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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The most recent data from the Florida Department of Education shows 35,000 incidents were reported to police in the 2010-11 school year.
Cases involving more than 2,500 weapons were handed over to police, and 29 of Florida's 67 counties seized 102 guns from school campuses.
In addition to the 102 guns seized in Florida schools in the 2010-11 school year, another 35 crimes involving a gun were committed on school campuses.
Hillsborough County led the state with 42 incidents involving a gun. Twenty-seven were charged with possession of a firearm. Next was Miami-Dade County, followed by Palm Beach and Duval, which each had eight incidents involving a gun and seven charged with possession of a firearm.
Interim Education Commissioner Pam Stewart blames the guns on Florida's unique gun laws.
"Those reports are really an indication that we're doing the right thing," Stewart said. "We take it very seriously and we won't just be lax in that area."
The same report that found Florida schools rank sixth in the nation also found that students in a low-poverty area felt nearly twice as safe as those in a high-poverty area.
School boards say their first priority of the coming legislative session is to have a uniformed officer at every school.
"And the second thing that we'll support is additional dollars for training in crisis management at all levels, not just law enforcement, but our teachers, our administrators," said Wayne Blanton, of the Florida School Boards Association.
But Florida State University criminologist Gary Kleck says the research doesn't back up the need for an officer at every school.
"There is virtually no violence in elementary schools. It's one of the safest places you can be in America; even safer than people's homes," Kleck said.
In addition to guns, another 2,042 weapons were seized in Florida schools in 2010-11 school year.
In addition to weapons, the school incident report also lists more than 600 incidents of bullying, 7,000 cases of drugs being found, and 1,200 incidents involving alcohol.
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Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…………If you listen very carefully in the background you will hear the sound of a cash register ringing up kind of like in the song "money" by Pink Floyd. That is the sound of the contract inching every so slightly upward towards that upper tier contract range for Roy Hibbert. Much like when a bell rings an angel gets his wings, well when Roy gets a double/double he gets another 50k added to his contract and so far he is racking up the points.
A young 7'2" center with a renowned work ethic that is now averaging a double/double and is a decent defender? You better bet someone is going to throw mad crazy money at him this off season and will then force the Pacers to make a very tough decision. It probably won't be that tough, I suspect we will match whatever he is offered but then our cap space that we have worked so hard to get will definitely be less than what we were hoping for.
I'm saying all of this after a night that Roy frankly played good, but not great. However that is part of the problem, from one point of view, or blessing from another point of view. He didn't play all that great but still got a double/double leading everybody in rebounding. Great for the team because we won and he was a large part of it, bad though from that aspect that this will just go further to elevate that contract.
I'm not complaining mind you, in fact I love that our center is now actually leading the rebounding efforts on most nights and is in there boarding every night even if he isn't leading. I just fear what it is going to cost us.
Moving on up, let's talk about the game itself.
First and foremost I always like to give credit to the opposition whenever I can, in particular when I respect an opponent. Having said that Ray Allen is a hell of a shooter.
Beyond that there are players on the Boston Celtics that I won't miss when they are gone. Kevin Garnett has been a punk in the NBA for a few years now and tonight I thought that Rondo's taunting of Paul George at the beginning of the game was a little un called for.
But I will miss Paul Pierce least of all. In the post game he gave us no credit at all, none. Now that is fine, I can live with the fact that they just missed some open shots and I don't expect him to claim that Granger shut him down but to outright dismiss our team the way he did was pretty typical of this guy. My disdain for him runs way back to when he got down and did pushups at the free throw line in Indianapolis years ago. Now that I think about hit his coach at the time was O'Brien so no wonder I hate the guy. He is a talented scorer, no doubt. But his overall game is not all that special and frankly he has been a loud mouthed braggart since he has come into the NBA.
Oh well why be bitter at the losers, that's right Boston you are the losers. You didn't play well or we outplayed you makes not a single difference in the world, we still won and the record now shows it.
This game said a lot about the character of the team and frankly said a lot about the coach and coaching staff to have them mentally ready to come back from that debacle on Wednesday and enter a place we haven't won in five years and beat a team that had won 4 in a row.
I think Vogel set the tone early when he told the team to match the defensive intensity of the Celtics and to the players credit they did. We won that game, no matter what Paul Pierce thinks, by playing stellar defense in the second half and really superb defense to close out the game in the 4th. The Celtics had to pass through a gauntlet of defenders and the long arm of George Hill & the quick hands of Danny Granger made this task very difficult indeed.
Tonight I think we will do our narrative in grade form. I'll admit I'm probably a pretty easy grader so I will probably give higher marks than some of you think they deserve.
Oh and before I get going I want to mention this one little thing that did seem to concern me, tonight I started noticing that David West was limping or at the very least favoring one leg over the other. Not sure if his knee is starting to tighten up or if it's just conditioning and he will come around, but it is something I noticed.
Darren Collison: A- Sparked a run and kept the Celtics at bay by hitting some very timely jumpers and then nailed the door shut on them with his big 3 pointer. I'd say he played Rondo about evenly all night long and by no means was embarrassed by him. If players on our team could hit open shots faster he would have more assists, but as it is I like the way he played
Paul George: C+ Got lost way to many times on Ray Allen to be excused. Once sure, but Ray will make you pay for playing off of him. Which is what happened tonight. He shot well from the floor but he had a couple of fouls late in the game that made you scratch your head and also brought the return of George Hill. He did tonight though have his first curl off of a screen for a jumper of the season that I can remember, which thrilled me because nobody is really going to block that shot.
Roy Hibbert: B+ I think the one thing that nobody really give Roy enough credit for anymore is the fact that while he still plays solid defense he almost never gets in foul trouble. You can tell the extra weight is paying some dividends for him as O'Neal was not able to completely move him off of the post like he has in previous years. His rebounding is actually unreal as I never would have dreamed this guy would be averaging double figures for a season. The only thing stopping him from an A was his shot making and a little selection. Other than that he had a great game including some very sharp passes for easy layups.
David West: C- Yea I might be a little tough on him here but frankly I would have like to have seen more. I like the 10 boards but man I don't know if we can go very often with 2 points from him. I do realize though that Garnett is a tough matchup for him, he's longer and every bit as strong so David pretty much becomes a mid range jump shooter against him and right now David is not hitting those very often. Like I said I was concerned about the limp but I'm not that worried about him, in fact that really kind of tells you something about our team in general when our big free agent doesn't do really much but we still get the big road win.
Danny Granger: A- Suck it haters, that's right I'm giving Danny an A-, you give him an F if you want. Danny never gave up, he was on Pierce all night long and although his shot is still just not dropping yet he got to the line and made all of his free throws. I'm telling you though his defense in the 4th quarter as much as anything else is the reason we won that game. That pass to Collison in the end, does he not get credit from any of you who claim he is nothing but a chucker? That shot sealed the game but that shot was set up by the extra pass from Danny.
Let's do the bench, but before we do let's all join together and rejoice at the return of the dancing of the fruit to the Odd Thoughts.
George Hill: A This is the George Hill we have been waiting on. Yes he hit his shots and that is always a bonus from any player but my God his defense was superb to end the game. I would love to see the amount of deflections that our team had in general to be honest with you. But he was glued to Ray Allen (who once again is a hell of a shooter) to end the game and man. When your bench player produces at this level good things will happen.
Tyler Hansbrough: B Sorry Tyler isn't getting anything higher until he drops his first dime of the season. Really, he can't even accidently get an assist? I don't have the energy to look it up but is he the player who has played the most min. on the floor this season without an assist in the entire NBA? Usually he does pretty poorly when matched up with Garnett but tonight he was able to get angles and generally abused Brandon Bass. He got to the line and made most of his free throws so that always helps. Rebounding wasn't great but there were so many players on our team grabbing boards that it was a team effort on the glass tonight.
Jeff Foster: A Exactly what you want from your backup center. Smart play, hard defense, and tough rebounds. I think he and Lou will probably tag team games the rest of the season, in other words Jeff will play a few then Lou will play a few, etc. But when Jeff is on the floor good things happen, now somebody get him an oxygen tank and some Ben Gay.
A.J. Price: A- Sookie rejoice your man has returned. Amazing what happens when you are away from a coach who tells his point guards that they are not to actually direct the offense but are to shoot. I'm saying it now, I have to think Lance is being forced down Frank's throat by upper management because as the playoffs showed us last year and this game tonight reconfirmed A.J. runs the second unit very well and his ability to score, something that Lance has yet to show, is a great benefit when the offense stalls.
Dahntay Jones: B Don't look now but quietly Dahntay has had three games in a row now where he didn't force up bad shots. There were two tonight that were not great shots but one he was wide open for the three so you can't fault him for taking it and the other the clock was running down so he forced up a bad shot. But he did a very good job on the glass and for the most part did a good job on defense. Often times I was confused as to who he was supposed to be guarding but I'm pretty sure he was supposed to be on Pierce however he got caught on two switches and ended up being burned by Ray Allen (did I mention he was a hell of a shooter). I'm just not sure if it was his fault or not. Either way though I think he has really gone out of his way to draw back the head down full speed ahead attack the rim shots that he was trying early on.
This was just a good overall team win. It does say something about the character of this team that they did come back from that beat down to play this way and I think both players and coaches deserve credit for it.
2-2 road trip and 5-2 overall, I'll take that.
But the euphoria is only good until 7:10 p.m. tonight when we tip vs. the Bobcats.

