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Sandy Buffett grew up fishing, hiking and "riding around the mesa" outside Albuquerque. Today, she makes her home in Santa Fe, where she's the executive director of Conservation Voters New Mexico, a nonprofit political group aimed at cultivating pro-environment majorities in the state House and Senate. In an airy, modern office perched atop the ever-alluring Doubletake, Buffett reflects on this year's legislative session and the state of environmentalism in New Mexico.
SFR: The legislative session is finally over. How do you feel?
SB: Although it was a really tough year given the budget crisis, I actually feel like we made some really great strides. We passed a monumental bill, [which] is hard in a 60-day session. That we did it in the governor's last year, in a 30-day session, was really gratifying. That's the Natural Heritage Conservation Act.
Any other big wins or losses?
We are seeing an increase in intensity of attacks on our regulatory structure, which is set up to protect public health, safety, the air we breathe, the water we drink. Next month we're going to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, and a lot of New Mexico's monumental pieces of monumental environmental protection legislation came out of the '70s. It's disheartening that we have to spend a great deal of our time, energy and resources fighting to preserve those visionary efforts.
So what are you doing now that the session is over?
We do an annual scorecard, 0-100 percent, so that every citizen can know if their state representative or senator is representing their environmental values. It hopefully provides some sunshine to the key environmental battles waged every year at the Legislature. Right now we're working to get our scorecard produced: compiling votes into matrices—
—That sounds fun.
Giant spreadsheets of all the votes [laughs].
How do things look so far?
While we see on our scorecard more Democrats than Republicans currently scoring higher, I would not say that either party has a lock on being pro-conservation. [When] my equivalent colleagues in Wyoming or Idaho learn that we have comfortable majorities of Democrats in both chambers and at almost every level of state government, they say, 'You must live in an eco-topia!' That's not the case.
Why not?
Industry plays a huge role in influencing legislators. Otherwise, why [would] you see legislators who represent small farmers vote against, say, the Farmer Protection Act? It's because the industry lobbyists are very powerful.
But it's getting better.
We're not there yet, but I have seen a real shift in state legislative candidates wanting to know where the environmental community stands on this or that issue [and] how to improve their score. Our answer is, vote pro-conservation like we tell you! We basically give every state legislator a road map to how to score 100 percent.
Other thoughts?
It's not enough to just have candidates say, 'These are my positions,' and then after election day, nobody knows whether they did it or not. That's the role of the scorecard. The hard work starts after people are elected: Did they fulfill their campaign promises to their voters?
Check SFReeper.com to see how Conservation Voters New Mexico scored Santa Fe lawmakers.


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Marvell Adds NVDRIVE to DragonFly Family of Enterprise Storage Acceleratorsby Ganesh T S on 1/3/2013 8:00 AM EST
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Kevin G - Thursday, January 03, 2013 - linkThe layout of the NVDRIVE seems kinda odd. Off hand it looks like it has 8 mSATA boards: 4 hidden in that picture behind a daughter board that has 4 mSATA boards itself. Considering that there are some connectors that'll stack two high, it makes me wonder why they went with a daughter board for additional mSATA slots.
The ultracapacitor looks like a battery backup from the picture. If that's the case, why bother having it on the PCI-e card when it could be mounted else where in a server chassis? (Several RAID controllers I've seen do this.)
If the server market is going to go with mSATA, why not a back plane on the front of a server chassis with numerous mSATA slots that could be hot swapped? mSATA cards are narrow enough that it could be oriented vertically in the front of a 1U chassis. They're thin enough that 16 could easily be mounted up front with room for two 2.5" HD's for backup. With 256 GB mSATA cards, that'd be 4 TB of unformatted space which is a respectable amount for a 1U server. Reply
PaulJeff - Thursday, January 03, 2013 - linkI like the idea of a mSATA hot swap bay, the high density potential is great.
That said, "SATA" is not considered "enterprise" in many IT circles. HP calls SATA "Nearline SAS" to not have to say SATA.
Perhaps, mSAS is the way to go. But to ratify a new connector standard would be expensive and time consuming. Reply
Kevin G - Thursday, January 03, 2013 - linkThe main advantage of SAS as a protocol over SATA is multipathing so that one controller can go down but the data is still accessible via a different controller.
