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ASUS ROG Maximus VII Formula Releasedby Ian Cutress on 7/18/2014 9:00 AM EST
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- Motherboards
- Asus
- Haswell
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WithoutWeakness - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkIt's a shame that they put the M.2 connector where they did. The VRM heatsinks are going to block anything longer than the 2260 drives. The ROG Impact has a much better placement right above the PCIe slot and will accept longer drives as a result. Reply
dgingeri - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkIt looks to me like that slot is more intended for wireless cards than PCIe storage. In other words, it's practically useless and probably just there to check off a feature list. This board is also more expensive than the Z97-WS, which has nearly all the same features plus a PLX bridge to give more usable expansion slots. It's too bad the Z97-WS has other issues.
(Tip on the Z97-WS, the middle screw has to be a screw and has to be screwed down. If you mount it in a case with a post in the middle, like my Corsair Carbide Air 540, the second memory channel won't work. Weird, eh? It took me weeks to figure out why the second memory channel wouldn't work after my replacement had the same issue. Now I'm stick with using this board in a CoolerMaster HAF XB instead of my Air 540. Also, Asus's supposed server level warranty service for the Z97-WS is totally bogus. It took them a week to process and send out the replacement board, and the second case I opened with them got dropped after three weeks of no responses from them. Asus's support sucks pretty bad, but it's average for the MB industry.) Reply
craige4u - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkIn Z97 Deluxe, I have a question with regards to PCI Lanes:
1] I will always be using Single GPU... and say if I add upcoming Asus M.2 x4 Adapter on PCI slot - In this case will my GPU run in x16 OR x8 mode?
2] If I add M.2 x4 adapter + Lan Card, In this case will my GPU run in x16 OR x8 mode? Reply
extide - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkIt appears this is a PCIe 2.0 M.2 solution, which means it will never take lanes away from GPU. GPU will always be at 16x unless you put a card in the second PCIex16 slot. Reply
vin_mehta1988 - Monday, July 21, 2014 - linkI just got my corsair 750D and after installing my 3 years old motherboard the 2nd memory channel stopped working I was about to buy a new motherboard and I came across your comment. I think I will remove the middle standoff and check if it is working or not. Thank you for sharing the information. Reply
Eidigean - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkAs soon as I read that the M.2 port is using only 2 PCIe lanes and only supports 60mm drives, I was turned away. One cannot fit a Samsung XP941 in this board. Maybe the next Samsung M.2 part will use 3D V-NAND and be 60mm in length, but until then, this is no good.
Asus, the combo riser card needs to go away. Place two 80mm slots on the motherboard, using 4 pcie lanes each (8 total), and let the GPU use the other 8. Then allow me to use 4 lanes from the PCH to drive thunderbolt 2.
I will keep my Asus Rampage IV Formula for the time being. I just hope that Asus releases an updated BIOS for my board to be able to boot from an NVMe M.2 stick in a PCIe adapter. I have 40 lanes, and I would like to put them all to good use. Reply
danjw - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkFrom what I read there will be no Maximus VII Extreme. The Extreme team were working on a project for a different platform. Asus did not mention an Extreme version at Computex, from what I have read. Reply
tolis626 - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkFinally! Been waiting too long for this!
Although it has to be pointed out : Why the increase in price? Unless it drops to 300€ and below without Watch Dogs when it's available for purchase... Meh. I'll probably buy it anyway, but I don't like it. Reply
Aikouka - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkI believe the original Maximus VI Formula released at $329 without any sort of bundle, which makes this revision $10 cheaper at launch. Although, the bundling of Watch Dogs reeks of corporate funny business by the hands of ASUS and UbiSoft. "Oh, you really want this new motherboard? How about you pay $50 extra and buy our game too!" Keep in mind that this game was recently on sale for $30 on Steam, it's a digital copy ($50 for that as a bundle is atrocious), and NVIDIA gives it away "for free" with their GPUs. You could probably buy a voucher off eBay for less. Reply
tolis626 - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkThere's no way in hell I'm buying the Watch Dogs bundle. I don't like Watch Dogs and I won't play it, so there's that. I'll wait for the Watch Dogs free edition. That's what I hope is cheaper. I couldn't care less about how much the bundle is going to cost. I'm selfish... Reply
cmdrdredd - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkirrelevant to the article but ok... Reply
romrunning - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkThis "ROG armor" or shroud seems to be at cross-purposes with itself. If it's supposed to limit dust build-up (don't most gamers have case fans with filters in front of them?) which I guess is supposed to reduce heat build-up, doesn't that plastic shroud also trap the heat given off by components? Reply
Tetracycloide - Sunday, July 20, 2014 - linkLooks like all it would do is make dust harder to remove. Reply
Aikouka - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkI own a Maximus VI Formula, and it's a decent board. Although, it looks like ASUS fixed most of my complaints in this new revision. My OCD makes me want to upgrade to this one because I can't stand seeing white locks (memory, expansion slots) on this black and red motherboard. It's also nice to see that CrossChill is actually usable this time around... well, at least usable for those that refuse to use additives to avoid galvanic corrosion. =P Reply
extide - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkWhy would you refuse to put any additives in? Reply
DarkStryke - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkBecause distilled + coil is all you should need.
About this, they're not mentioning what contact is with the top of that water channel insert but it does look like some type of POM or nylon which is good. I can't get an answer out of ASUS PR as to what exactly that port material is that covers the copper water channel insert, so until it's out in the wild we still don't know. Reply
maximumGPU - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkcan't argue with the looks! Reply
Questor - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkIt isn't enough given the wait and price. To make people wait longer for a non-bundle board, is atrocious. Given the wave of new features available to be used on motherboards these days, I was hoping for the PLX bridge, as dgingeri mentioned, so more features could be used at once.
I don't mind the armor and like the water cooling block as a standard feature. Unfortunately, unless I missed something in this overview, without the PLX to open up more "at once" usage of features, I'll have to pass on this. Too bad, I have been waiting for this very board release. Reply
tolis626 - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkTrue that. Especially considering the Formula is actually the top-of-the-line Maximus VII board (And is priced accordingly), it should have a PLX chip. Damn... Reply
Hairs_ - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkWhat a fantastic array of utterly useless gimmickery. Reply
willis936 - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkupvote[1]
[1]: Used ironically here to mock the original post. Reply
Questor - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkGreat description! I wish I had thought of it. Reply
noeldillabough - Friday, July 18, 2014 - linkI wonder if the male end of the qd3 quick connects fit on this board? Click click and you're ready to go! I'm a big fan of quick connects. Reply
Laststop311 - Saturday, July 19, 2014 - linkIf you are going to upgrade do not buy something that is pre obsolete. Make sure you buy a motherboard with a pci-e 3.0 x4 m2 slot. The Samsung xp941 is a pci-e 2.0 x4 drive and it is faster than what a pci-e 2.0 x2 slot can provide and pci-e 3.0 x4 controllers are already starting to make their rounds. We will be maxing out pci-e 3.0 x4 on ssd's within 2-3 years, just in time for pci-e 4.0 Reply
m0n5t3r - Saturday, July 19, 2014 - linkA bit slow there. Had this for two days now :/ Reply
Questor - Sunday, July 20, 2014 - linkProbably because it's not very exciting and all the commentary that ASUS needs to read, but won't, has been said. Reply
ghud - Sunday, August 10, 2014 - linkIf I am reading this correctly, you can both run M.2 and Sata Express at the same time, not one or the other, Right? Reply
ghud - Monday, August 25, 2014 - linkCan the M7F use both M.2 and SATA Express at the same time, or is one or the other? Reply

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Ben Affleck is taking his name off the list of possible candidates for US Senator John Kerry's seat, which would be open if the Democrat from Massachusetts is confirmed as secretary of state.
The Argo star says on his Facebook page that while he loves the political process, he will not be running for public office.
Speculation about the Cambridge, Massachusetts, native rose slightly when he did not completely rule out a Senate bid during an appearance on CBS' Face The Nation on Sunday.
On his Facebook page, Affleck says he would continue working with the Eastern Congo Initiative, a non-profit organisation that helps direct humanitarian aid to the war-torn region, and for other causes.
"Right now it's a privilege to spend my time working with Eastern Congo Initiative (ECI), supporting our veterans, drawing attention to the great many who go hungry in the US everyday and using filmmaking to entertain and foster discussion about issues like our relationship to Iran," he wrote.
"We are about to get a great Secretary of State and there are some phenomenal candidates in Massachusetts for his Senate seat. I look forward to an amazing campaign."


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Noesi, bullpen do job as Morse ensures series win
Mariners in second place as electric finale comes down to last at-bat
NEW YORK -- Michael Morse cracked his 10th home run of the season, and the Mariners pitching staff pieced together a strong effort Thursday in place of the injured Aaron Harang as Seattle topped the Yankees, 3-2, in a game that crackled with suspense down to the final pitch.