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Printing and mobility generally go together like England and success in World Cups, but some results are being achieved through old-fashioned email.
I was impressed that the Los Angeles hotel I stayed at this month would automatically print anything I emailed it from my laptop. Now, Pogoplug owners will have a similar solution if they own HP or Epson printers. Read more


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HOUSTON - Some elected officials have called for change after a former Houston police officer was found not guilty of beating a teenage burglary suspect.
Andrew Blomberg was found not guilty of misdemeanor official oppression on Wednesday. Blomberg was fired along with three other officers after they were caught on videotape kicking and stomping 15-year-old burglary suspect Chad Holley in March 2010.
Community activists have said that they were outraged that an all-white jury heard the case.
"Unbelievable. Unbelievable. We never had a chance with an all-white jury. With an all-white jury, this case was gone from the very beginning. This is a disgrace. What happened was a damn shame -- what happened in that courtroom today. It was an absolute disgrace. This is horrible. I can only imagine how Chad and his mother are feeling right now. That says to all of us that the life of a black man in Houston, Texas, Harris County, don't mean a damn thing, "Quanell X said moments after the verdict was announced."I think the community has the right to voice their displeasure however they see fit, and whatever the community response is, I believe it's appropriate."
In the Blomberg case, the final panel of 26 prospective jurors included two African Americans. One of them was employed by the District Attorney's Office and the other had an arrest record.
Three more former officers, Drew Ryser, Phillip Bryan and Raad Hassan will be tried on similar charges.
On Friday, several elected and community leaders gathered to demand that there not be all-white juries in the future.
"A perception of one-race jurors giving one-race justice, and one-race justice is an injustice," U.S. Rep. Al Green said.
Green said he has contacted the U.S. Department of Justice to ask for a review of Holley's arrest and the videotaped beating. He also wants to know why more minorities were not selected as part of the jury pool.
Attorneys for at least two of the former officers awaiting trial have asked for a change of venue, fearful that media attention and public protests will taint potential jurors.
The elected officials and community activists who gathered Friday said they want the trials to remain in Harris County.
The judge in the cases is considering the request and has not said when he will make a decision.
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The Australian dollar has kicked off a busy week of data releases including CPI to trade slightly softer as its US counterpart continued to strengthen against a range of currencies.
The local unit, which has slipped from its four-month high of US94.63¢ two weeks ago, was buying US93.52¢ in late trade.
But the currency's recent strength – it has become the best-performing G10 currency against the US dollar this year – has prompted strategists to follow the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and lift their mid-year and year-end targets.
Credit Suisse strategists raised their forecasts for the Australian dollar from US85¢ to US91¢ in the next three months, and from US75¢ to US82¢ for the next 12 months.
"Quite simply, we have gotten [the Australian dollar] wrong recently," the analysts, Ray Farris and Mark Astley, said.
"We underestimated the extent and persistence of [Australian dollar] strength, as the RBA has proven less averse to [Australian dollar] strength than we expected, Australian data has surprised to the upside, and the Chinese government has announced near-term stimulus aimed at supporting China's growth. "
TD Securities also raised its mid-year forecast from US88¢ to US95.5¢.
"There are many frustrated [US dollar] bulls out there, and we count ourselves as one of them," TD Securities Asia-Pacific Research head Annette Beacher said, adding that she was keeping the year-end forecast at US87¢ as the greenback eventually strengthens on the back of US Federal Reserve tapering.
The revisions came ahead of a crucial inflation reading for the March quarter, which could help set the direction of interest rates this year.
The surprise jump in four-quarter inflation last year saw the Reserve Bank dial down its "jawboning" on the need for a weaker exchange rate, amid concern an even lower dollar could push up inflation for tradeable goods.
At the same time, the recent strength of the Australian dollar has also meant the Reserve Bank would be reluctant to hike interest rates as that could spark a further rally in the local currency.
As such, a weaker-than-expected reading of inflation, when it is released by the Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday, could give the RBA some breathing room and even give it the opportunity start talking down the dollar again, Westpac senior currency strategist Sean Callow said.
A higher-than-forecast reading would increase the chances of earlier interest rates rises, possibly in the fourth-quarter of 2014, RBS senior currency strategist Greg Gibbs said.
Economists are expecting headline inflation to grow by 0.8 per cent and take the annual rate to 3.2 per cent - above the Reserve Bank's 2 to 3 per cent target band.
Underlying inflation, consisting of the trimmed mean and the weighted median measures and which is more closely watched by the RBA, is forecast to lift by 0.7 per cent for the quarter and 2.9 per cent year-on-year.
Investors would also been closely watching HSBC's flash reading of Chinese manufacturing activity for this month, to be released on Wednesday afternoon, as disappointment about an earlier release at the start of the year contributed to a bout of turmoil in emerging market currencies.
Meanwhile, analysts are expecting the Reserve Bank's counterparts in New Zealand to lift interest rates by 25 basis points for the second-straight board meeting when it meets on Thursday morning.
At the same time, the president of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, is set to speak late Thursday. Mr Draghi had recently flagged that a stronger euro could trigger an easing in monetary policy.


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No he aint sagely but it's a possibility.
He leaves his tracks in the snow as it were. His identifications.
He identifies a platform, a performer and a performance.
His way as it were ' a canary singing sweetly'...
It's just his song is singing him and he doesn't know it.
If he got structured up right and reasoned deductively and was able to identify correctly.
Well then he would be master of his song and wouldn't be content to sing for crumbs.
Causation holds that possibility open for him.