The mSATA form factor uses the same connector as mini-PCIe. That spec has one PCI-e defined with a provision for a second PCI-e to go over the connector. Multi-lane support could be accomplished by having each PCI-e lane go to a different controller. PCIe does allow this in their specification but I have not heard of any implementation using multiple controllers for a single slot. With SATA-Express and NVMe controllers could also use the mSATA/mini-PCIe form factor and allow for enterprise class features. I'm kinda surprised that the SATA-Express and NVMe working groups didn't converge on a common mSATA/miniPCIe spec. Reply
dilidolo - Thursday, January 03, 2013 - linkSAS advantage is full deplux vs. half duplex on SATA.
A lot of SAS environment is not multipathed. Reply


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The Crap We Missed – Monday 10.14.13
Welcome to Monday's The Crap We Missed, coming at you a little early because if there's one thing my Italian heritage has taught me, it's you don't rat. Columbus Day is important for some reason. It was either this or commemorate the day we all decided to wear a stupid gold pepper around our necks, so the guy with the slaves and the genocidal tendencies clearly wins there. While I move my family into witness protection (I hit most of the stereotype bases there, right?), enjoy captioning the shit out of Boris Johnson not even pretending he isn't shit-hammered at a publicity event, Wayne Ponderosa, David Duchovny instantly regretting not wearing his rubber shorts, and a cop spearheading the new Scared Straight program.
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OPPONENTS of a major housing and development scheme for a North Yorkshire town have written to the district council detailing their objections to the plans.
The Fitzwilliam Malton Estate has a outline planning application for a 500 new homes on the north of the town, as well as a residential care home, business units, shops and community facilities, before Ryedale District Council.
The scheme has been designed by the planner behind Prince Charles' model town at Poundbury, but the High Malton development has provoked fierce resistance from people in the town worried about its effect on traffic and services locally.
The West Malton Residents' Group has written to the planning department of Ryedale District Council outlining its concerns.
They are worried that 500 new homes will bring considerably more traffic to the area, and cause congestions problems close by and between the new development's junctions with Castle Howard Road and the centre of Malton.
But Fitzwilliam Malton Estate has spoken to reassure people the development will be high quality and will leave a legacy for the town.
The estate's surveyor Tobias Burckhardt there was no risk of the estate selling the land to a high volume house builder if planning permission is granted.
He said: "We are determined to stick with this development to see the special design and ethos through the completion."
Ryedale District Council's own Strategic Traffic Assessment shows that area of Malton can accommodate development and the traffic it will bring added and pre application talks with the county council's roads department have been positive about road network's ability to cope, Mr Burckhardt.
The development will have access onto Castle Howard road and limited access onto Middlecave Drive, but no new access points onto the A64, which borders its western edge.
The residents' group has also voiced concerns about the impact the edge-of-town development will have on the nearby Howardian Hill AONB, and the western approach to Malton, as well as the loss of agricultural land to the buildings and problems of overlooking and lack of privacy that could be caused by new homes being build close to existing homes around Middlecave Road.


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ORLANDO, Fla. - It's the start of a new year, and that means a lot of you are in the market for a new TV, just in time for the Super Bowl.
There's a new warning from the government that could save your son or daughter's life. New numbers show that hundreds of children have died over the last decade because TVs in their home have fallen on them.
It was a close call last February, when a television crashed down on a three-year-old boy's head at his home in Volusia County, fracturing his skull. Thankfully, that child survived. But his story is something that the government says we've seen all too often over the last decade.
Accident after accident, in state after state, of kids climbing onto furniture and TVS, causing them to topple and crush those children.
According to new numbers from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, falling televisions killed 206 kids, under the age of nine, between 2000 and 2011.
And in just the last three years, emergency rooms treated more than 25,000 children, who were injured by toppling TVs, furniture, and other appliances.
"It's frequently a very bad accident because these objects are very heavy," says Dr. Mark Clark, the Medical Director of the Children's Emergency Department at Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando. "The TV lays on top of the toddler, or it can be a serious head injury where it hits them in the head and causes a serious injury."
Clark says it's alarmingly easy for accidents like this to happen, and parents need to pay more attention.
"I just don't want them in our E.R.," says Dr. Clark. "I don't want to tell them that there child has been crushed, and they've had a serious injury. Prevention is always the best."
