high-powered applications that are primarily available on Windows.
Direct from Vendor
Direct from the vendor – As a result of ITS partnerships, faculty and staff have access to software directly from some vendors. To use this method, you will be required to identify yourself as a member of the Northeastern community and possibly enter a code specific for Northeastern. This way, you will have fully patched, updated software at all times.
- Matlab, Mathematica, and Microsoft Office Home Use Program (for Windows and Mac) have partnered with Northeastern so faculty and staff can purchase their software at a discounted price. To take advantage of this discount, you must create an account directly with the vendor using your Northeastern email address as an identifier.