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Closing the Loop II: New Liquid Coolers from Corsair and Swiftechby Dustin Sklavos on 2/1/2013 12:01 AM EST
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lowlymarine - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkStill, I can't help but feel it would be worthwhile to include a couple of the more popular air coolers as well for comparison. The Noctua NH-D14 and Cooler Master Hyper 212+ are very popular units, and in the case of the former runs around the same price as some of the mid-range closed loop options. I think it would be illuminating to see how these options stack up against each other, for situations where clearance and so forth aren't major concerns. Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkI'll get there. :) Reply
Ratman6161 - Monday, February 04, 2013 - linkI recently replaced my Hyper 212+ with the H55 so I can sort of make that comparison. I'm running an email@example.com so a fairly similar setup to the test rig in the article. With the 212+ I used to idle at 32 - 35 C and peak out at about 65 C running Intel Burn Test. With the H55 I idle at about 24 and the peak under load is around 53 - 55. But....I've made other changes too. With the liquid cooler I turned the my three 120 mm intake fans and case's 140 mm exhaust down to their minimum speeds and put the variable speed fan from the 212+ on the H55 in place of the constant speed fan that came with it.
The 120 mm intakes and the fan off the 212+ that's now on the H55 are all bios controlled and set to run at their minimum speeds unless the CPU temp goes over 50 C. However that condition is never met (i.e. it never does go over 50 C) unless I'm deliberately ramping things up with Intel Burn Test. FYI my goal is always the best overclock I can get with stock voltage. I don't get any better overclock than I did with the 212+ but it does run cooler and quieter due to all the fans now able to run at minimum speed basically all the time. Since I don't turn up voltage, something better than the H55 probably would not do any good in my particular circumstances and what I've basically achieved over the 212+ was a quieter system. Reply
TreXor - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - link53° C at full load with a 4.4 GHz overclocked i7-2600 on a H55? lol...
Its time that you and all the other people that post ridiculous temps learn what programs to use to read out the real core temperatures. And its definitely not the software coming with your motherboard, reading out the CPU sensor in the socket... Reply
althaz - Monday, February 04, 2013 - linkYeah, this is a great review, but it's mostly useless data without including good air coolers for comparison. Especially the Noctua NH-D14 (which is probably not the best anymore, but from what I've seen still offers superior performance per decibel to most closed-loop water coolers).
From Dustin's comments it seems we can expect some more stuff in the future, which will make this excellent review much more useful. Reply
Jambe - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkAh, Swiftech, makers of those eccentric heavy slabs of copper studded with helicoid aluminium pins. Nice to see them making new & competent products. Reply
drfish - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkLol, was thinking that same thing. Now THAT would make for a great read, all of the classic coolers over the years pitted against each other - mounting all of them "unconventionally" shouldn't be that hard, right? ;) Reply
maratus - Sunday, February 03, 2013 - linkActually, Swiftech has gone full-H2O after that and was always high-regarded amongst watercooling enthusiasts. Ever since Swiftech Storm was introduced, they became a major source of high-quality CPU and universal GPU waterblocks for custom builds. They also are the biggest reseller of Laing pumps and offer exclusive PWM-controlled version of DDC. MCR rads were the best in their price range for low noise fans and it's nice to see all-in-one kits as they have much more potential customers. I just hope that Swiftech will be more like Asetek in future and less like DangerDen, if you know what I mean. Reply
jasonelmore - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkit was taken off the market due to patent infringements. gabe used someone else's design. Reply
Aikouka - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkDustin, with the following statement...
"The H220 itself is definitely a strong radiator, but Swiftech clearly tuned their fans for acoustics instead of performance."
...it sounded like you were faulting the fans on the H220 as the main reason why the H220 can't compete with the other offerings. Out of curiosity, would you be willing to try different fans on it to see it that helps? Obviously, those numbers wouldn't be able to be used in any official context, but it would be interesting to see!
Although, I will admit that the idea of suggesting ponying up another $12-25 per fan (Enermax Magma, Noctua PF-12, etc.) to make an already expensive product work better is a bit ballsy of a marketing tactic! ;) Reply
chaos215bar2 - Monday, February 04, 2013 - linkI'm not sure why you got the impression that the H220 couldn't compete. Overall, I got the impression that the H220 was one of the best coolers reviewed. It just sacrificed a little performance for a significant reduction in noise. Reply
ypsylon - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkI would jump into H220 immediately. Drooling on it since first news appeared. Unfortunately there is small issue - nobody selling this thing in Europe. I inquired in few places across EU and so far nobody is eager to jump on it. Importing it from US is out of the question as I could build full custom loop for money spend on H220+S&H+VAT+2.5% duty fee. Still I have ~40 days ahead before planned WS switchover. If I can get H220 in that time I would, otherwise going with H100i + 4 AeroCool BlackSharks. Not interested in AIO 140/280. Reply
Nickel020 - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkActually, highflow.nl already has it on pre-order and usually offers quite reasonable shipping rates across Europe:
More shops should be listing it once it actually becomes available. Reply
BrightCandle - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkIts not uncommon for a custom loop to get down to +25C at load, so these bigger radiator designs are starting to get really close to the performance of going fully custom at a lot less cost and hassle. Reply
ShieTar - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkSure. Now if those would just be provided for the 225W GPU instead of the 77W CPU, they might get actually relevant for a gaming computer. Reply
pcfxer - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkBINGO!
This man ^^^^^ has got it. Why the hell aren't they hooking these up to GPUs? Does a closed loop kit for GPUs even exists? I've had one video card die from a heavy HSF combo and I still hate seeing that much flex in card.
A closed loop setup is literally perfect for this. Any pump noise and fan noise from that would be worth it (if still reasonable, I normally hunt for options on SPCR). Reply
Death666Angel - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkThere is the "Arctic Cooling Accelero Hybrid" and you can buy mounting kits for these CLCs to install on your GPU of choice. No full body CLCs I am aware of other than that. And since there are so many different layouts and removing the heatsink of most graphics cards voids the warranty, the market seems very small compared to these CPU CLCs. Reply
Runamok81 - Sunday, February 03, 2013 - linkWith the help of custom brackets from triptcc.com modders have been installing closed loop GPU coolers for years. Reply
Jeaux Bleaux - Saturday, February 02, 2013 - linkFrom the article you didn't read; "At CES, the H220's pump was demonstrated keeping a pair of GTX 680s and an i7 cool." Reply
MadAd - Friday, February 01, 2013 - link1- Corsair dropped the ball with me with my H60 recently. The pump was shrieking until i installed a fanmate to limit it to about 2k rpm (my friends coolit works at about 4k normally). The through board fittings were so sloppy I had to find 4 small washers to brace the board against the clamp or suffer less pressure on the cpu mount and to cap it all the fan they supplied committed both sins of a bad silent fan, high turbine noise AND a ticky motor noise. Probably one of the worst fans ive ever owned (and ive spend hundreds on specialist panaflos, scythes etc through the years).
2- I would like to see reviews of these done in a fully loaded system too. That puny board with no GPU does not represent a normal PC at all. Yes punypc is good for isolating just the cooling hardware, so why should this matter? Theres a part of these ongoing reviews that seems to have been overlooked, someone using consumer friendly closed loops are likely using this for case cooling in some way too, thus a fully loaded system running a gaming bench say, would add heat to the system and show thes coolers in a different light, eg where they start to break down.
Thats the enthusiast end, on the other end with the growth of ITX and shelf size PCs my mind is not whether I can cool something in isolation, its whether I can use a single 120mm closed loop to do the whole system. 1 fan for the whole box, and that cant really be replicated in that test pc there either.
Just a few thoughts, no complaints, im more than happy with the reviews here. Thanks again for all the hard work. Reply
landerf - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkDoes the H110 come with a Y connector for the fans? Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkNnnnnnope. Reply
landerf - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkSo for most the cost is actually +5 after a quick trip to ebay. Not that I mind. My last Corsair Y connector disintegrated. Reply
krutou - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkIn a future review, I'd like to see entry level (similarly priced) custom loops included.
Primarily, I'd like to see the XSPC Raystorm 750 RS240 (~$150) reviewed. XSPC is known for their excellent performance and I'd like to see it compared to an upgradable AIO like the Swiftech H220. Reply
aguilpa1 - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkI have been looking intently at the Kraken 60 because of it's performance, and ability to hold 4 fans in push/pull as well as what appears to be longer tubing than a standard closed loop. I have a full tower Lian Li the P80 I believe and it has an old school design of the power supply above the motherboard tray. I am not sure I could work those really short tube lengths that are the norm for these systems, assuming everyone has clear space right above the motherboard.
I wish reviewers would test these units in a case and not just the glossy brochure model. I have seen them even worse set up on a test bench where installation is not even considered just raw performance numbers with no real world basis for installation and use. Reply
Kepe - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkDustin tested these inside a case? Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Saturday, February 02, 2013 - linkUh...I tested these inside a case, yes. All of this information is readily available on the conspicuously named page "Testing Methodology." Reply
yohanus - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkSwiftech has been a great company. I have built multiple water cooling setups using their products and have been nothing but pleased when dealing with them on the internet or, more importantly, on the phone.
I must admit that these closed loop systems look really nice compared to taking a Buick A/C condenser and heater core, a pump, some cpu coolers and building a single cooling system that runs two computers. The benefit of a closed loop system is that it just works while a homebrew system allows you the satisfaction of tinkering. Reply
Sabresiberian - Saturday, February 02, 2013 - linkYah the Swiftech system here looks like it might be the choice for someone looking to get into watercooling of more than just the CPU at a relatively low cost. (that being said - GPU waterblocks are expensive, heh).
I'm wondering though if starting off with a better pump, fans, and radiator might be worth the extra cost, especially if you plan on cooling 3 GTX 680s or the like. Reply
ggathagan - Saturday, February 02, 2013 - linkIt comes down to whether or not it's more expensive to buy the H220 and modify the loop with additional water blocks and radiators, or to build from scratch.
From what all I've read on this particular system, the pump is easily the match to Swiftech's premier pump, the MCP35X.
That is the basis for their other waterblock/pump combo, the Apogee II.
If you already know that you want to cool a triple GPU system, the H220's components aside from the waterblock/pump might be wasted if you have a full tower case that can accommodate larger radiators and fans.
Further, starting from scratch gives you the flexibility to pick-and-choose each individual component.
In that scenario, you might find that there are other brands that provide you with a better waterblock, fan or radiator than the ones offered by Swiftech. Reply
glenster - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkThe Thermaltake Water 2.0 Extreme is 27dB--how does it compare? Reply
Beenthere - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkBefore long they will be using auto sized radiators to try and surpass the excellent and reliable cooling provided by a highend HSF costing 1/2 the price of an inferior closed loop coolers that can and have leaked in the past causing hundreds of dollars in PC hardware damage, lost data, lack of use of the PC for weeks, RMAs, etc. Why people are so gullible as to buy an inferior CPU cooling system is beyond me. I guess when you're technically challenged, you equate water to better cooling even when it's not. Reply
Stuka87 - Friday, February 01, 2013 - link"Meanwhile, the radiator itself has a larger reservoir than the competition, is user accessible and serviceable, and is produced from higher quality materials. Instead of just using aluminum, the H220 has copper fins and brass tubing, which theoretically will allow it to both dissipate heat more effectively and last longer. "
In the quote above, it is stated that the H220 uses copper and brass instead of aluminum. While copper is great as its the best conductor of heat, brass is significantly worse than copper or aluminum. Kind of seams like a price cutting tactic over the use of aluminum and copper. Unless I am missing something? Reply
Death666Angel - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkMy guess would be corrosion. Reply
Galcobar - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkGalvanic corrosion -- two dissimilar metals in contact are a problem, particularly with something reactive such as copper. It's why you can't use steel brackets to hold copper piping.
Copper and brass (a copper-zinc alloy) are electrochemically similar so galvanic corrosion isn't an issue. Aluminum, however, is much more anodic than copper or brass. Reply
Nickel020 - Monday, February 11, 2013 - linkBrass is what's used in almost all high-end watercooling radiators, Swiftech isn't cutting any corners there. The fins themselves are actually copper, and that's what's most important. There's also different kinds of brass, and the one they're using for the tubing is almost certainly better than aluminum. Otherwise you'd find high-end watercooling radiators made with aluminum tubing, but they all use brass or (a few) copper. Reply
Gc - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkThe Cinica Eurora article says they claim increased power efficiency in part by running the processors at lower water-cooled temperatures. It could be interesting to see how much power each water-cooling system takes, both for comparing with air-cooled systems, and for comparing with potential processor power savings. Reply
Gc - Friday, February 01, 2013 - link[Sorry, "air-cooled" is the wrong term for the contrast. These water-cooling systems carry the heat to an air cooled radiator also, just like the vapor cooled heat pipes in many CPU coolers carry heat to an air cooled radiator.] Reply
RaistlinZ - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkCan fans be mounted on the Swiftech for push/pull config? If so, they've got my money. Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Saturday, February 02, 2013 - linkWhy yes. YES THEY CAN! And in fact their fan control header supports up to seven fans! Reply
Beenthere - Saturday, February 02, 2013 - linkHow many times can reviewers be duped by CLC hype and PR? Either the reviewers are technically challenged or ethically challenged... Being here to stay does not equate to be a rational choice. Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Saturday, February 02, 2013 - linkIt's not hype. It's the fact that these products are growing both in number and popularity. More and more vendors are entering the race, so saying they're here to stay is technically correct, at least for the next couple of years. They're popular.
I'm not sure what your beef with them is, either. Boutiques tend to prefer them over heavy air coolers and if the reliability was a serious issue, those boutiques would be less likely to run them. Reply
iamezza - Saturday, February 02, 2013 - linkBeenthere is just a forum troll with no life.
Every single comment he makes is deliberately inflammatory. Reply
Treckin - Saturday, February 02, 2013 - linkWhy aren't the Antec closed loop coolers ever mentioned/tested on Anandtech? Reply
HisDivineOrder - Saturday, February 02, 2013 - linkThe check didn't clear? Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Saturday, February 02, 2013 - linkCute! Honestly, they haven't been volunteered and Antec is in a weird transitional period. If you guys want to see the Antec stuff tested I'd be happy to, but it does look like more of the same Asetek kit. Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Saturday, February 02, 2013 - linkWell, check that. The H2O 920 has a fatter radiator than any of the other units I've tested. I may just have to get a couple of these monsters in for review after all. Reply
Treckin - Sunday, February 03, 2013 - linkIt is, however they ship different fans, and use a different waterblock. Additionally, they featured the software controlled fans and pump monitoring as well as an onboard decibel meter (who knows how accurate...).
Also, the tubing is different between the other asetec units.
I would certainly like to see those numbers if you could :) Reply
resiroth - Sunday, February 03, 2013 - linkI have a mini itx computer so the thermals should if anything be worse, and I idle at 25C and load at 55C. Room temp is somewhere around 22C I guess. So basically the deltas are 3C idle 33C load. It's an i5 750 overclocked to 3.8ghz.
No risk of a pump leaking (however small that might be)
~ Equal performance
Much quieter in db
Much nicer noise signature (a fan has a hum, more pleasant then a pump)
Top down cpu coolers may have auxillary cooling effect on motherboard components
Harder to install?
Still interested in seeing these get better and better, but for now it seems like a worse air cooler which has no real benefits. I guess if you're upping the voltage loads just to get an extra 10% (and risk an early death of your chip at such extreme voltage increases) it could be useful, but why not take a 10% performance hit for fairly significant improvements in noise, stability, durability, price? Reply
Death666Angel - Sunday, February 03, 2013 - linkMaybe I missed it (I have been known to be blind at times), but you didn't mention what you are cooling with, did you?
Also, you cannot compared your temps to any mentioned in this article, as you seem to do. :) Reply
AngelOfTheAbyss - Monday, February 04, 2013 - linkEither you like closed loops or you don't.
Personally, I like them because you can move the heat from the cpu to the outside of the chassi without having to disperse the heat inside the chassi before wenting it.
One of my machines is a email@example.com in a Antec P190 chassi with a H100 using 2x120 (push) + 2x140mm (pull) fans on the rad which make it really quiet.
Unless you suffer from pump grinding (see WLW WL on overclock), the pump should barely be audible (i have had to patch my two H100's but not the H80).
Note also that most comparable air-coolers weigh alot and don't employ top-down fans.
In my htpc (Antec ISK 310-150 EC + A10 5800K), I put a big shuriken due to space constraints, couldn't figure out how to mount a closed loop (bummer). Reply
rms8 - Monday, February 04, 2013 - linkI love the articles here!
Regarding the reviews of the current market of self contained H2O coolers....I have a custom H20 setup with an XSPC CPU block & RX360 rad, Swiftech pump and Intel i7-2600K.
I have BIOS setup to run the CPU at 1.6Ghz when idle, but will ramp up to 5.2Ghz depending on needs. At idle the temps are in the 26-28 degree range with no fans running. When running Prime95, it will run at upper 60-'s/lower 70's with fans maxed out.
I really don't know how good this is compared to some off the shelf self contained setup. Reply
jasonelmore - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkIt's a shame the Swiftech H220 got taken off the market due to patent infringements. It was the only Closed Loop cooler that i'm interested in. Reply