At the CPSC testing center in Washington, engineers recreate these devastating accidents.
"As people upgrade the televisions in their home, they put the flat screen in the living room and then they put their old big clunky TV in their child's room, and, as the kid climbs up, this makes the dresser just really unstable," says John Massale with the CPSC
So the big question -- how can you protect your child?
The government says that mounting your TV on the wall is the safest choice. But if you can't do that, attach brackets to your furniture so you can bolt it to the wall. Those brackets only cost about $2 each.
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He Shoots…
Will former Sun Dan Majerle
score in real estate?
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Dan Majerle's left ring finger is broken. It's wrapped in a small black cast, the result of some aggressive play in a pickup basketball league he plays in. Ironically, the same finger on his right hand was broken in a hoop-playing battle called the NBA. "I went too hard after the ball, go figure," he smiles as he relays the cause of his most recent injury. This late summer day, he's sitting at a Starbucks in Phoenix sipping an iced coffee, wearing jeans and a cool blue T-shirt. He's sporting a thick black leather watch and looking tan and relaxed — probably because he's been playing golf and, well, playing basketball.
But this day, Majerle's thoughts aren't too much on the sport that brought him wealth and fame. Several people will stop by for an autograph during our chat, which he always obliges with that Thunder Dan white-tooth smile. He's got a couple things on his mind today: first up, it is his son's fifth birthday.
"Getting ready to cut some cake," he says.
Most days, however, Majerle, purple and orange No. 9 to most of us, is thinking about something beyond basketball and birthday parties. Like many sports stars, he is searching for the next big thing following his professional career. Sure he's got a successful namesake restaurant, Majerle's Sports Grill in downtown Phoenix and another one opening soon in Chandler, but No. 9's thoughts are now on the No. 1 industry in the Valley and how he can partake in it, make a name for himself and maybe score a buck or two. Yep, today, Thunder Dan is a real estate man.
He Shoots, He Scores
The Dan Majerle Group will soon break ground on its first real estate project and already this former power forward is thinking about how he can score his next big deal.
"It's been a great learning opportunity for me," says Majerle, 42, who played pro ball for 14 years, eight of those with the Phoenix Suns. "I have surrounded myself with some great people and I think we can do great things. I don't attach my name to anything but something that will be first-class."
Majerle's first commercial real estate venture will be a retail project at McDowell and Dysart roads called The Shops at Palm Valley. The two-and-a-half acre project is a slice of a SunCor 30-acre project and master-planned community, Palm Valley.
"We've been meeting people, getting into the groove and figuring this thing out," says Majerle. "We've got our architect and we're selecting a contractor. We should be up and running sometime by early next year."
If anything, Majerle smells the sweet nectar of real estate: the planning, the vision, the design, the build-out, and of course, the payday. But for Majerle, it is much more than a power play. It is something his name is tied to, so it has to be great.
"Because of my name, my career and the like, I get approached by all kinds of people offering some sort of a great deal, a 'sure thing,'" he says. "But I am careful. I will not put my name on something that isn't good for me, the community and those who have placed their trust in me."
Riding the Wave
Majerle has been a professional athlete, national spokesperson for various products, restaurant owner, as well as a color commentator with the NBA. So it begs the question: why real estate?
"Over the past 18 years in the Valley I have seen the tremendous growth and I thought with some of the relationships I've developed I could leverage to get involved in some projects," says Majerle. "The projects that we are involved in are at different stages from negotiations to design, and up to construction."
As Maricopa County continues to add more than 100,000 residents per year as it has for the past decade, real estate — both commercial and residential — has been a far better investment than the stock market. It is because of these real estate deals, grocery-anchored retail centers, mixed-use urban living complexes and more rural strip malls that many-a-fortune has been made. It is also where Majerle has found his calling.
"We are involved with all kinds of clients from nail salons, day spas, tanning salons, health food stores, sandwich shops, dry cleaners and vitamin stores — if you see it at a commercial retail site, we work with them," says Majerle. "The community has welcomed me with open arms and I am excited about working with them. With any opportunities come different levels of challenges that one needs to overcome to be successful. With my sense of discipline and commitment, I have been fortunate to be successful up to this point in my life."