Closer Tom Wilhelmsen, Seattle's sixth pitcher of the game, struck out Jayson Nix and got Robinson Cano to ground out with Brett Gardner perched on third as the tying run as the Mariners won the series and continued their recent run that has lifted them into second place in the American League West.
"That was playoff stuff right there," said Mariners shortstop Brendan Ryan. "Everybody's ready to make a defensive play. Our bullpen comes in, and they're executing pitches. That's as fun as it gets there at the end, with Tommy on the mound.
"I looked at [Dustin Ackley] and said, 'This is awesome. This is truly awesome. This is good baseball here.'"
The Mariners have been playing good ball for several weeks now, having won 12 of their last 18 games to move past the A's into second in the division at 20-21. Seattle has gone 5-0-1 in its last six series and now heads to Cleveland for a four-game set.
"This was one hell of a series," said Mariners manager Eric Wedge, who was ejected in the second inning for arguing that Ichiro Suzuki had trapped a low liner by Ryan in right field. "Three tough games and you talk about this one here, getting that lead and then holding on. You've got one of the best hitters in the game making the last out. It doesn't get any tougher than that."
Wilhelmsen earned his 11th straight save despite having some control issues that left him walking the tight rope after Gardner singled and then stole second and third.
"There's no way we're going to lose that game," Wilhelmsen said. "We've got momentum, and I certainly wasn't going to be the guy to do it. So emotions were high, and no matter what side you're on, that's a baseball game."
Hector Noesi allowed just one unearned run in 4 1/3 innings in the spot start in place of Harang, who was scratched with a stiff lower back several hours before the game.
Five Seattle relievers then combined to hold the Yankees to one run the rest of the way as Oliver Perez, Yoervis Medina, Lucas Luetge, Carter Capps and finally Wilhelmsen came through in numerous critical situations.
"That was a great team win, and the bullpen came up really big," said Wilhelmsen. "Noesi stepped up, but up and down the board, it wasn't just him. Medina coming in, Oly, Luetge and Carter were all huge, huge outs. To do it here against that team, with the momentum we've got, those were just huge outs."
Noesi, making his first appearance in 11 days and his first start of the season, allowed just three hits with one walk and four strikeouts before being replaced after throwing 79 pitches. He finally ran out of gas when he hit a batter and gave up a single with one out in the fifth, but Perez came on and stranded both runners to preserve a 2-1 lead.
"I haven't pitched for 10 days," Noesi said. "I was tired in the second inning and I was like, 'I've got to keep going.' I think it was good."
When Morse unloaded a solo shot to center field in the sixth off Yankees reliever Shawn Kelley to give the Mariners a 3-1 edge, it proved to be just enough offense to stand up.
"Morse had a great series," Wedge said. "That third run today was obviously huge."
Morse has been an increasing factor of late for the improving Mariners offense. The big right fielder went 2-for-3 with a walk and now has four straight multi-hit games to raise his batting average to .261.
Morse's 10th homer of the season puts him one back of the American League lead. The Mariners didn't have a player reach double-digit home runs until June 2 last year, when Justin Smoak hit his 10th.
Equally important was a defensive play by Kendrys Morales at first base in the seventh when he made a diving stop of Ryan's wide throw as Cano beat out an infield single that drove in a run to cut the lead to 3-2. If Morales didn't make that play, Chris Stewart would have scored the tying run from third.
Instead, Capps came on to get Vernon Wells to pop out, and the one-run lead stood.
"Play of the game, no doubt," said Ryan. "I don't know if you get a Web Gem on something like that, but that was the difference in the game. I don't think I could bear hug him strong enough. I tried to get my arms around him, but that was one heck of a play."
Ackley got Seattle on the board early with an RBI double in the second, and Ryan, without an RBI since April 29, drove in a run with the bases loaded in the fourth as he singled deep in the hole at shortstop for a 2-1 lead.
Andy Pettitte took the loss for the Yankees, falling to 4-3 with a 3.83 ERA after lasting just 4 2/3 innings before being removed when a shoulder muscle tightened. Pettitte is now 11-13 against the Mariners in 25 career starts as Seattle is the only team in the AL with a winning record against the 40-year-old southpaw.
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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Intel Brings TRIM to RAID-0 SSD Arrays on 7-Series Motherboards, We Test Itby Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/16/2012 12:04 AM EST
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tspacie - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - linkSo, there are a bunch of requirements and hoops to get TRIM on Intel RAID, what if you just use the windows disk manager to create a raid 0 stripe? Does that also pass through TRIM commands? Reply
Farfle - Sunday, August 19, 2012 - linkI'd like this confirmed as well. There's no hard evidence on the web I've found that neither confirms nor denies trim support on striped or spanned volumes using dynamic disks in Windows. A lot of people think its enabled, providing the driver used is in AHCI mode, but no one has provided a benchmark like how Anand did with this article to prove one way or the other.
A confirmation on this would be extremely helpful, as dynamic disks are incredibly easy to use and are hardware agnostic. Their only caveats are not being able to install OS on them, and them being native to windows only. Reply
surgex - Saturday, September 29, 2012 - linkYes -- TRIM does work with Dynamic Disks.
The problem is you can't BOOT from a Dynamic Disk stripe (RAID 0) -- you can only boot from a Mirror (RAID 1).
And also -- even setting up a Bootable Dynamic Disk RAID1 is a PITFA -- you have to first install windows, then convert the disk to dynamic, then add a mirror, then reboot and hope it works. Why don't they just let you set this up from the installer!?
Also, in my experience -- Dynamic Disk mirroring is rather flaky.
The performance is OK -- I find RST to have better READ performance (random and sequential) in general with two 830s in an SSD RAID1 compared to Dynamic Disks-- but if you pull drives during I/O, sometimes Windows just hangs -- other times it works. With the Intel RST I can pull drives all day long and my system stays working just fine (aka there's ACTUAL redundancy here). Reply
kavanoz - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - linkAnand,
You wrote it like 7 series motherboard requirement was a software limitation rather than hardware. If this is the case, I am sure someone will modify the drivers and allow it to work on 6 series motherboards.
What do you think? Reply
Ototin - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - link...and for that matter, what about those of us still on 5 series chipsets? My X58 setup has hung on tenaciously over the past few years while I wait for Haswell...would be a shame to only be able to run my one 830 (over SATA2, even) for the next year and miss out on the cheap performance boost a RAID 0 setup would offer. Reply
SlyNine - Friday, August 17, 2012 - linkUnless you are running your drive to max capacity its not really needed. If you want to restore performance just do one huge sequential write. Reply
JonnyDough - Friday, November 30, 2012 - linkIt's been done! :) Not by me...but on another article it's working! Reply
iwodo - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - linkDo Software Raid improves Random Read Write?
All of a sudden Raid SSD becomes so attractive everybody should be using it instead of buying 128GB SSD! Reply
Kristian Vättö - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - linkSmall random reads at queue depth of 1 are not improved, but everything else is. Reply
surgex - Saturday, September 29, 2012 - linkCorrect -- this is because for the most part -- the SSD controllers are actually more efficient at small random reads and writes than actual RAID controllers (even a $1000 LSI MegaRAID card) -- be it hardware OR software. Reply
mevans336 - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - linkIf the 6 series chipset is capable of it, you're exactly right Anand. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - linktest Reply
Breit - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - linkNice! Thank you. ;)
I thought another requirement for TRIM on the 7-series platform is the presence of the RAID BIOS (Option ROM) version 11.5 or newer?! If thats the case, you have to be lucky to get a decent BIOS update from your board manufacturer which includes this.
One question though: Should that also work with x79 chipsets? Reply
B3an - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - linkI'd also like to know if this works on X79, or if support is atleast coming... Reply
Breit - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkIt seems that X79 chipsets/boards will get RAID TRIM using Intels RSTe drivers later this year: www.hardwarecanucks.com/news/storage-news/intels-trim-support-for-raid-configurations-coming-soon-to-x79/ Reply
Marlin1975 - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - linkFerragamo are awful, do not buy Reply
Peanutsrevenge - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - linkI realise you ran triple drives for your own ease (lazy ass).
Am I right to assume all is fine with raid 0 for root? Reply
DukeN - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - linkFor those of us looking to have multiple drives for redundancy, we'd appreciate your help figuring out what to get...
Also, it's easier to get close to a TB of space with 4 or 5 256GB SSDs, than one monolithic one.
Thanks! Reply
HisDivineOrder - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - link...more SATA III 6Gbs slots to attach drives to. Far too many 3Gbs, not enough 6 Gbs. In a world where we're going to installing multiple SSD's to get us some pooled goodness, we needs moar of the highest of the high speed SATA ports. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - linkI couldn't agree more. I have a total of 10 SATA ports in my system (Z68 + two PCIe x1 SATA 6Gbps cards) but I would use more if I could. Kind of disappointing that the X79 didn't have more SATA ports in the end. Reply
doylecc - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - linkMany of us need redundancy for data safety, so would you mind testing with RAID 5?