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A serious backlash against Nova Peris, Julia Gillard's hand-picked Senate candidate for the Northern Territory, has prompted the former Olympian to explicitly address a whispering campaign alleging wrongdoing while she was a public servant more than a year ago.
Amid continuing anger in the territory at the Prime Minister's announcement on Tuesday, disaffected ALP members have been lashing out at Ms Gillard and Ms Peris, with some peddling a rumour that she had been sacked by the Territory's education department and even investigated by police over the use of departmental furniture in November 2011.
Ms Peris has attracted solid support from several prominent indigenous people for her community work promoting children's health and girls' education but other indigenous activists claim she is being paraded by the ALP to improve its Aboriginal credentials.
With a smear campaign in full swing, the politically inexperienced Ms Peris was being shielded by her new ALP minders and was unavailable for direct interview yesterday.
But she issued a statement denying any substance to the anonymous claims. ''I have been made aware of malicious and unfounded rumours circulating about my time as an employee of the Northern Territory Department of Education in 2011 and I wanted to definitively correct the record to address these incorrect suggestions,'' the statement said.
She said she had not misused ''departmental assets during my time at the Northern Territory Department of Education'', and in fact had supplied two of the three girls' academies she had established with lounge suites, a coffee table, a fridge, a microwave and a rug.
She said she had later removed her property at the department's request when it elected to replace the items with new ones.
''I am not aware of any investigation into my behaviour and have never been questioned by the department, the Northern Territory police or by any other body,'' Ms Peris said. She said she had left the department on good terms in November 2011. ''The decision to leave was solely of my own choosing,'' she said.
That such a definitive statement was deemed necessary reflects the bitter atmosphere infecting Labor's NT branch following the Prime Minister's anointing of an outsider, a former Olympic and Commonwealth Games athlete, over a sitting senator.
MPs aligned with the former prime minister Kevin Rudd continued their criticism of Ms Gillard's intervention in the party's pre-selection processes on Thursday, describing as ''unprecedented'' the move against the long-serving senator, the Left's Trish Crossin.
Senator Crossin's name will be among three to be considered by Labor's national executive at a special pre-selection meeting on Tuesday but her fate has already been sealed by the decision of factions to fall in behind Ms Gillard. That is expected to result in a unanimous decision to install Ms Peris at No. 1 on the party's Senate ticket in the territory.
One MP said on Thursday that ''foisting'' a candidate on the territory showed Labor still did not understand the unique character of the top end, where such attitudes were ''electoral poison''.
''If the plan was to maximise the vote among territorians and particularly within the indigenous community, then it has already failed because they've been denied the right to choose their own representative,'' the MP said.