No doubt, as it does in professional sports, practice produces results at the end of the day. However, a little luck, strategic planning and a quick elbow or two thrown in the heat of battle goes a long way. While the first of The Majerle Group's projects will be in the West Valley, he isn't limiting his company's anchors to any single area of town, or region for that matter.
"There are so many real estate opportunities here in the Valley — and really the Southwest — that brokers are showing us on a daily basis, that we are looking at numerous sites from Buckeye all the way down to Queen Creek," he says.
Even though Arizona's residential real estate market has become mired, as has the nation's, in a glut of oversupply, overzealous pricing, aggressive mortgage contracts and investor speculation, Arizona, and specifically Maricopa and Pinal counties, remain some of the strongest long-term plays in the national real estate market. Further, the region from Prescott Valley to Arizona's border with Mexico has been tagged as a "Super Metropolis," one of only a handful of mega-metropolitan urban areas in the nation that millions of residents and businesses will continue to call home. And of course, there are the retail and mixed-use centers that will surely follow.
Many areas have experienced an enormous growth in housing, but the retail/office market is underserved in new neighborhoods around town, notes Majerle, sounding more like Donald Trump than a physical education major from Central Michigan.
"If they stopped building houses today, we would need to build commercial development projects for the next five years to catch-up," he says
Everyone Knows Your Name
As in sports, teamwork is key, and Majerle is certainly the go-to guy. He says he analyzes every deal that crosses his desk and knows real estate is a long-term play, not a fourth-quarter sprint.
"Development is all about relationships and with my 18 years in the Valley, I have relationships with a lot of influential people that we work with or complement us in the development game," he says.
Here's another intriguing piece of the development game in the Valley: Majerle's former boss and Phoenix icon, Jerry Colangelo, now dabbles in the real estate game. Colangelo is part of the group developing Douglas Ranch, one of the largest master-planned communities ever to be built in the state. So will the two become business partners?
"At this time Mr. Colangelo and I have not talked about partnering in any deals," Majerle admits. "I have the greatest respect for him, not only as a business man, but as a person. From day one when I came to the Valley in 1988, he treated my family and me wonderfully. I would love to be associated with him in any aspect."
Meanwhile, away from the development game, the former Phoenix Suns' player keeps busy with Majerle's Sports Grill. The Phoenix location, now in its 15th year, has been so successful, it has spurred Majerle to open a second location in Chandler. The same hands-on, know-every-detail philosophy will be a part of the new Majerle's Sports Grill.
"The best part of what I have been able to do lately is get more and more involved with the restaurants," he says.
The Chandler location will mirror the downtown Majerle's with about 5,000 square feet, a big bar, an indoor/outdoor patio with seating for lunch and dinner, as well as state-of-the-art audio/visual systems with flat screens throughout the restaurant.
"With the bigger kitchen size, we expect to expand the menu to include pizzas, fish, steaks and other daily specials that we cannot do at the downtown location," Majerle says. "Besides that, we expect to bring the same friendly 'Cheers'-type feeling from the downtown Majerle's, and to make it both a satisfying and fun experience for everyone who comes in."
If Majerle's broken finger is any indication, the real estate industry has a true competitor on the scene. He's proven throughout his career that he has the determination and smarts to be a major player on the court. Can he transfer this success to real estate?
"I know I can do this," he grins as he signs another autograph for a fan, who is probably wondering why Thunder is talking about real estate and not hoops. "It's time for another chapter in my life. I can't wait to get rolling."
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This article was published 22/3/2013 (1615 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
THE First World War (1914-1918) was an epic human tragedy that resulted in 20 million military and civilian deaths.
How did this cataclysm happen? Debate over its origins has produced a vast historical literature.
Many historians have attempted to assign blame for the conflict to a single state, but this approach is rejected by British historian Christopher Clark.
In his massive new book, The Sleepwalkers, he argues that the war must be understood in terms of the multilateral relations among the five European great powers: Britain, France, Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary.
The interactions among these states in the prewar period were exceedingly complex, and this complexity is reflected in Clark's study, a highly nuanced account, part narrative and part analysis.
Clark emphasizes that he is concerned with how the war came about, rather than why. He is more interested in an interpretation that underscores agency: the actual decisions made by policy-makers, rather than vast impersonal forces like imperialism and nationalism.