Can AMD chipset/drivers pass TRIM to a RAID 0, 1 or 5 array?
How about a complete test showing the performance differences for single SSD vs RAID 0 vs RAID 5 using a few popular SSDs, say Intel 520, Samsung 830, and OCZ Vertez 4?
Now that the prices of SSDs have dropped so dramatically, SSD RAID arrays are becoming affordable. So, these questions are becoming important. Reply
Etsp - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - linkI imagine that supporting TRIM commands on RAID 5 would use this brand new support for RAID 0 as a starting point.
To quote the article:
"There's a danger in getting rid of data in a RAID-0 array, if a page or a block gets TRIMed on one drive that's actually necessary, the entire array can be shot."
In RAID 5, not only does that same concept apply for a TRIM, but the parity would need to be touched by it as well. More data to delete, more chance for things to go wrong.
Also, Intel has not announced support for RAID 5, so I highly doubt this new driver would support it. Reply
The Von Matrices - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - linkDoes "all 7-series chipsets" include the X79? It's not specifically confirmed or denied as far as I can tell. Reply
Makaveli - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - linkWow if the x79 doesn't have support that would be major FU by intel.
But I feel your pain I was hoping my X58 setup would be able to and thus far denied!
"giving intel the evil eye right now* Reply
cyphersmith - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - linkI don't believe that the X79 chipset would be included in this. The X79 chipset is a Cougar Point PCH, as evidenced by the fact that it does not have USB 3.0 built into it. Cougar Point is the 6-series PCH. Reply
AndiBiront - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - linkCan you create a SSD array and use it for caching? Or even more complicated... Can I make a RAID0 with 2 120GB SSDs, and use 200GB for an OS installation and the rest to cache the mechanical drives? Reply
IronPlasma - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - link"The only negative here is that Intel is only offering support on 7-series chipsets and not on previous hardware. That's great news for anyone who just moved to Ivy Bridge and has a RAID-0 array of SSDs, but not so great for everyone else. A lot of folks supported Intel over the past couple of years and Intel has had some amazing quarters as a result - I feel like the support should be rewarded. While I understand Intel's desire to limit its validation costs, I don't have to be happy about it."
Couldn't agree with you more there. Feels like the same shaft that Intel gave to us P67 users with Intel SRT. Artificially limiting it to only Z68 chipsets, later only making an exception if you happened to own an Intel branded P67 motherboard. Leaving all other partners/customers (Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, etc.) out to dry. Reply
jacknhut - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - linkSo does this also work on X79 chipset? I'm shocked if they only include the Z77 chipset only since X79 is the highend end platform they got to offer and they don't support it. Reply
neogamerdrew - Friday, August 17, 2012 - linkThe Intel site lists:
Intel® Desktop Board DZ68BC
Intel® Desktop Board DZ68DB
Intel® Desktop Board DZ68ZV
Am I lead to believe that the Z68 chipset is supported? Isn't that a 6 series chipset? Reply
neogamerdrew - Friday, August 17, 2012 - linkI know z68 supports Ivy Bridge as well as Sandy Bridge. Does that mean I can only use it if I have a Ivy Bridge CPU? Reply
tpi2009 - Friday, August 17, 2012 - linkIn principle no. The X79 platform uses Intel's Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise (RSTe) drivers, and to my knowledge they don't support his feature. The C600 / X79 chipset also dates back to the 6 series chipset, so it's a good question as to whether they will bring this functionality to the X79 platform.
There could be a way to try and see if it work: some people have manually and forced the installation of previous versions of RST's driver only, and claimed that they worked and actually provided better performance than Intel's RSTe. So, if someone is willing to try, it would be interesting to see if this new version will also work, and especially if TRIM works in RAID-0 SSD arrays.
For those interested, Intel did release a new version of RSTe, version 18.104.22.1685, which can be downloaded from here:
I can confirm that two of the bugs mentioned in the release have been solved. It now reports my system as being in AHCI mode instead of RAID, and the Intel's SSD Toolbox, along with other utilities that read S.M.A.R.T. data, like HD Tune, can now report that data, and you can run Intel's SSD Optimizer.
Just a note: the version installed is 184.108.40.2066, instead of the package version 220.127.116.115, which is eventually the version for the C600 chipset. This difference in version numbers was already there in the previous version. Reply
jacknhut - Friday, August 17, 2012 - linkWay to go Intel... You charged through the roof for the "elite" platform X79 and yet you failed to include support for it. Reply
Per Hansson - Friday, August 17, 2012 - linkYou write that RAID-1 should already be supported but I have seen no mention of this anywhere else and in the documents released by Intel about this a long time ago they where only speaking about RAID-0 support
Can you confirm that it works with RAID-1? Reply
etamin - Friday, August 17, 2012 - link"Intel eventually added TRIM support in its RAID drivers for RAID-1 (mirrored) arrays, but RAID-0 arrays were a different story entirely."
I was wondering the same... Reply
ArntK - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkTRIM support in RAID drivers for RAID-1. What is the status of this? Please help! Reply
johnsom - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkHas anyone tested RAID-1 TRIM support with the Intel chipsets/drivers?
I was under the impression that TRIM did not work with RAID-1 (mirroring). Reply
AnybodyM - Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - linkI tried this on an Intel Q87 board and the latest Intel drivers from August 2013 and trimcheck says there is no TRIM on the RAID1 volume while there is working TRIM on the single boot SSD. Strangely though trimcheck also says there is no TRIM when the two RAID SSDs are configured as RAID0...
Very sad the state of TRIM so many years after it became available. Intels RSTe driver for server boards (and the X79) does officially support TRIM in RAID1 though - I will test this soon. Reply
coachingjoy - Wednesday, August 22, 2012 - linkRight now I'm using two Intel 330 180G as a boot raid0 and two 2TB HDD as raid1 storage. This uses all the internal connections so the DVD is eSATA on top of my mITX Shuttle box...with a Asus P8Z787-I Deluxe MB. Sweet. with dual 180Gb SSD's it borders on making the 2Tb raid1 kind of optional.....around 335Gb's is almost enough for a system...almost.
My 1156 Intel mITX mb has 5, yes, 5 internal connections with a software raid bios. it also has a 5x chipset so TRIM is a no-go. Hoping for Intel to show some love for older mb's, time will tell.
Great article, made my day.
wackypete - Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - linkAfter reading this article I setup a Raid-0 array (2 x 240GB Intel SSD 520) on my system (Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H). I'm running Intel RST 18.104.22.1680 which supportsTrim. But what about Intel's Solid-State Drive Toolbox? That program contains a "Intel SSD Optimizer" which, when I try to run, says: "The selected drive is part of a RAID array. This feature is not supported on a RAID member." This optimizer is supposed to optimize the SSD using TRIM. Any thoughts? Reply
Nittenti - Thursday, September 27, 2012 - link"This optimizer is supposed to optimize the SSD using TRIM"
It optimizes the SSD using the Garbage Collector Reply
quendi - Sunday, October 07, 2012 - linkHi what is the difference between RST and the enterprise version RSTe and which version should I use on an x79 platform, i7 3930K processor Reply


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CRIME levels are at their lowest in the Thames Valley since 1989, according to statistics released today.
Thames Valley Police said there is a reduction of five per cent of crimes recorded in the last year compared to the year before.
There were 127,497 crimes recorded across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire from April 2013 until the end of March 2014.
Domestic burglary is also at a 40-year-low- there were 5,668 dwelling burglaries last year, which is 20 per cent less than the year before.
Theft of vehicle is down 10 per cent to 1,892 – resulting in 206 fewer victims of vehicle crime.
The last time crime was lower was in 1989, when there were 119,067 recorded crimes.
However, there was a rise in recorded sexual offences from 1,995 last year to 2,618 this year.
And violence against the person figures are slightly up from 19,529 in the year 2012 to 2013 to 19,623 in the last year.
Deputy chief constable Francis Habgood said: "Firstly, I want to thank all the Thames Valley police officers and staff for their continued hard work. The fact that crime continues to drop shows that their tireless work is paying off. I also want to recognise the work that we do with many partners.
"I also want to thank the public for their help, as it is invaluable to the work we do.
"It is important to note that although this is good news, we will continue to work tirelessly to prevent crime and the public should continue to feel confident in coming forward to report crime, knowing they will be taken seriously."


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Reasons Madonna May Have Worn a Boy Scout Uniform to the GLAAD Media Awards
Madonna wore a Boy Scout uniform with fishnets and fingerless gloves to the GLAAD Media Awards this past weekend. Why? We're not totally sure, but we've got some ideas…
-Lucia Peters
We thought a brown-haired, scruffy Cousin Matthew was the wackiest thing we'd see at the GLAAD Media Awards this weekend. We were wrong. How wrong? Very, very wrong—because Madonna wore a boy scout uniform to the event.