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The Hollywood Casino in Toledo opens Tuesday just two weeks after the state's first casino opened to big crowds in downtown Cleveland.
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New Rep to Present MARRY ME A LITTLE, 1/7-27
New Repertory Theatre has announced Stephen Sondheim's charming musical revue, MARRY ME A LITTLE, January 7 through 27, 2013, performing in the Charles Mosesian Theater, Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, Mass. Tickets range from $28-58 and may be purchased by calling 617.923.8487 or by visiting www.newrep.org. The press performance is Monday, January 7, at 7:30pm.
"We're proud," says Managing Director Harriet Sheets, "to present the first Sondheim-sanctioned gender-blind production of this romantic musical. Our audiences will get an updated, new take."
"Through it," Artistic Director Jim Petosa continues, "we look at all the possibilities of courtship through three couples: a man/woman, a woman/woman, and a man/man."
"What intrigued me the most," says Director/Choreographer Ilyse Robbins, "is the idea that the possibility to love in more than one way can live inside each one of us."
MARRY ME A LITTLE is a treasure trove of songs from Sondheim's vault," Petosa continues. "There are cut-outs and never-produced songs from Follies, A Little Night Music, Company, and others."
The MARRY ME A LITTLE cast features Aimee Doherty, Brad Daniel Peloquin, Erica Spyres, and Phil Thayer.
Marry Me A Little weaves songs from Sondheim's vault of unproduced shows and cutouts from his known musicals. Through bittersweet soliloquies and song, lonely New York singles fantasize romantic adventures, join in emotional conflict, and question the commitment of marriage-all the while never actually meeting. Marry Me A Little touts "a treasure trove of rare musical delights," (San Francisco Chronicle) including songs originally written for Follies, A Little Night Music, Company, and other Sondheim favorites.
New Repertory Theatre produces plays that speak powerfully to the essential ideas of our time. Through the passion and electricity of live theater performed to the highest standards of excellence, New Rep expands and challenges the human spirit of both artists and audience. New Rep presents world premieres, contemporary and classic works in several intimate settings. We are committed to education and outreach, including special dedication to the creation of innovative in-school programming and providing access to underserved audiences. New Rep is an active advocate for the arts and a major voice in the national dialogue defining the role of theater in our culture.
Aimee Doherty (Woman 2) returns to New Repertory Theatre after performing in Rent, World Goes 'Round, Last Five Years, Hot Mikado, Speed the Plow, Cabaret, tick, tick...BOOM!, Wild Party, Ragtime, and Into the Woods. Other area credits include Shear Madness (Charles Street Playhouse); Animal Crackers, Grey Gardens, Follies, See What I Wanna See, and Adrift in Macao (The Lyric Stage Company); Nine, The Women, Bubbly Black Girl..., and Company (SpeakEasy Stage Company); Double Indemnity and Romeo & Juliet (Stoneham Theatre); Annie and Honk! (Wheelock Family Theatre); Pain and the Itch (Company One); and A Chorus Line (Reagle Players). Television and radio credits include The Makeover (Hallmark) and Whitey Bugler documentary (Discovery) as well as radio spots for D'angelos, Papa Gino's, and the Museum of Science. Ms. Doherty's acting has earned both the I.R.N.E. Award and the BroadwayWorld Boston Best Actress Award. Originally from Bellingham, she resides in Walpole.
Brad Daniel Peloquin (Man 2) returns to New Repertory Theatre after last performing in Moby Dick: An American Opera. Other area credits include Die Fledermaus (New England Light Opera); A Christmas Carol (Hanover Theatre), Follies (Overture Productions); and The Mikado (Huntington Theatre Company/North Shore Music Theatre). Regional appearances include Closer Than Ever (Bristol VAlley Theatre); Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (Pops), Big River, Chess, and Lies & Legends (Blackfriars Theatre). International appearances include a recital tour (Nagasaki, Japan); featured soloist at the Britten-Pears Festival (Snape, England); and soloist with the Orchestra of St. Andrews and John (Montreal, Canada). He has recorded music with Telarc International (earning three Grammy Award nominations) and Harmonia. Mr. Peloquin earned his MM at the College of Fine Arts at Boston University. Originally from Wisconsin, he resides in Watertown.
Erica Spyres (Woman 1) makes her New Repertory Theatre debut. She most recently appeared in Of Mice And Men (Moonbox Productions); The Mikado, Avenue Q, Time Stands Still (Elliot Norton Award nomination, Best Supporting Actress), Big River, and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (The Lyric Stage Company); The Light in the Piazza and Sweeney Todd (Springfield Contemporary Theatre, IRNE Award); Sense and Sensibility: The Musical (Wellesley Summer Theater); Pirates! and Unknown Soldier (The Huntington Theatre Company). Erica will appear in the upcoming film Labor Day and is an active jingle singer, corporate spokesman, and radio/TV announcer. Originally from Mansfield, Missouri, she resides in Allston. She will next perform in New Rep's Master Class.
Phil Tayler (Man 1) makes his New Repertory Theatre debut. Recent credits include Of Mice And Men (Moonbox Productions); Hair (New London Barn Playhouse); Ragtime (Marblehead Little Theatre/Salem Theatre Company); and Avenue Q (The Lyric Stage Company). In the Boston area, he's also worked with Whistler In the Dark, Stoneham Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Wheelock Family Theatre, Nora Theatre Company, Fiddlehead Theatre, Turtle Lane Playhouse, The Orfeo Group, and The Boston Conservatory. His directing credits include Killer Joe and Dirty Story (The Boston Conservatory). Television credits include MTV 2's High School Stories: Sticky Situation and a TV commercial for Hooker Beer. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Boston Conservatory. Originally from Overland Park, KS he resides in Dorchester, MA.
Stephen Sondheim (composer) wrote the music and lyrics for Bounce, Passion, Assassins, Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George, Merrily We Roll Along, Sweeney Todd, Pacific Overtures, The Frogs, A Little Night Music, Follies, Company, Anyone Can Whistle, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, as well as lyrics for West Side Story, Gypsy, Do I Hear A Waltz?, and additional lyrics for Candide. Anthologies of his work include Side by Side by Sondheim, Marry Me A Little, You're Gonna Love Tomorrow, and Putting It Together. For films, he composed the scores of Stavisky and Reds and songs for Dick Tracy, for which he won an Academy Award. He also wrote songs for the television production Evening Primrose, co- authored the film The Last of Sheila and the play Getting Away With Murder, and provided incidental music for the plays The Girls of Summer, Invitation to a March, and Twigs. He won Tony Awards for Best Score for a Musical for Passion, Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Follies, and Company. All of these also won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, as did Pacific Overtures and Sunday in the Park with George, the latter also receiving the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Ilyse Robbins (Director/Choreographer) returns to New Repertory Theatre after directing/choreographing World Goes 'Round; choreographing A Christmas Carol, Moby Dick, and Das Barbecue; and performing in A Christmas Carol and The Wild Party. Other recent area directing/choreography credits include 42nd Street (Stoneham Theatre); Unforgettable (UpStage Lung Cancer); and Dear Edwina, Jr. (Wheelock Family Theatre Summer Intensive). Choreography credits include A Christmas Carol (Hanover Theater); Dear Miss Garland and Full Monty (Stoneham Theatre); and Avenue Q (The Lyric Stage Company). Performance credits include Love, Faith and Other Dirty Words (Modern Theatre); Full Monty (Stoneham Theatre); and Phantom Tollbooth (Wheelock Family Theatre). Ms. Robbins earned her BS in Theater from Northwestern University; certification from the British American Drama Academy; and an Ed.M. from Harvard University. She holds four I.R.N.E. awards, the most recent for her choreography for 42nd Street (Stoneham Theatre). Originally from Worcester, she resides in Belmont.
Charles Mosesian Theater Arsenal Center for the Arts is located at 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, Mass. Tickets are $28-58; Discounts for students, seniors, and groups of 10 or more Call the Box Office at 617-923-8487. Wheelchair Accessible, Assisted Listening System Box office with TTY. For TTY only, dial 617.923.2067. Large-Print and Braille Programs Available.
Public Transportation: #70 or #70A bus to the School Street stop from Central Square Station, Red Line. Parking: Free, six-level parking garage next to the Arsenal Center for the Arts.