As Clark writes, "the outbreak of war was the culmination of chains of decisions made by political actors with conscious objectives, who were capable of a degree of self-reflection, acknowledged a range of options and formed the best judgments they could on the basis of the best information they had to hand."
The involved nature of relations among the great powers evoked by Clark defies summary within the compass of a brief review. Clark's account of Britain's decision to enter the First World War on the side of France and Russia, and against Germany and Austria-Hungary, conveys a sense of the flavour of his analysis.
In public, the justification for Britain's intervention in the war was a moral obligation to its ally France and a commitment to uphold the neutrality of Belgium, which was likely to be compromised as the Germans had already announced their intention of invading France through Belgian territory.
However, neither France nor Belgium had figured prominently in the discussions of the British cabinet in the days before to the British declaration of war on Aug. 4, 1914. Indeed, even as late as the final week of July, much of the cabinet was opposed to British intervention.
Clark suggests that the real factors underpinning the British declaration of war were political and strategic.If the cabinet of Britain's Liberal government had decided against intervention, foreign secretary Edward Grey and prime minister H.H. Asquith likely would have resigned.
This would have triggered the downfall of the government; avoiding this outcome was a strong inducement to support intervention.
Strategic considerations were also crucial. From an imperialist perspective, Britain wanted to appease Russia, which was a potential threat to its interests in Asia.
From a continentalist perspective, Britain wanted to maintain the balance of power in Europe and contain Germany.
Thus, Clark writes, "in the conditions of 1914, the logics of global and continental security converged in the British decision to support the Entente powers [France and Russia] against Germany and Austria."
Clark depicts the decisions that inexorably ended in a world war -- one policy at a time. The protagonists of this tragedy, he says, were "sleepwalkers:" they were "watchful but unseeing ... blind to the reality of the horror they were about to bring into the world."
This study greatly enhances one's understanding of the complex international relations that led to the First World War.
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I'm getting a lot of questions about a class-action lawsuit that has allowed retailers to charge people a checkout fee if they use a credit card.
The questions come after a provision in a preliminary settlement between retailers and Visa, MasterCard and major banks went into effect on Sunday. The provision allows merchants to recover the costs they are charged to accept credit cards.
Here are four common misconceptions or questions over the new credit card surcharge.
1. Are debit cards subject to the checkout fee?
The checkout fee only affects credit cards, not debit or prepaid cards under any circumstances. Even if the retailer runs a debit card as "credit," the credit card surcharge doesn't apply to you, according to Trish Wexler, a spokeswoman for the Electronic Payments Coalition. The EPC is a trade group that represents Visa, MasterCard and other card payment networks.
2. Who profits from the surcharge -- the banks or retailers?
Retailers who impose a credit card surcharge cannot profit from the fee under the settlement. The fee can only reimburse the cost the retailer is charged by Visa, MasterCard and the banks to run a credit card, called an interchange fee. Typically, stores pay between 1.5 percent and 4 percent of the total purchase each time a customer uses a credit card. Now, if retailers choose, customers will pay for their ability to use a credit card at the store. The extra fee goes to Visa, MasterCard and the banks. However, most retailers already have accounted for the interchange fee in the price of their goods and services and shouldn't need to surcharge to recoup costs, says John Ulzheimer, president of consumer education at SmartCredit.com.
3. My gas station has long charged more for credit card purchases. What has changed?
Retailers, including gas stations, have long been able to offer cash discounts to customers who pay by cash, check or PIN debit cards, Wexler says. Retailers offering cash discounts typically post two prices, one for cash and one for credit cards. Cash discounts are most commonly seen at gas stations and liquor stores.
"A cash discount would have been a fair way for retailers who wanted to steer their customers to other forms of payment," she says. "With surcharging, however, an argument can be made that retailers are double dipping. After all, these fees are already built into prices."
4. Who is charging this checkout fee?
You tell me. National retailers aren't saying what they'll do. I haven't seen any announcements about implementing this credit card surcharge. In fact, several major retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target and Home Depot are opposed to the settlement that provides the option to surcharge. There is some confusion over whether retailers that operate in states that ban surcharging can, at the same time, impose a surcharge in states that allow it. Read more about that in Tuesday's post. The EPC, MasterCard and the attorney for the retailers in the settlement case all say that retailers can impose surcharges in states that allow it, even if they operate in other states that don't. The National Retail Federation says they can't. Maybe that's one for the courts to decide.