In an attempt to process it, we came up with a list of reasons we suspect Madge may have opted for this unusual sartorial choice. Here's what we've got so far:
1. She's trying to express her inner child.
2. She's trying to develop a male alter-ego a la Lady Gaga.
3. She's trying to express her inner child, who happens simultaneously to be both male and her alter-ego.
4. She's going for her merit badge in Outlandish Red Carpet Fashion.
5. She's making a statement about the Boy Scouts of America.
6. She's making a statement about transgendered children in America.
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7. She's making a statement about herself in America.
8. The blue pantsuit she was originally intending to wear shrunk in the wash, so she had to apply some last-minute creativity to make it work.
9. She realized that there's nothing like a collar and a kerchief to add a little polish to a look.
10. She was leaving to go on a rustic camping trip right from the awards ceremony.
11. She's mourning the end of her Girl Scout cookie stash by looking ahead to her forthcoming Boy Scout popcorn stash.
12. She forgot to pick up her cone bra from the dry cleaners.
13. She's just Madonna. Deal with it.
In all seriousness, she actually WAS making a statement about the Boy Scouts, an organization which doesn't allow openly gay people to serve in it (makes sense, given that this is the GLAAD Awards we're talking about here). We applaud the statement and the sentiment, so we'll stop questioning Madonna's fashion choice. Although really, what were we doing questioning Madonna's fashion choice in the first place? She's Madonna. She wears whatever the heck she wants!
Lucia Peters is BettyConfidential's senior editor.


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The music scene in New Orleans is overflowing with talent, but no one captivates an audience like Charmaine Neville.
Along with performing an eclectic mix of blues, R&B and jazz, Neville engages the audience with stories about her life. One of her favorites was the time she met Aretha Franklin and Paul Simon.
"I was playing in this hole-in-the-wall spot called Benny's. It was Uptown on Valence Street," Neville said. "People used to come from all over the world to come to this hole in the wall — that's exactly what it was — and Aretha Franklin came in one night with her two sons and they sat in with me. That was so spectacular, and the very next night Paul Simon came in. That place was special."
Neville is the daughter of Charles Neville, saxophonist with the Neville Brothers. She grew up surrounded by music and talent, so it was only fitting that she would discover her musical abilities at a young age.
"I've been performing since I was 2 years old," Neville said. "The first gig I got paid for, I was 8 years old and I got paid for singing country and western. That was my first paying gig, and I was singing with Kitty Wells at a rodeo that was here."
Neville has performed worldwide with legendary performers such as Stevie Wonder, George Clinton and Michael Jackson. However, there is one event that stands above all others — the 1972 Diva Tour.
"The Diva Tour was the most spectacular tour ever in my life," Neville said. "It was Betty Carter, Sara Vaughan, Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald. The band was Dizzy Gillespie, Don Cherry, Lionel Hampton, Baby George was on bass and Buddy Miles was the drummer. That was the most incredible tour that I've ever done in my life, and I was just a kid when I did that, but how phenomenal. That is something that I will never forget."
Even though Neville has put in time and work to master her craft, she recently had to step away from music because of her health.
She was diagnosed with a hereditary stroke disorder, called cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy, or CADASIL.
"I've been sick for such a long time that I haven't really gotten back into what I need to do," Neville said. "Since I'm getting better, all of that is going to change. I couldn't sing. I couldn't walk, but God brought me back. I couldn't remember songs, who my musicians were, who my children were, who I was."
With the use of hyperbaric oxygen to restore brain function, Neville has fought her way back to what she refers to as "living," which includes performing every Monday at Snug Harbor on Frenchmen Street.
Still, the renowned singer has kept the same humble persona that has attracted audiences to her performances for years.
"I don't consider myself anything special. I'm just another musician in this great city," Neville said. "I consider my city something special. I do consider that. We have a way of life here that other people just don't understand."
In front of any audience, large or small, she promises a great and unforgettable show.
"I don't care if I'm playing in front of five people," Neville said. "It's just like I'm playing for 15,000 people. I've done venues with 45,000, 55,000, 100,000 people and venues with five people, and I give the same."


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Ok....here we go. Horrible break to start the game but everything else has just been perfect when we needed it the most....now, will Chapman come in and dominate and propel us forward???
I think I'll watch.
Insurance runs please.
Oy, cable box just went out. Well, listening to WLW now...
They're not actually broadcasting the game on WLW? Where do I find a radio broadcast?
Reds need a bench player like the Nats' Lombo. And Stubbs needs to work his butt off this winter to earn the leadoff spot next year.
Seeing eye ball. but we'll take it.
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September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched our nation and society.
Sounds of a Spanish Guitar
Spanish guitar recital by Maestro Francesc de Paula Soler commemorating the 400th anniversary of the death of author Miguel de Cervantes.
Maya Creativity and Cultural Milieu
This weekend-long celebration of Mayan culture will feature hands-on activities, traditional textile demonstrations and the screening of several short films.
Latinidad: Looking Into Latina Women's American Experience
This all-day festival will showcase how Latina women have contributed to American history. It will include Latin hip-hop DJs, hip-hop dance instructions, hands-on activities and a Cuban cooking demonstration and book signing by chef Ana Sofia Pelaez.
The Secret of Artemis and Other Stories
Gerardo Piña Rosales, literary critic and director of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language, discusses his book "El secreto de Artemisa y otras historias."
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Music used for Harry Potter seriesEdit
First heard in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneEdit
- Hedwig's Theme[1] - The dominant theme closely identified with and used in all of the Harry Potter films to date. Though titled "Hedwig's Theme" it doesn't specifically represent Hedwig the owl but rather the wider idea of magic and the Wizarding World. The theme featured prominently in the trailers and promotional material prior to the film's release - not common practice among films and composers. A concert piece of the same name also exists and is frequently performed by amateur and professional musicians alike. This arrangement can be found on the original motion picture soundtrack. MIDI sequence
- Family Portrait - A tender, warm melody notably heard when Harry is thinking of his parents or when he sees them (as in the Mirror of Erised sequence), and in grand statements during "A Change of Season" and "Leaving Hogwarts". Also heard in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
- The Dursleys' Theme - A Tuba like melody played in Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets. In Philosopher's Stone as Uncle Vernon tears a Hogwarts letter and in Chamber of Secrets as Vernon drills bars on Harry's window.
- Harry's Theme - Similarly structured to the family theme, this is associated with Harry and his friendship with Ron and Hermione. It is the more prominent theme heard in "Harry's Wondrous World". Also heard in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
- Nimbus 2000 - Fluttery and sweeping theme associated with the Nimbus 2000 and flying. The second portion of the piece "Hedwig's Theme" is based on this theme, and a more bombastic version is heard in "The Quidditch Match". Also heard in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
- Voldemort's Theme - Theme associated with the Dark Lord Voldemort - this is the dark, rising dance-like melody heard in "The Quidditch Match" and "The Face of Voldemort", after Voldemort's face is revealed. Also heard in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
- You-Know-Who's Theme - Theme associated with the Dark Lord Voldemort - this is different to the other Voldemort theme; it is primarily performed by low winds or brass and appears in "The Face of Voldemort" just before Voldemort's face is revealed, as Quirrell is unravelling his turban.Also heard in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
- The Stone Motif - This is the three-note motif associated with the Philosopher's Stone, sometimes identified as another of Voldemort's themes. Though it is used in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for general danger or mystery, a significant part of that score was adapted by William Ross from the first film and so its original representation remains unknown. This motif heavily features in the track "The Face of Voldemort" and the climax of "The Gringott's Vault". Also heard in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
- Diagon Alley - Played in Diagon Alley, though does not heard in the original released film (only the album). Also heard in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
- Magic Community - A festive theme heard in the film during the Diagon Alley sequence and later entering the Great Hall. Neither can be heard on the album, though a variation appears at the end of "Platform Nine-and-Three-Quarters and Journey to Hogwarts" just after Hogwarts is first revealed.
- Hogwarts' Forever! - A noble, brass-oriented march. Despite the name, theme is always associated with Gryffindor. A grander, more intricate version of this theme is used as a Quidditch.
- Quidditch - Fanfare theme played during the Quidditch matches. The "B" theme is an adaptation of the "Hogwarts" theme.
- Christmas at Hogwarts - Played when winter arrives. Also heard in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
- Forest Motif - Ominous string motif associated with the Dark Forest. Also heard in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
- Dark Motif - Played at the intro of Philosopher's Stone and in Chamber of Secrets, The Intro of Arrival of Baby Harry.In Chamber of Secrets it's played in Prologue Book II:Escape from the Dursleys and Cakes for Crabbe and Goyle
- Theme for Voldemort's Past/Sadness Theme - a variation of Hedwig's Theme first heard when Ollivander suspects that Voldemort's wand's brother might be suitable for Harry. It is also used in Chamber of Secrets with different instrumentation when Harry and Ron visit the petrified Hermione in the hospital wing.