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Andrew Luck has thrown for a league high 3,085 yards and is on pace to break Peyton Manning's single-season franchise record.
He's second, to Manning, with 26 touchdown passes. He's already broken a franchise record with seven straight 300-yard games and needs only two more to tie Drew Brees' NFL record. And he's already beaten both Mannings, Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson, Joe Flacco and Colin Kaepernick.
The most glaring omission from that list: three-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady, who is 2-0 against the man generally regarded as the best young quarterback in football.
Brady, like just about everyone else, is impressed.
"He does a lot of things I wish I could do," Brady said, referring to Luck. "He's big, fast, shrugs off blockers. He makes a lot of extended plays. He's a great passer."
But against New England (7-2), Luck has struggled. In two games, both blowout losses, he's 47 of 91 for 665 yards with four touchdowns, four sacks, seven interceptions and one lost fumble.
Brady, in contrast, has usually avoided the big mistakes and is 11-4 against Indianapolis (6-3) since making his first career start against the Colts in 2001.
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Corn futures are trading 4 to 9 cents lower at midsession. Corn futures declined on disappointing export sales. Weekly sales totaled 482,100 tonnes down substantially lower than analysts' estimates of 1.0 to 1.3 million tonnes. However, forecasts for hot weather in the US Midwest over the weekend should limit losses.
Soybean futures are trading 14 to 16 cents higher at midday. Soybean futures are strengthened as USDA reports soybean export sales up 40 percent over the previous week, but still well short of trade expectations. Rising temperatures and dry conditions across the U.S. Midwest and South are lending support to prices as well.
Wheat futures are trading 2 to 5 cents higher at midday. Wheat prices surged on greater than expected export sales. USDA reported wheat export sales at 829,000 tonnes, up quite moderately more than expectations between 350,000 to 550,000 tonnes. News that Kansas winter wheat yields will be lower than expected is lending support to prices. Impeding dry weather over the weekend in the US Plains remains bullish for the market.
Cattle futures are trading mixed at midsession. Cattle futures have been trading choppy through much of the morning. The December contract is seeing added strength as the nearby contracts continue to tumble. Beef cutouts improved on Wednesday, up 60 cents to $1, however, trade in the cash market is reported as much as $2 lower than the previous week's prices.
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In November last year, CTC revealed that the Department's transport model forecast cycling levels would fall between 2015 and 2035 [2].
At the time we questioned both why this was forecast, whether the forecast was accurate, and asked DfT officials for a meeting in order to discuss our concerns.
Our worries are that the model doesn't take into account the very recent changes in cycle use or the dramatic shifts in behaviour that can occur due to social and cultural factors.
At our meeting yesterday, we made some good progress, and we agreed to look at evidence of where cycle use has changed, what might be driving it, and how that could affect the model's parameters.
How does the model work?
The main components of the model - which runs to 2040 - are driven by changes to population (forecast to increase), gross domestic product and oil price. The model assumes that as we get richer and cars become more efficient, more and more of the trips we make will be car-borne - even at the expense of cycling. Access to cars is a major part of the model - even in 2012, half of households did not have access to a car, but that is down from 66% of households in 1997 (see graph at right).
The richest 20% of the population travel over 8,000 miles by car each year; the poorest 20% travel just a third as much at only 2,716 miles in 2012. The NTM's output is based on the argument that future rises in income mean access to and use of cars will similarly inflate.
But what about the richest?
As the graph to the right shows, however, car ownership may have rapidly increased amongst the poorer parts of society, but it is barely unchanged amongst the middle income groups, while there has been a slight increase in the number of richest households living entirely without a car. It may be inaccurate, therefore, to assume that the car use and access will increase inexorably.
The richest are also cycling much more than any other group - with those with the highest incomes cycling 60% further than they did 5 years ago - over 80 miles per person per year, twice as far as the 40 miles per person per year amongst those with the lowest incomes. If we believe the model's parameters which say that we are all getting richer and therefore will drive more, we should also accept the evidence from recent years that shows that the richer we are, the further we cycle.
This is one of several points where we feel that the model is too simple to reflect accurately some of the rapid changes that are occurring in society.
Adjusting the model to fit expectations
In addition to forecasting what might happen to car use under a 'business as usual' scenario, the model also includes some assumptions about the effect of government policy: in essence, the economists running the model try to predict what effect various government policies will have in the future.
This gets problematic - and political - very quickly: for instance, we could assume that a future government will initiate a programme of restraining car use, raising fuel tax, levying road pricing, and handing priority and roadspace to public transport, walking and cycling. Under such a scenario, the forecast growth in car travel will be far lower than the current estimate, which suggests a 43% growth in motor traffic by 2035.
Presently, however, the Government takes the view that policy will stay more or less the same: we will do very little to reduce motor traffic, and the consequences will mean a gradual decline in sustainable travel.
What effect will Government cycling policy have?
The 2012 model was based on the assumption that the effect of future cycling policy would have some effect compared to a baseline, 'do nothing' scenario. Unfortunately, those assumptions are that the effect of government policy will boost cycle use by merely 5% above where it would otherwise be in 2015, 7.5% above in 2020 and 10% above in 2030.
This is a pretty pessimistic assumption given that the first round of cycling towns achieved a 27% increase in cycle use in three years and London has often seen annual double-digit growth in cycling. However, even the very slight positive effect of government policy is outweighed by the huge negative effects on cycle use forecast by the model thanks to the assumed fall in the cost of motoring.
A way forward
In yesterday's meeting, officials agreed that an alternative model scenario, based on the policies articulated in a forthcoming Departmental cycling strategy [3], would be sensible. This is a helpful first step as it will help to establish what the impact of a large scale shift to cycling would be. It would also quantify the level of growth in cycling that the Department feels can be achieved through its policies.
CTC would still prefer to see what the effect would be if we were able to achieve the Get Britain Cycling [4] targets of 10% of trips by 2025 and 25% of trips by 2050 - ambitious figures which CTC has asked the Department to endorse. The principal benefit (assuming that most of the trips will come from car or public transport) would be a huge benefit to health from being more active - an issue not covered by the model. But there would be other effects, such as reduced air pollution and carbon emissions, and less congestion and it is the concerns over the latter that is currently informing a vast road building plan for the next few decades.
CTC will continue to question the assumptions that lie behind the model, and present the evidence to officials to help refine the way it approaches cycling.
Opportunities... and threats
The evidence from the last ten years suggests that we are travelling less: spending 5% less time travelling and covering 6% fewer miles, but cycling 20% more. If that trajectory continued congestion problems would reduce, health would improve and there could be considerable savings to the economy.
The Department thinks that in the next 30 years that trajectory will reverse and we'll all be leaping in our cars to drive about on longer and longer trips because motor travel has become so cheap in fuel efficient cars. I'm not so sure: most people don't want to travel more than they have to, and certainly not by car. London is showing the way: there the growth in cycling is amongst the wealthiest, and people are opting for car-free lives where communication is by technology, public transport, bike and foot.
The danger remains that by following the current predictions of the National Transport Model, local authorities and politicians may be (erroneously) led to believe that a huge growth in driving is inevitable - and that cycling is going nowhere. This influences the way they distribute resources - building roads instead of cycle paths. We need to make sure that future iterations of the model acknowledge the potential growth in cycling that could occur if we had the policies and funding to achieve it. Only that way we will persuade the bean-counters of the potential benefits that a mass modal shift to cycling would bring.


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Knit, relax, and chat with fellow knitting enthusiasts, and enjoy a simple dessert. Experienced knitters will be on hand to answer questions, but there is no formal program. All levels of knitters welcome. Register for 1, 2, or all 3 evenings.Registration Details:
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Can you explain when i should use XHTML over HTML?
It's fine to use either, in most cases. It's rare that anyone uses true XHTML anyway, because it doesn't work in IE8 and under. For most websites, you have to serve your content as text/html, meaning that the doctype is irrelevant. XHTML has stricter rules, but that doesn't mean you can't follow those rules anyway.
Thanks for your responce.
Some of your statements seem contradictory.
I don't see how XHTML 5 is going to be displaced when it is being developed in parallel with HTML 5. Whatever you can do with HTML 5 can also be done with XHTML 5 (since IE8 doesn't really support either).
Just my personal prediction, but for the foreseeable future, I don't think the XHTML mime type is going to become at all popular.
mhhh... i always thought xHTML couldn't be descripted as a product, it's just a way of using HTML in the correct way and in a structured way. Why wouldn't xHTML work in Explorer 8? it works fine here...
MSIE 8.0 doesn't support the recommended X(HT)ML MIME 'application/xhtml+xml' media type [RFC3236], which is the primary media type for XHTML Family documents. Thus IE 8.0 doesn't understand XHTML and just treats the markup grammar as if it were HTML not XHTML under 'text/html'. If the author served the XHTML as 'application/xhtml+xml' IE 8.0 would ask you to download the file, it wouldn't display... Furthermore XHTML is an application of XML thus requires well-formedness or will use draconian error handling via a XML Processor and halt on none well-formed markup errors.
It only works if servered up as text/html, which means it's not actually XHTML anyway. If you serve it up as application/xhtml+xml. it won't work in IE8 and under. It was still recommended because the XHTML rules encouraged more tidy coding.
A real XHTML document would start with something like this:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8" />
More details here: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?320391-XHTML1-0-vs-XHTML-1-1 and here: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?393445-XHTML-vs-HTML-FAQ
No, it shouldn't.
Ralph, it probably should be more like the following if using XHTML 1.0 Strict:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
<html [B]xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml[/B]">
You cannot really set the MIME type with META when sending to a XML Parser. Think back to the 'purposely malformed' code demo samples I wrote: Spot the Error 3: Calling all Sleuths! and the comments I made in the Judge Feedback.