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Conservatório Musical Souza Lima - São Paulo, Brazil
The Conservatório Musical Souza Lima was founded in June of 1981 by professor Antonio Mário de Silva Cunha, who continues to manage the conservatory. One of the most prestigious institutions in Brazil, Conservatório Musical Souza Lima offers intensive and semi-intensive advanced-level programs in Brazilian music, jazz, and contemporary styles. In providing students with a music education grounded in faculty expertise and technology, Conservatório Musical Souza Lima consistently surpasses student expectations.
The conservatory offers a bachelor of music degree, technical courses, Brazilian music summer programs, and hosts the Berklee on the Road program. Its campus features modern studios, nine ensemble rooms, a recital hall for 100 people, and 40 classrooms open 20 hours per day. Under the direction of professors Antonio Mario da Silva Cunha and Lupa Santiago, a Berklee graduate, the conservatory is named after the conductor and pianist João de Souza Lima (1898-1982).
Among those who teach or have taught at the conservatory are: André Marques, Bob Wyatt, Daniel D´Alcantara, Daniel Maudonnet, Douglas Fonseca, Gilberto de Syllos, Guilherme Ribeiro, Jarbas Barbosa, Lupa Santiago, Cindy Borgani, Sidney Borgani, Vinicius Barros, Sizão Machado, Nenê, Carlos Ezequiel, Pedro Ramos, Vitor Alcantara, Marcello Stasi, Rodrigo Ursaia, Rodrigo de Castro, Rodrigo Morte, Julia Tygel, Maria Cecilia, and Andréa Guimarães.
Conservatório Musical Souza Lima also hosts the Souza Lima Publisher, one of the most important publishers of books on improvisation, instrumental technique (guitar, drums, bass), counterpoint, choir, and Brazilian rhythm (baião, samba jazz, odd meters) play-alongs. Its authors, some of whom are teachers at the institution, are widely recognized. Souza Lima Publisher's partner, Advance Music, also releases these books in English and Spanish in Europe and the U.S.
Conservatório Musical Souza Lima
Rua Jose Maria Lisboa, 745
Jardim Paulista
São Paulo, SP 01423-001 - Brazil
Phone: 55-11-3884-9149
Fax: 55-11-3884-7611
Email: email@example.com
Director: Antonio Mario da Silva Cunha
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Lmao, that is all I have to say.
haha thats awesome! I hope he can find the limit one day
getting kicked out of the apple store for passing out jailbreak guides - YouTube
passing out jailbreaking guides in the store .. apparently not acceptable and got in a fight with fatass big tits lady tht said she owned the store . yeh . shove it
He should of gone around jailbreaking every iDevice in the store with ijailbreakme, the catch is he should of told an apple employee when he was done
"I used to be with 'Hoth' Mail." ROFL
this is by far the craziest!! saw this a while back: KATY PERRY- FIREWORK (APPLE STORE) - YouTube a guy is cross dressing and singing katy perry's fire work... LOL


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Dell XPS M1710 - GeForce Go 7900 GTX 512 Mobile Gaming, Part 1by Jarred Walton on 4/18/2006 9:00 AM EST
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JarredWalton - Thursday, April 20, 2006 - linkI received the following email, and thought the response would be useful for others:
Thank you for the informative article on the Dell Gaming system. I was curious on if you know how this Laptop: http://www.sagernotebook.com/pages/go_np5950.html">http://www.sagernotebook.com/pages/go_np5950.html would stack up to the Dell system. I am thinking of purchasing a gaming laptop and would like to know if you have had any experience with the sager systems vs. the Dell systems. Would the SLI in the sager give me twice the performance of the Dell?
I haven't used the Sager system, but let me just provide the few comments looking at the specs.
First, SLI pretty much never gives you twice the performance, and on that system it has the older 7800 GTX cards instead of the new 7900 GTX card. That means that the cards are clocked slower. Going along with that, 7800 cards are built using a 110 nm process, while the 7900 is built using a 90 nm process. The smaller process results in lower power requirements and thus lower heat out. The end result is that I'm sure the Sager system will be hotter, and while it might be a bit faster I'm not sure it's worth it. There are other issues I see as well.