First heard in Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsEdit
- The Chamber of Secrets[2] motif - A dark and mysterious theme similarly structured to "Hedwig's Theme" which is associated with the Chamber of Secrets. A second, more frantic motif consisting of rising strings is also part of this theme, often underlaying the first idea. A concert arrangement of these two ideas exists on the original motion picture soundtrack.
- Fawkes the Phoenix - A beautiful and heroic theme for Dumbledore's pet phoenix. It closely resembles the Chamber theme in structure but contrasts sharply in mood.
- Gilderoy Lockhart - A pompous, comedic theme heard a few times in the movie when Gilderoy Lockhart appears. Strings and harpsichord primarily play it.
- Dobby the House-Elf - A light, quirky but tender theme employing woodwinds and strings.
- Moaning Myrtle - Chromatic, chordal theme primarily performed by women's vocals, associated with the ghost Myrtle. It becomes quite playful, later played by winds.
- The Flying Car - A rhythmic, playful motif played when the Weasley's flying car is flown to Hogwarts and later escapes to the Forest.
- The Spiders - A descending string motif associated with the spiders, in particular the Acromantulas living in the Forest. It comprises 8-note phrases, suggesting the legs of a spider.
First heard in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanEdit
- Double Trouble[3] - a distinctly Renaissance-sounding choral piece. The Renaissance style is created using period instruments such as the recorder and harpsichord and the limited range of the melody. The children's choir used is the London Oratory School Schola. [1] The lyrics are from a scene in Shakespeare's Macbeth, in which three witches surrounding a couldron cast a spell. It is structually based on the Nimbus 2000 theme.
- Buckbeak's theme - A majestic, "soaring" theme largely using strings. It is heard twice in the film; when Harry first rides Buckbeak and later when he and Hermione rescue Sirius.
- A Window to the Past - A poignant theme used to represent the last connections to Harry's family, most notably Remus Lupin and Sirius Black, making heavy use of period instruments such as the recorder and harpsichord. [2]
- The Patronus theme - Sung by an ethereal chorus, more a chord progression than actual motif or theme. Associated with the "Expecto Patronum" spell, it is poignantly layered with the "Past" theme during the climax of the film.
- The Dark Omen motif - An ominous four-note motif associated with the Grim or Sirius Black in his animal form, notably heard in "Quidditch, Third Year" and "The Knight Bus"
- Peter Pettigrew's Theme - An eerie harpsichord motif, it only consists of three notes though the first is repeated several times. It is not heard at all on the soundtrack album, but is frequently associated with Peter Pettigrew in the film.
- Quidditch Fugue - A fugal idea which can be heard during the Quidditch match against Hufflepuff. It was later adapted by Nicholas Hooper and used for the Quidditch match in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
The score for PoA film relied less heavily on thematic material and more on stand-alone pieces, unlike the first two scores. These include "The Knight Bus", "Aunt Marge's Waltz", and "The Whomping Willow" among others.
First heard in Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireEdit
- Hogwarts' March[4] - Heard before and after the Maze Sequence.
- Hogwarts Hymn - Chorale for Strings.
- Beauxbatons Theme - Theme associated with the Beauxbatons School and Madame Maxime.
- The Quidditch World Cup - Themes for the Irish / Bulgarian (also used for Durmstrang) Quidditch Team. The Durmstrang theme was used in the original teaser trailer for the film.
- Harry's Theme - New theme representing Harry, it appears notably as Harry asks Cho out to the Yule Ball and during Priori Incantatem as the echo of his parents rise from Voldemort's wand. A full verion of the theme appears on the soundtrack, called "Harry in Winter".
- The Goblet of Fire - Main motif of the Score, a rising minor key and very ominous theme. It also represents Voldemort at times. It is used in "Frank Dies", "The Goblet of Fire" and "Voldemort".
- Golden Egg - Theme for the First Task. Heard during the First Task and before the Quidditch World Cup.
First heard in Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixEdit
Nicholas Hooper's score for the fifth film relied far less on a thematic approach, instead favouring incidental and atmospheric music. In March and April of 2007, Hooper and the London Chamber Orchestra recorded nearly two hours of music at Abbey Road Studios in London. Unlike the film and book, the score does not follow the rule of as the series becoming darker with each subsequent installment. Despite this, two new main themes reflect the sinister new character Dolores Umbridge, and Lord Voldemort's invasion of Harry's mind.
- Professor Umbridge (theme)[5] - Theme for the new Ministry-appointed Defence Against the Dark Arts Teacher/High Inquisitor Dolores Umbridge. Comprises two sections; the first a descending motif in high winds and glockenspiel accompanied by heavy brass and the secondary part a pompous, rising march. As the score progresses the theme becomes more ominous, reflecting the true nature of the cruel and callous Umbridge.
- Possession - A slow, rising motif representing Voldemort's slow and calculated possession of Harry.
- Luna - Theme for Luna Lovegood. This very wispy piece well reflects the strangeness of the character.
Others are:
- Fireworks - A semi-rock modern music theme used for the Weasley Twins' departure while Dolores Umbridge takes the headmistress position in Hogwarts. It appears again in Half-Blood Prince during the visit to the Twins jokeshop.
- Dumbledore's Army (theme) - Theme for the Dumbledore's Army. First heard when the Hogwarts students in Hog's head sign up to assemble the Army. It is heard again during the Quidditch trials in Half-Blood Prince.
- Flight of the Order of the Phoenix - Another prominent theme represents the Order of the Phoenix. This rousing theme plays as the Advance Guard spirits Harry away from 4 Privet Drive.
- The Ministry of Magic - A great Japanese Taiko drum was used for a deeper sound in the percussion.
- Loved Ones and Leaving - Nicholas Hooper used three seemingly separate sections: the first is a sad and desolate theme representing the pain of Sirius's death, secondly a rather quirky theme apparently acknowledging Luna Lovegood and lastly, the ending part - a great finish full of lush strings, warm brass, decorated with recurring piccolo, flute and violin ostinati.
First heard in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceEdit
- Death Eaters theme - A theme accosiated with the Death Eaters. It is a dark, brooding piece that gradually builds up to a crescendo. It is heard during the opening, The Burrow Attack and when Malfoy lets the Death Eaters into Hogwarts. It is played by a string, brass and percussion ensmble . Can be heard on the tracks "Opening", "Into the Rushes", and "Malfoy's Mission".
- Dumbledore's theme - A subtle choral piece played whenever Dumbledore is present. Can be heard on the tracks "In Noctem", "Dumbledore's Speech", and "Dumbledore's Foreboding". A much more powerful variation of the theme can be heard on the track "Journey to the Cave". A more emotional variation is heard in "Opening" and "Dumbledore's Farewell". In Deathly Hallows part 2 "Dumbledore's Farewell" is heard during the pensieve sequence.
- Malfoy - A mysterious piece that can be heard on "Malfoy's Mission" In the film, it can be heard when Malfoy is in the Room of Requirement and when he is talking to Snape outside of the Christmas party. A variation of the theme can be heard when Harry, Ron and Hermione are spying on Malfoy in Borgin and Burkes.
- Lily Potter - A mysterious but gentle piece played on woodwind it is heard when Slughorn shows Harry his photographs and talks of having known Harry's mother, Lily. Later Harry mentions Lily's sacrifice to influence Slughorn to give up his memory. It can be heard on the track "Slughorn's Confession".
- Ginny - A soft piece played on a classical guitar. It is heard when Harry first sees her at the Burrow and when she kisses him in the Room of Requirement. It can be heard on the tracks "Ginny" and "When Ginny Kissed Harry".
- Hermione's Theme - A gentle, emotional piece played on a harp as she confesses her feeling for Ron to Harry and later as she comforts Ron in the Hospital wing after his poisoning. It can be heard on the track "Harry and Hermione".
First heard in Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsEdit
Alexandre Desplat scored Parts 1 and 2.
- The Trio theme\Main Theme - theme associated with the trio and serves as main theme, notably heard in "Obliviate", "Hermione's parents" and "Harry's Sacrifice".
- Death Eaters - motif associated with the Dark Lord ascending and the Death Eaters, notably heard in "Snape to Malfoy Manor" and "Death Eaters".
- Voldemort's Theme - The theme for Voldemort can be heard several times through the film. It is the most clear when Harry and Voldemort meet during the Battle of the Seven Potters. Can be heard in "Sky Battle", "The Elder Wand" and "Voldemort".
- Dobby's Theme - theme associated with Dobby, notably heard in "Dobby".
- the Horcruxes theme - is a mystery melody associated with the Horcruxes. can be heard on the tracks "The Locket", "Dobby" and "Underworld" and "Broomsticks and Fire".
- Band of Brothers theme - Desplat created a new theme for Joy and Hope which he refers to as the "Band of Brothers" theme, since it plays whenever the Order of the Phoenix or other friends are on screen. It can be heard during "Polyjuice Potion", "At the Burrow", "Harry & Ginny" ,"Grimmauld Place", "Neville", "Battlefield" and "Showdown".