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User:Pranav Rathi/Notebook/OT/2013/01/09/DNA-Overstretching Experiments
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This Page contains all the information regarding DNA-Overstretching experiments and results.
Proof of DNA-tethering
Two video presents good DNA-tethers in H2O and D2O. For some reason D2O tethers look little better. Each moving bead has a ds-DNA tether which is roughly 1500nm long (4.4kb; 110ng/ml; 02/11/11). The bead size is 530nm diameter. This sample is prepared in water and heavy water for DNA-overstretching experiments which i will discuss below.
Experiment 1 (01/04/2013)
Prepare some new buffers and attempt DNA-tethering in H2O and D2O with 265nm beads (bead radius).
Buffer preparation
BGB is good only for few weeks and it has been over 2 months since i made it last, so i am going to make new BGB and antidig. For more information go to Buffer preparation for DNA overstretching and unzippingexperiments[1]
50mg of BGB + 10ml of H2O 1X POP=5mg/ml BGB 1XPOP H2O 10ml
50mg of BGB + 10ml of D2O 1X POP=5mg/ml BGB 1XPOP D2O 10ml
same for both H2O and D2O since PBS is in H2O only.
20ul of aliquots + 180ul of PBS H2O=200ul of antidig H2O


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The Mets continue to play unseasonably well for a team that Mike Francesa told us wasn't worth following back in April. And it now appears that David Wright will return sooner than later, meaning that on the infield, third base and shortstop will be covered.
But what are the Mets to do at second base? The answer is currently in the organization, and it isn't Reese Havens (injured again), Ruben Tejada (OPS+ 79) or Justin Turner (OPS+ 96, hitting .207 since May 31).
Daniel Murphy,entering tonight's game, has an OPS+ of 117. Know how many second basemen have a better OPS+ in the major leagues? Six. Howie Kendrick, Robinson Cano, Ben Zobrist, Rickie Weeks, Dustin Pedroia and Danny Espinosa. And only Espinosa is younger than Daniel Murphy.
And for those who'd like to believe Murphy isn't capable of handling the position defensively, his UZR/150 at the position is a sterling +13.0. Now, that's in just 167 innings, so it is too small a sample to conclude that he's a terrific defender at second. But it certainly doesn't prove that he can't. It simply begs for him to get more time at the position.
And you know what else does? How his bat doesn't profile at other spots. Know how many first basemen have a better OPS+ in the major leagues? 17. In other words, he'd be a top-seven hitter at second, a bottom-half hitter at first. Add in the expected return of Ike Davis, at the very least next season, and why is Daniel Murphy wasting time at the position?
He would rank seventh overall at third base as well, but it is worth noting that the six ahead of him this year do not include David Wright. And Wright also figures, one would assume, in the team's long-term plans.
So whatever else happens with the New York Mets in the coming months, the best thing they can do for their long-term issue at second base is to play Daniel Murphy there daily. It should help in 2011, and it could provide an answer at the position for years to come.


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The process of blood clotting, also known as coagulation, is an extraordinary event due to the collective actions of a series of enzymes. This system is so flawless that when a part of our body is affected or injured in some fashion, we can instinctively know that as soon as the bleeding stops, repair to the affected or injured area will begin almost immediately. Our certainty stems from the fact that Allah has created this perfect system as a blessing and a mercy to us.
At the moment of injury, several processes are undertaken almost immediately by the body. Indeed, these processes could be counted in the several millions, and all of them occurring in little more than the blink of an eye. That which is responsible for coordinating and carrying out these innumerable activities are enzymes. These protein molecules are truly dazzling in their complexity and the duties performed by enzymes within the human body, so diverse and complex, carries great importance for us, for without the proper functioning of these enzymes, we would certainly perish. This serves as proof for Allah's magnificent creation, and of His boundless love and compassion for us. Let us now take a closer look at how the process of coagulation works.
The Battle Begins
When a part of our body is injured, either externally or internally, a sequence of events is activated. The body's first-aid system in the event of bleeding is platelets. When a blood vessel is damaged, certain proteins are activated, most notably a protein known as von Willebrand factor. This protein acts like a policeman at an accident scene; it signals that a blood vessel has been damaged, and it stops any platelets that it notices and gets them to remain at the scene. The first platelets on the scene send out signals to other platelets throughout the body, requesting help, much in the manner that a policeman may request backup for certain situations.
Enzymes initiate coagulation
Now that the first aid help has arrived, it's up to the enzymes to carry out the rest of the operation. Actually, there are several enzymes responsible up to this current stage, but let's focus on the enzymes that actually perform the blood clotting activities.
Our bodies always store enzymes that have been deactivated for use in the future. These enzymes receive their marching orders through a coded system and move accordingly, and only when its needed of them. Fibrinogen is an enzyme that flows freely within our bloodstream and it's an inactive enzyme, thus it is only used when required. It is fused within our blood plasma. Until a wound opens up, it swims freely within its area. However, in the situation of an injury, it will swiftly get into motion. This protein that circulates freely within the blood plasma, and isn't subjected to any tasks ordinarily, proceeds to the affected area.
The net that forms the first clot
When a state of injury to a blood vessel is signalled within our body, a different type of enzyme is formed. Platelets cuts off two of the three rings that make up the fibrinogen protein chain. Fibrinogen now develops into a substance known as fibrin. So an enzyme that was previously inactive has now transformed into an active one. The surface of the area that has been injured has now developed into sticky, adhesive pieces. These adhesive pieces allows the fibrins to merge with other fibrin molecules. With the coming together of the fibrin molecules, an extended chain forms and with the cross over of proteins, a huge web is generated. This formation is the initial blood clot. Blood clots shortly after, and begins to build a cover over the entire wound just like a fish net.
Trapelets at the same time convert the factor XIII enzyme into an XIIIa enzyme. This conversion allows the fibrin clot to become more durable. (Robert K. Murray, Peter A. Mayes, Darly K. Granner, Victor W. Rodwell, Harper's biochemistry, Bars Bookshop, 1993, page 783)
An Enzyme Chain that resembles the Chicken-Egg Conundrum
A platelet in its passive state is known as Pro-Platelet Basic Protein (PPBP). Thus, the platelet which is responsible for activating fibrinogen is typically in its basic inactive state, a pro-platelet that is existent in our blood. This situation carries great importance because if active state platelets were to continually circulate within our blood, it would soon transform all the fibrinogen in our blood in fibrin, and an uncontrolled state of clot formation would occur. Needless to say, such a situation would be life threatening. Therefore, an enzyme is required to convert or trigger pro-platelets into active proteins.
The activation of Pro platelets with the Stuart factor and accelerin
Pro-platelets are cut off by another enzyme named Stuart factor and thus transformed from a passive state into an active protein. Nevertheless, the same circumstance applies to Stuart factor enzymes as well as platelets; if Stuart enzyme were to circulate uncontrollably and continually within our blood, then it would be constantly stimulating the coagulation mechanism and thereby initiating the formation of blood clots within our body. This is why Stuart factor isn't an active enzyme in our blood and must be activated in order to be effective.
For pro-platelets to be activated and mobilized, Stuart factor isn't adequate to fulfill this process of conversion. An enzyme named accelerin gets into action jointly with Stuart factor to complete this process of transforming pro platelets into platelets.
Platelet responsible for mobilizing Accelerin
For blood clots not to be forming within our bodies unbounded and unchecked, another enzyme, known as accelerin, is also initially inactive. But in its activation process, we discover something of a quandary, resembling the egg-chicken conundrum, because the enzyme responsible for stimulating the accelerin enzyme is platelets. How can we explain the situation where an enzyme that is previously activated by accelerin, can reversibly activate its initiator? The reason for this is the Stuart factor enzymes that slow dissection of pro-platelets and thus the existence of a quantity of readily available platelets as a precautionary measure. The event of coagulation commences with this critical precautionary measure, and the mobilization of the clotting process develops with the initial movement of Stuart factor.
Ceasing clotting is also a duty of the enzyme
These are factors which constitute the system in which blood clotting is implemented. These enzymes know what to activate or deactivate, where to condense (provide a certain quantity of), and recognize which part of the body is in need of repair. Furthermore, they recognize when their operations must come to a halt. When a blood clotting operation commences on any section of the body or wounded area, there is of course a major risk issue if the clotting doesn't stop beyond a necessary stage. When clotting continues uncontrollably, a potentially hazardous situation arises for the body's vital organs, in which malfunctioning may occur and will cause congestion of blood vessels. For this reason, the enzymes must know when to stop coagulation. This termination signal is sent to them by other enzymes.
How is the clot removed when the wound has healed?
The clot must be removed when the wounded area has recovered. For this operation, the job is again given to these molecules, enzymes. Plasmin is the enzyme which is given the task of virtually cutting the fibrin of blood clots, much like a pair of scissors. Plasmin influences the fibrin but has no effect on the inactive state of the fibrin which is fibrinogen. If this was the case, the post-clotting production task would become very difficult. Plasmin movement isn't very swift. This is an advantage, for when the wound has formed, plasmin is also at work alongside the other enzymes, and the wound heals without it cutting the fibrins completely.
Blood coagulation is one of the irreducible complex structures in our body
During the coagulation process, there are several other enzymes which come into play at different phases. Every one of them plays an important role in accomplishing the process of coagulation, and the malfunctioning of even one enzyme is unimaginable; this is what is known as an irreducible system factor. Writer James Perloff, once an extreme evolutionist now turned anti-evolutionist, and also an advocate of the truth of Creation, comments on the quandary put forward by evolutionists on the blood coagulation system, and also takes into account comments made by Michael Behe and further adds :
"The Blood coagulation (clotting) process is indeed complex, numerous proteins are in operation in this gradual phase, there is no other duty assigned to them other than there given function. Every single enzyme is in correlation to another and is triggered into motion by another. We can summarize Behe's observation:
Which has evolved first? The enzymes or proteins? Its not the protein, hence it has no function without an enzyme which is required to activate it. Then why has nature evolved triggering enzymes beforehand? Without a protein, there is no purpose. Furthermore, if the blood coagulation underwent centuries of evolutionary phases to reach its perfect state, we should of witnessed countless livings beings corpses from loss of blood. This is an irreducible complex system". worldnetdaily.com/news/ article.asp? ARTICLE_ID=21776)
Can a unique system, formed by hundreds of stages that we cannot simplify nor remove any part of, have come about by the accidental gathering of countless unconscious atoms ?
Can unconscious atoms create necessary enzymes required to fulfill the blood coagulation process by chance?
Can unconscious atoms create miracles by chance?
Can unconscious atoms create something from absolute nothingness?
Certainly these are impossible. Evolutionists , however claim that blind, unconscious atoms randomly coming together have accounted for the process in which a virtually conscious, operative blood coagulation system has come into being. Coincidence is Darwinism's false deity to account for the so-called miracles it has constituted. This is why Darwinists deceptively try to convince people into believing that chance can create something or produce miracles or make something come into existence from absolute nothingness.
Therefore, it is impossible for perfect and organized systems to come into operation as a result of aimless, uncontrolled and unconscious events. Such complexity, as we see in the blood clotting system, and its magnificent detail, right down to the molecular level demonstrates that mere chance isn't enough to explain it. The coagulation system is extremely sensitive and requires a complex division of labor; even a single random event by chance would cause the complete system to be turned upside down, hence be rendered useless. This system, like several other systems in the human body, reflects Allah's Sovereignty and Sublimity. Almighty Allah is the Creator of everything and every creature is submissive to Him and under His command. Allah decrees in the verse below:
"That is Allah , your Lord; there is no deity except Him, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And He is Disposer of all things. Vision perceives Him not, but He perceives [all] vision; and He is the Subtle, the Acquainted." (Surat Al-An'am: 102-103)
The Blood coagulation is an extraordinary event and it occurs with a carefully coordinated movement of a number of enzymes. It is necessary for each enzyme to be at the right place at the right time and to perform their actions at the scheduled time. These numerous enzymes perform their tasks, and are aware of what is required of them at any given stage or time. This superb cooperativeness and flawless synchronicity in their assignments is the manifestation and blessings of the Lofty Supreme Creator, Allah.