- Ron and Hermione Romance Theme - Desplat created this theme specifically for Ron and Hermione's undying love for each other. It is heard in "Ron's Speech" and when Ron and Hermione kiss in the Chamber of Secrets.
- Lily's Theme - Theme associated with Lily Evans, Harry Potter and Severus Snape. It is the main theme of Part 2. It is a vocal theme which can be heard on the tracks "Lily's Theme", "Voldemort's End", "Snape's Demise" and "The Resurrection Stone ". A broader, more majestic rendition is heard in "Dragon Flight"
- The Dumbledore theme - This theme is about Dumbledore's dark past and can be heard during "The Will", the bonus track "The Dumbledores", and "The Elder Wand".
- Statues Theme - This epic motif is the second main theme of Part 2 and is used for the epic moments in the movie. It can be heard in "Panic Inside Hogwarts", "Statues", "Courtyard Apocalypse" and "A New Beginning".
- Good Vs. Evil theme - A silent, somewhat dark motif that plays in crucial important points in the plot. The times you hear this theme is in "The Will", "The Elder Wand", the scene where Harry and Hermione see the other mirror of the two-way mirror, and "Voldemort's End."
- Theme of Grief - This is perhaps the most emotional theme which is only used a few times in the film on crucial sad moments. The first time you hear this theme is during "Ron Leaves" and the second time is in "Farewell to Dobby".
- Bureaucratic theme - A funny theme which can be heard when Harry walks past Umbridge's office and sees all the employers making the guide against mudbloods. Can be heard in "Detonators".
- Battlefield - A fast march that relates to the statues theme. It can be heard several times during "The Grey Lady", "Showdown" and "Battlefield".
- Gringotts cart ride - This action theme is used for the chart ride in Gringotts and the Escape on the Dragon. Notably heard during "The Tunnel".
- House Ghosts of Hogwarts Christmas Song[1] - A ghostly tune included on the soundtrack of the Philosopher's Stone.
- Double Trouble[3] - Choir tune inspired by a scene from Shakespeare's Macbeth.
- A Winter's Spell[3] - Choir tune briefly heard in Hogsmeade as sung by a small group of street performers.
- This Is The Night[4] - Rock tune by the Weird Sisters inspired by the Yule Ball Dance.
- Do The Hippogriff[4] - Rock tune by the Weird Sisters inspired by the Yule Ball Dance.
- Magic Works[4] - Soft rock tune by the Weird Sisters inspired by the Yule Ball Dance.
- Merpeople's Song[4] - Black Lake clue inspired by the song from the Golden Egg. We can hear this on the track entitled "Underwater Secrets".
- Boys Will Be Boys - A muggle song by The Ordinary Boys heard playing in the boys dormitory in the Gryffindor common room scene.
- Big Beat Repeat - A muggle song by Josh Powell heard in the Gryffindor common room after the Quidditch match.
- In Noctem - A song cut from the sixth movie. It was supposed to play just before the death of Dumbledore.
- Für Elise (german) / For Elise (english) - A muggle song composed by Ludwig van Beethoven played by Ron and Hermione on piano.
- My Love is Always Here - Briefly Sung by a choir in Godric's Hollow in a church
- O' Children - A muggle song by Nick Cave which Harry and Hermione dance to.
The movie soundtracks listingEdit
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Music composed and conducted by John Williams)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Music composed by John Williams, adapted and conducted by William Ross)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Music composed and conducted by John Williams)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Music by Patrick Doyle)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Score composed by Nicholas Hooper)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Score composed by Nicholas Hooper)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Music composed and conducted by Alexandre Desplat)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Music composed and conducted by Alexandre Desplat)
Other Harry Potter musicEdit
Video game composer Jeremy Soule composed the score for the first four Harry Potter video games and for Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup. Even if he used little material from Williams' scores, he stayed in the fanfarish magical style of the movies and created new themes evolving through the four games. His use of choirs, particularly in the third score, gives a gigantic aspect to the music.
More recently, James Hannigan has stepped in on the series, scoring the games from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix onwards. On top of some original scores, the music for these games incorporates the main John Williams themes as well as music from Jeremy Soule's scores for the first four games.
Also using epic choirs are the companies that create the music for Harry Potter's movie trailers. Music by X-Ray Dog, Immediate Music, Brand X Music, Pfeifer Broz. Music, Two Steps from Hell and Audiomachine, and John Williams's "Hedwig's Theme" can be heard in the trailers.
- The first two movies used adaptions of John Williams's themes by Brand-X Music.
- The third movie features both music by John Williams and original Brand-X Music cues. The fourth movie uses John Williams's, Patrick Doyle's and Brand X Music's music, and cues by Immediate Music and X-Ray Dog.
- The fifth movie's trailer scores used cues by X-Ray Dog, Pfeifer Broz. Music, Audiomachine, Brand-X Music and Two Steps from Hell and both the original Hedwig's Theme and a new adaptation.
- The sixth movie uses John Williams's Hedwig's Theme and Apparition on the Train, as well as cues from Brand-X Music and X-Ray Dog.


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This recipe comes from our very own test kitchen, courtesy of Sarah House as part of our month-long celebration of whole wheat pearl couscous. Make this as a sweet breakfast treat or as a healthy dessert. Perfect for brunch or served with a scoop of vanilla (or coconut!) ice cream. Enjoy!
If you aren't fond of the orange/coconut combo, Sarah also developed this version with Apricots and Almonds.
Whole Wheat Pearl Couscous Coconut Pudding with Mandarins
- 1/2 cup canned Coconut Milk (120mL)
- 1 cup Water (240mL)
- 1/4 cup Evaporated Cane Juice Sugar (36g)
- 1/4 cup Coconut Flakes (15g)
- 11 oz can Mandarin Oranges, drained, or fresh (312g)
- 1 cup Whole Wheat Pearl Couscous (171g)
- 1/2 – 3/4 cup canned Coconut Milk to garnish (optional)
Step 1
Combine 1/2 cup coconut milk, water, evaporated cane juice and coconut flakes. Bring to a boil.
Step 2
Add whole wheat pearl couscous, cover and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook until all liquid has been absorbed.
Step 3
Remove from heat and stir in drained or fresh mandarin orange segments.
Step 4
Portion into individual serving bowls and top with remaining coconut milk, if desired.
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The governors of a Radlett new free school set to open in September say they feel "badly let down" by the Department of Education after it failed to secure a site in time.
Harperbury Free School has announced it has been forced to delay its opening until September 2015, disappointing 194 families who applied for a place for their children for this academic year.
The school was set to be built on land at the Harperbury Hospital site off Harper Lane in Radlett, but the Department of Education has not yet finished negotiations with the Department of Health, which owns the land.
The news came after head of governors Clive Glover wrote to schools minister Lord Nash expressing his concern about the time it has taken to secure a site.
In response, the minister said he had instructed his department to carry out a full feasibility study into building the school at the former Harperbury Hospital site, looking at costs and other issues.
Mr Glover expressed "amazement" the feasibility study had not yet been completed, but welcomed the fact that progress was finally being made.
The postponement was one of three options identified by the minister, which included cancelling the project completely or building the school on an industrial estate.
The school was not told whether the land, sandwiched between a busy road, a railway line and an access road shared with heavy goods vehicles, would be safe for students or staff, meaning it had to decline the offer.
Intended to provide a "rigorous and holistic" education for children in Radlett, St Albans, Bricket Wood, Borehamwood and Shenley, the school had already recruited its first intake of Year 7 pupils.
Mr Glover said the option of deferment, while unwelcome, was the "only realistic option".
He added: "We are acutely aware of the disappointment this will cause to the hundreds of families who have supported us over the past few years and, in particular, the 194 families who have applied for places for their children starting this September.
"Unfortunately the securing of a site is the one part of the free school process that is out of the hands of the proposer groups and firmly in the hands of the Department for Education's Education Funding Agency (EFA) and they have badly let us and our parents down."
Mr Glover said he was grateful for the continuing support of many local parents, residents, local organisations and businesses as well as that of the local MPs, Anne Main and James Clappison.
He added: "We are determined to push on with our vision for Harperbury Free School and will continue working closely with the DfE and EFA to ensure that we can now open in September 2015."


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Driving/Racing sims - Assetto Corsa? Dirt 3?
After reading Graham's excellent City Car Driving article I went and bought myself a wheel and pedals - now I need some games!
I'm making a list of prospective titles to try out but wanted to know what people here thought - looking for realism but a bit of fun too:
Assetto Corsa - looks pretty nice and realistic, although early access so not sure how much content
iRacing - price puts me off frankly!
City Car Driving - already bought just waiting for my wheel to come in the post to try it :)
Dirt 3 - looks nice although I understand it's not very realistic (according to some Amazon reviews)
Shift 2 Unleashed - probably the most arcade of the lot?
What do people think of the above?