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STAGE TUBE: On This Day 11/18- Daphne Rubin-Vega
Welcome to BWW's New Daily ON THIS DAY Series celebrating theatrical birthdays, openings and special events that took place on this day in theatre history!
Happy Birthday Daphne Rubin-Vega! She is perhaps best known for the roles she originated, including Mimi (RENT) and Conchita (Anna in the Tropics), both Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway shows for which she was nominated for the Tony award. She also originated the role of Rahmi (Gum), Sofia (Nilo Cruz' Two Sisters and a Piano), Canary Mary (Suzan-Lori Parks' Fucking A, Lucille Lortel nomination) and Lucy (Jack Goes Boating) at The Public Theater, as well as starred in the Broadway revivals of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Magenta) and Les Mis, ("Fantine") and most recently, The New Group's Blood From a Stone ("Yvette") opposite Ethan Hawke."
In celebration of this day, we bring you 'I Dreamed a Dream' from Les Miserables. Click below to check it out!
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text: Another long week entangled with the judiciary looms for the All Blacks with Andrew Hore certain to be cited for what looked like a swinging arm thrown at Welsh lock Bradley Davies. Not even one minute into the game and Hore clobbered Davies when the big lock strayed in front of him at a breakdown. Davies had no idea it was coming - the attack arriving from behind and he left the field dazed.


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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Serves 4
2 Steamed, Grilled or cooked Whole Lobsters, or Lobster Tails (HEB Seafood Department)
4 tablespoons butter
1 white onion, finely chopped
2 celery stalks, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/3 cup HEB all-purpose flour
3 cups HEB Chicken Broth
1 pound wild caught Sea of Cortez Shrimp cooked, peeled, deveined, and chopped
2 cups HEB heavy cream
1 teaspoon Creole seasonings
Remove lobster meat from the shell and coarsely chop and set aside.
In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion, celery, and garlic, cook for 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in flour, cook for 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in chicken broth, cook for 10 minutes stirring until thickened, about 10 minutes.
Add lobster meat and shrimp. Stir in the heavy cream and Creole seasoning and cook for another 10 minutes. Serve immediately.
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Origin Energy's December half net profit slumped to $524 million from $794 million, hit by a series of charges amid what it termed "challenging operating conditions" in its key markets, which prompted it to cut its full year profit guidance.
The underlying profit dropped to $362 million from $489 million, falling well short of analyst expectations of a profit of around $400 million for the half.
Shares were down 7.9 per cent to $11.40 in early trade.
In its key energy markets division, earnings slid 20 per cent as it suffered a 'loss of volume in the mass market", it said.
During the half, Origin cut 500 jobs with a further 350 jobs to go by the end of 2013, it said, as it lifts its focus on costs.
Costs at its critical Queensland export gas project have risen 7 per cent, it said.
In light of the pressures it is facing, Origin now said it expects its full year underlying profit to drop by 10-15 per cent, up from the 5-10 per cent fall flagged earlier.
Morningstar analyst Gareth James described Origin's first half performance as "disappointing''.
"The key driver of the profit fall was the core electricity retailing energy markets business which suffered falls in customers, electricity volumes and profit margins. Prior to the result, our forecast was $809 million with consensus estimates at $830 million.
"A 7 per cent capital cost increase for the Australia Pacific Liquid Natural Gas project to $24.7 billion is disappointing and unexpected. We expect to downgrade both our fiscal 2013 net profit forecast and our fair value estimate is likely to be impacted by the APLNG cost blowout.
"We estimate the fair value reduction could be in the region of 5 -10 per cent.
"Origin claims to have sufficient funding for APLNG capital expenditure requirements and reiterated it will not undertake an equity raising."


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NO sooner have they recorded their first victory of the season, Worcester Warriors are now looking to light up the Premiership in a different way.
A new goal line technology development in rugby could provide the answer to deciding when a potential try has been scored or when the ball passes between the posts.
After extensive research and development, the rugby side have been given permission to introduce rugby post technology in which the top of the posts light up green when the ball is kicked over the crossbar and between the posts.
This development is the brainchild of Warriors commercial partners E-Lites who have invested a significant sum of money into this crowd-pleasing development.
The method is simple and similar to the system currently employed in cricket. Over 100 tiny cameras will be placed along the crossbar and up the posts to record the moment the ball goes over the try line or between the posts. Once the ball passes by the cameras, an electrical recorder sends a signal to a lighting box which will automatically illuminate the top of the posts in green, providing a clear signal to players, fans, and the referee.
In order to increase the exciting visual affect of the posts lighting up, Warriors are investigating the possibility of changing all their Saturday matches to a Friday evening so supporters can enjoy watching the posts light up throughout the match.
If successful, it is hoped that this fantastic new development could not only be used throughout the world of rugby, but also in football and other sports where goal line technology is so critical.
Trevor Field, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, E-Lites, points out; "The rugby posts are exactly the same shape as our e-cigarettes. This allows us branding opportunities from the ground up so the posts will all look like giant E-Lites. A green light will appear at the top of the post which will replicate a fully functioning E-Lite.
Field added: "Clearly we have a long way to go before this exciting new idea is fully endorsed. Should this prove successful, we then hope to expand the idea so that not only do the top of the posts light up when Warriors points are scored, but also water vapour will be released at the foot of the posts which will give supporters an all-round e-cigarette experience."


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Nick & Nora Panda Print Flannel Pajama Set
Nick & Nora always has great prints for their PJs, and this set is no exception if you like bears. The pink cotton flannel set has an all-over panda print, with pandas frolicking happily everywhere you look. Adorable, and not a design you'll see just anywhere.