Both Dirt and Shift are pretty old (2011) and not sure what came on the market since then. Any others I should take a look at?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO_4AhbteUA < Good Race07 video.
A good mix of sim and arcade are Shift 1 and 2. They are not that arcade actually. I prefer 1, 2 had some funky controls for me. ( i used a gamepad). The sense of speed and the cockpit view are among the best in the genre.
Dirt 3 is great fun, looks gorgeous too. Get it, even if its not full sim. Best damage modelling around (same with the others on the same engine, dirt1 and 2, grid 1 and 2). Car just feel vulnerable and the feel of impact is great, some games feel too rigid in comparison.
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Also Dirt/Grid's time rewind system is just the best thing if you're not a perfect pilot (like me). Much much better than having to restart the whole race over and over.
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As a warning, I lean towards sim rather than arcade. I prefer my arcade racing with a pad and sim racing with a wheel, so the hybrid games don't go so well for me.
iRacing - never tried due to a sub and my lack of commitment
Assetto Corsa - waiting for not so early access to work out if it's going to end up any good.
Dirt 3 / Shift 2 - too arcade to enjoy as a sim, too sim for arcade racing
City Car Driving -you.. drive in a city? I've never seen this before.
My main problem with Shift (1 and 2) was that you could simply slam the brakes on and stop at nearly any distance, which made the races very forgiving and removed a lot of the learning process. Dirt may be better but I suspect I have been ruined by Richard Burns Rally and can't take a rally sim that dares to not break your front axle for looking at a rock the wrong way.
Some other suggestions:
Race 07 (and its many, many addons/versions) - It's on sale on Steam regularly for peanuts, it's pretty ugly and it's still a great game. It also has a huge array of cars and tracks available. I own most of the packs and I don't think I've even loaded some of the tracks; it's overwhelming if you get it all. The aids can be tweaked extensively to make it less hardcore.
Raceroom Racing Experience - this one is also very early, similar to Assetto Corsa. The only upside is that the base pack is free. The roar of the free hillclimb car is one of the best car sounds in a game, particularly in an out of car camera. I haven't spent any real money on it yet due to the lack of AI so far but I tried a few of the paid bits early in the beta that were a lot of fun to drive.
Richard Burns Rally - It's old, you can mod it to not be completely hideous and it will destroy you with great pleasure. Still my favourite rally game. Definitely not one for arcade racing.
I've also played a fair bit of the recent F1 games, which are fun enough but nothing outstanding. Only worthwhile if you're interested in F1 to begin with.
If you're really adventurous, you could try GP Legends. It is not forgiving in the slightest and, at times, it's still one of the best racers going. You'll need to be reasonably committed and willing to mod to make it worthwhile now.
The current batch of future-racers - Raceroom, Project Cars, Assetto Corsa - look very interesting, but they also look very far off. I'm hopeful at least one of them will turn out to be a great game, because Race 07 is still my go-to game for making cars go fast.
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Assetto Corsa is pretty great, but it doesn't have multiplayer yet and I think the physics are a little off, but it's not finished yet so whatever.
iRacing's price puts me and a lot of others off too, so don't worry about that one.
Dirt 3 isn't realistic and the stages are motorway wide, but it's alright. It has GFWL as well so it may become unplayable when they switch it off, if you can get it super cheap you might get some fun out of it for a month or however long it is until GFWL dies. It may even be patched out, who knows; there was a rumour going around that it would be patched, but nothing has happened as of yet. I have had some fun with Dirt 3, though, it's fun for those occasions you just want to feel really good about yourself for nailing a course you've never even seen before. Also the Pikes Peak cars are great fun.
Shift 2 Unleashed is meh, it's ok but the physics are pretty bad. If you can be bothered the NTM tyre mod apparently fixes it up quite nicely.
Some other recommendations:
Race 07 - Cheap and great fun. A few of us in the RPS Steam group chat room get together and play casually fairly often. Lots of mods, lots of DLC (can get quite confusing as to what is what with the DLC, actually).
rFactor - Decent, mod-dependent racing sim. The physics engine from rFactor is probably the most prevalent in the genre, and there is a metric billion of free content for it (browse rFactor Central for evidence of this), quality obviously varies. rFactor 2 is available now but I don't think it's worth the asking price. There's a demo for both.
netKar Pro - Probably the best Formula whatever simulator there is, quite cheap, made by the same company as Assetto Corsa. As a little bonus it comes with an Assetto Corsa tech demo, I think.
WRC 3/4 - A bit iffy in terms of production value, but the physics are decent. WRC 3 has group B and historic cars, WRC 4 has a much better career mode.
Euro Truck Simulator 2 - If you're interested in CCD you'll probably want this.
NFS: Shift - I prefer this to Shift 2, the physics are still very arcadey but it drives better than Shift 2.
Next Car Game - Not a lot of content yet, but my god, this is the future of off-road racing games. It's the same people who made FlatOut, but with wheel support and an incredible physics and graphics engine. Like AC it's still in development.
Project CARS - You can't buy this just yet, but this is also the future. Keep an eye out for it. Also like AC, it's not finished yet. Same devs as Shift 2 Unleashed but the physics are far, far more advanced.
Richard Burns Rally (with RSRBR mod especially) - Super hardcore old rally sim, regarded by many as still the best rally sim available. It's cheap, I think, and worth having a look. The damage modelling is so extreme that when you're starting out it plays a bit like a cross between a rally sim and a roguelike.
Colin McRae Dirt, Dirt 2 - I can't remember if Dirt has GFWL or not, but it's a decent rally game. Physics are arcadey but the're some really great content, like Pikes Peak (even if it is split up into stages), big rigs, raid trucks, etc. Dirt 2 is quite good but definitely does have GFWL, many people say it's better than Dirt 3 but I haven't played it enough to make up my own mind on that.
GT Legends - Pretty good, featuring exclusively classic cars. Probably most worthwhile as a key to allow you to install the HistorX mod for rFactor, though. Same developer and tech as Race 07, but wheel support is a bit iffy in that only two of the six buttons on my G27's actual wheel work in the game. I can't remember if the ones on the shifter work or not.
GTR 2 - Same story as GT Legends, except it's FIA GT racing.
Live For Speed - Try the demo. The site says they're still developing it but it has been dead for ages now, also it's way too expensive for what it is.
Rigs of Rods might also support wheels, I can't remember. BeamNG.drive might be another, I've been meaning to try it out.
When you get bored of all of the above, try GP Legends. This one is really old - pre-1998, I think - but it has aged beautifully. You need mods, of course, and it is a bitch to get working on Windows 7, but it simulates old F1 cars and the circuits they raced on like nothing else I've played.
Not recommended for use with a wheel:
Test Drive Unlimited 2 - Wheel support sucks, physics aren't great, always online DRM. But if you can get it for extremely cheap it can be quite relaxing to cruise around, the maps are huge.
Grid, Grid 2 - They're ok with a pad, but not great with a wheel.
F1 2010, 2011 - Also not great with a wheel. I haven't tried F1 2012 or 2013, and from what I've heard there's absolutely no reason to play anything other than 2013 any more (I think the old ones have GFWL).
FlatOut 1-3 & Ultimate Carnage - Wheels do work, but they're horrible. Enjoyable with a pad, but I think Ultimate Carnage is the only one you need.
NFS: Hot Pursuit, Most Wanted (the recent ones) - Mods to add wheel feedback and enable a basic interior camera do exist, but they're not really worth it.
Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends - A bit of a shoddy console port of a rushed game based on old tech (NFS: Shift's engine). Worthwhile only because of the old, old Ferrari Grand Prix cars. Physics are crap (though the GP cars are fun, the F40 race car is terrible), there's GFWL and yeah. Maybe pick it up if you can get it really, really, really cheap.
Driver: San Francisco, GTA IV - Don't even bother!
I think that just about covers all the wheel-based simulators and games I know of. Oh except for Arma 2/3, you can map your wheel so you can drive in those too. It's not great (no auto-centering) but might be fun for a few minutes if you have Arma already. I can't remember if FUEL was any good with a wheel or not.
Edit: Must type much faster in future.
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wow great recommendations and a nice view on upcoming titles, knew I could trust the Hivemind on this one :D
will try race 07 to start with while I wait to see how the early access ones are shaping up!
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It's great to see Richard Burns Rally being mentioned. What a great game! I don't think any rally game has come even close since it came out, all those years ago.
While we wait for Assetto Corsa to reach a more mature state, many of my old racing acquaintances are playing Game Stock Car 2013. I haven't tried it myself, as my interest in driving around has been quite low lately, but it supposedly has quite an impressive physics model. Rubens likes it...
I used to be an avid advocate of Live for Speed, as its online mode is still the best I've seen in the racing genre, but I think it's time to give up the notion that it'll ever see significant further development. It's been almost 9 years (!) since the last big content update.
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Richard Burns Rally by Warthog (where I did my school work experience :D) is ugly as playstation 2 without mods, but it has this fierce determination that you are not doing well enough and it sells it with the moments of clarity you achieve over well practised segments. You need analogue steering control, as well as analogue acceleration controls and analogue braking controls which are independent (360 pad will need XPCD).
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I consider myself something of a driving game nut - but I emphasise that I play driving >GAMES< - I'm not interested in things which are purely ways for people to race each other (commonly referred-to as sims) - I want a career mode and unlockables and stuff but I don't want "back it into every corner and win" physics, I want the option of a bit of reality and no nannying driving aids.
I also play with a pad and not a wheel - that all said, here's my 10p on other suggestions and mine
Assetto Corsa - it's Early Access from a developer with a track record of not delivering . Their last game, netKarPro, has probably THE most advanced handling model I've ever seen in a game tho - the demo is free to try - you will struggle to get 2 laps in without binning it - when you get it right, you'll grin like a cat ;0
Shift/Shift2 - are caught in a no-mans-land between 'arcade' and 'sim' and thus not brililant (but not crap) at either. They are frequently VERY cheap tho - buy the first one just for the SLR/Veyron - stupid fast and loads of fun ;0
Dirt2/3 - the greatest arcadey driving games ever made - they have no sim pretensions but they play-well with wheels. They are 'hooning simulators' - hurling cars into corners at silly angles and all with the 'rewind' to get you out-of-jail.
Dirt2 is better than Dirt3 - start with that.
Race07 (and it's 100 spin-offs and packs and GT Legends etc.) - all well past their sell-by-date IMO but then I always thought they were a bit tatty. The developers went on to do the F2P Raceroom tho - it's on Steam and worth a peek perhaps
Test Drive: Ferrari Legends - loads of Ferraris, some are really well done/handle right and some don't. The progression/unlock system is a NIGHTMARE tho - and it's tied to GFWL which might prove a problem quite soon. All that said - when you unlock the 333SP, everything will feel good with the world ;0
Leftfield one finally.
SuperStar V8 Next Challenge - often given-away free at GreenManGaming, it's an oldish title now (ported from PC to XBOX, upgraded and then ported back) which straddles 'arcade' and 'sim' quite well. Cars are demanding, skittish and will spin if you abuse them - game has a proper progression system. Only downside is that whilst it was fine with my old AMD GPU, it seems crashy since I upgraded to nVidia (and the developer is long gone - so no fixes)
I wish there were demos of Project Cars and City Driving Simulator, want to play both :(
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Either way you'll not see a fix - and sadly, it tends to crash during saving (sometimes saves - sometimes doesn't) - but then I got it for free and I've had my fun :)
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That was some time ago and - well - who knows what the fuck they're upto but they've not launched a game in that time (it's been a few years since PC first emerged) but they have launched a mobile games company and announced a driving 'MMO' in the meanwhile (imaginatively called "World of Speed" - I'm amazed they didn't just go for World of Carcraft and be done with it!)
Add that the fact that TDFC has the worst progression system in any game EVER and the fact that Shift/Shift2 were trying so hard to be 'arcade' and 'sim' that they managed neither particularly well and - erm - I'm not sure anyone should really care too much...
We have a resident PC 'free PR and cookies' guy here tho - he'll be here in 2 mins to call me out on this and tell me it's amazing and wonderful and they did nothing wrong - but water has passed under the bridge and I'm not really that interested anymore...
I'm also not sure I can stand the process of trying to wrestle and controller/wheel to ACTUALLY WORK with one of their driving games ever again - they don't make it easy...
Another recommendation for RBR! Got a wheel for that one myself. Lots of fun.
City Car Driving looks great. Saw a video of it and it reminds me of Midtown Madness the way you can elegantly weave in and out of traffic at high speeds.
I have to point out: SMS not only made the Shift games, but also GTR, GT Legends and GTR2. I really like Shift 2, but as an NFS game (NFS Porsche Unleashed FTW), not as a racing sim.
As for driving games, my own advice:
Get either the "Simbin Complete Pack" or GT Legends, GTR2 or Race Injection (race 07 with moar content) if you are strapped for cash. You get the best games for FFB wheels and pedals in existence, peroid. And, the amount of content on display is rather insane. The amount of mod content on display is beyond the scope of my ursaïc comprehension.
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As for wheels and what have you, my G27 worked from the very beginning. Yeah, they've enabled, disabled, re-enabled, tweaked, broken and fixed wheel support for just about any consumer-grade wheel, but the very first time I ran the game (this was way, way back) with my G27 plugged in it worked perfectly.
They're making significant progress with each update but they still have quite a way to go just yet. I'm really excited about it, I hope they don't fuck it all up and make me look stupid but I'm quite sure it'll be a big deal when it's finally released. It even has multiplayer right now which is more than can be said for Assetto Corsa or even RaceRoom: Racing Experience!:emofdr:
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This vegetarian wrap, made with a flour tortilla, is a salad you can eat with your hands. Pack it for a lunch on the go.
- Servings: 6
Source: Martha Stewart Kids, Early Summer
- 1 can (15 1/2 ounces) black beans, or red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin, or more to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 flour tortillas, (10 inches in diameter)
- 3 plum tomatoes, seeded and cut into 1/4-inch dice (about 1/2 cup)
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 6 large green-leaf lettuce leaves
- 1 avocado, cut into 1/4-inch dice, for serving (optional)
- 1 mango, cut into 1/4-inch dice, for serving (optional)
With a potato masher or fork, mash together beans, olive oil, cumin, chili powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
Spread 2 tablespoons bean mixture on each tortilla halfway between the center and bottom edge. Top with 1 to 2 tablespoons each diced tomato and cheese; cover with a lettuce leaf.
Fold sides of tortilla over filling; roll from bottom to form a cylinder. Roll in waxed paper and fold ends over; tape to secure. Cut wraps in half diagonally. Serve with avocado and mango, if desired.
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – Gasparilla pirates may have owned the high seas of Tampa Bay on Saturday afternoon, but the Saint Leo University men's and women's swim teams owned the waters of the Saint Leo Aquatic Center in their victories against the visiting Rollins Tars. The senior swim meet featured sunny skies, promotional giveaways, and plenty of chanting for Saint Leo as the "Liquid Lions" defeated the Rollins men, 183-72, and the women, 153-109.
With Sunshine State Conference Championships just over two weeks away, the No. 7 Saint Leo men's team controlled each lane of the Bowman pool, defeating Rollins in every race of the meet. The Lions celebrated two outstanding seniors on the day in Carlos Araque and Michael Cozzi, both of whom were major contributors in the water.
In comparison, the Saint Leo women, who took the title home in nine of the 14 events, highlighted their seniors as well. Katie David, Sarah Earls, and Sandra Stopczynska each spent a competitive day in the pool as they enjoyed their last home meet donning the green and gold.
On the men's side, Michael Cozzi, who earned three wins on the afternoon, jumpstarted the afternoon with a win in the 1000 Yard Freestyle at a time of 10:04.24. He then snagged the title to the 50 Yard Breaststroke, and moments later, claimed a victory in the 500 Yard Freestyle with times of 27.80 and 4:54.12, respectively.
Soon after Cozzi set the bar, freshman Matheus Assis struck gold, starting with a 51.30 win in the 100 Yard Butterfly. Minutes later, he finished with a time of 46.55 to declare a victory in the 100 Yard Freestyle, and soon after, completed the 100 Yard IM with a time of 51.63 to take home his third crown of the day.
With the Lions dominating the pool, freshman Pawel Trenda took home two wins on the day, while Patrick Ceddia, Milton Alberto-Requejo, and Gabe Keown also snagged one win apiece.
On the women's side, freshman Erin Bobsein sparked the Lion's effort with two victories in the meet. Dominating the 50 Yard Backstroke, she earned a time of 28.67 to claim her first win of the afternoon, and later, she finished the 100 Yard Backstroke with a time of 1:00.57 to oust the next-fastest swimmer by nearly five seconds.
Senior Sandra Stopczynska also contributed heavily to Saint Leo's record, claiming two victories in the last home meet of her college career. Finishing with times of 32.14 and 1:10.27, she took home the titles to the 50 Yard Breaststroke and 100 Yard Breaststroke, respectively.
In addition, Kaitlyn Hite, Isabella Bains, Chantal Bouthillier, and Paula Carvajal each claimed one victory on the day.
While both men and women dominated individually, the Lions' relay teams excelled as well. For the men, Rhet Rheinlander, Araque, Keown and Alberto-Requejo claimed the 200 Yard Medley Relay title, while Alberto-Requejo, Cozzi, Assis, and Rheinlander teamed up to secure the win in the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay. For the women, Bobstein, Stopczynska, Bouthillier, and Bains earned the title in the 200 Yard Medley Relay.
In less than three weeks, the Lions will take the next step in their journey to the NCAA National Championships as they compete in the Sunshine State Conference Championships in Clearwater, Fla. Hosted by Nova Southeastern University, the four-day battle is set to begin on February 13th at 8:00 a.m.
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