Dual core Athlon 64 processors compete very well with Intel's Core Duo processors. AMD Turion processors are at present only single core. That may not matter a whole lot right now, but I would again give the advantage to the M1710.
In terms of size, that Sager system is a real beast. 15 pounds with a battery pack means it's about 50% heavier than the Dell. That may not matter much to you, but I certainly wouldn't want to have to carry that laptop around a lot. Periodically toting it between two locations would be fine, but hauling that thing around a trade show or university campus wouldn't be my idea of a good time.
Finally, the Sager system has a larger display (19 inch widescreen) but a lower resolution. The Dell system can run practically any game (*NOT* FEAR and Oblivion struggles at times with maximum detail setttings) at native resolution with a single 7900 GTX card. If you're going to have a 15 pound "laptop" then you might as well have a 1920x1200 resolution as well. It also ships default with 1 GB of RAM and a smaller, slightly slower hard drive.
When I look at all the aspects together, as well as the final price, that particular system doesn't look like a great deal -- and besides, it's still in preorder status. I'm sure there will be 7900 SLI laptops available shortly, so if you really want the added heat and add performance of SLI, that's what I would wait for. I would also insist on some form of dual core processor, but that's personal preference.
Jarred Walton
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Anemone - Sunday, April 23, 2006 - linkFurther comparison thoughts vs the SLI system:
I will reinforce that dual core is going to be more and more useful in the coming year, even in games. If you online game, which can run other comm processes in the background it is already useful to have dual cores.
64 bit dual core by dropping in Merom is going to add 20-30% to your 1710's ability. Expensive yes, but damn nice to know.
This laptop series from the Gen2 to the M170 and now this, have a decent track record of at least one gpu upgrade, sometimes two. It is entirely likely (watch the news as it comes if I'm wrong I apologize) that you'll see the current Gen2/170 series be able to go to the 7900GTX. It is not illogical to think that the 1710 should be able to go to the G80. There aren't enough details yet to say what the G80 will give you, but the ability to add Merom and the likely ability to go one next generation GPU up is a fantastic (albeit expensive) ability to have in a gaming laptop.
4gb of memory limit. The SLI machine has only 2 as the limit. Even then it may well drop timings at 2gb to 2T (unsure). Even if it does not, when Vista comes out 2gb is going to feel like cramped. The Vista OS can eat as much as 800mb of your memory for the OS alone, and we haven't even seen the memory footprint of DX10/WGF 2.x. For a regular user, this is a liveable issue and thus most machines at 2gb limit will be ok. But for a gamer, the experience could be very frustrating, as hardrive memory extension in the laptop arena is sloooowwwwwww. So 4gb is another reason to go with the 1710, not for right now, but for later.
Heat kills. Dual SLI is going to be pretty toasty. Ask anyone who has a P4 based notebook and they can tell you that over time, the extra heat eventually kills parts of the machine. There is a long time user satisfaction reason that Dell and others have gone the way of Centrino coupled with a single high end GPU like the 7800/7900. The heat can be controlled and keeps it from getting nasty with other components. This has the effect of allowing the entire system to live longer, especially since gamers are rarely the type to pick up their laptop and use it for 20 min then shut it down, lol. Long use, upping the heat levels and long term durability/reliability are good partners with low heat production, another pick that says the 1710 is better than the SLI machine.
Anemone - Sunday, April 23, 2006 - linkI'm sorry for some of the bad wording above. I didn't reread carefully enough. :(
RichUK - Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - linkIs this supposed to be a mobile platform, lol...
Also, those lights need to be stripped out straight away!! Reply
timmiser - Thursday, April 20, 2006 - linkNah, keep the lights. The lights are my favorite part! This is a gaming laptop so if you're looking for something a bit more formal and energy effecient, don't look at this baby.
coster - Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - linkYou guys have a Dell 3007wfp 30" in the house you can test on the unit to see if it Dual link video card? The 7900 GO's plzzz :) Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - linkNo. :( ASAIK, it is single-link only, but I'm trying to get confirmation from Dell for Pt. 2. Reply
spinportal - Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - linkCan someone explain or point me to web references on which is faster and why?
DDR2-533 @ 4-4-4-12 timings
DDR2-667 @ 5-5-5-15 timings
I would think the DDR2-533 would be better, but I need a proof. Reply
spinportal - Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - linkThe reason I state this is simple; the author failed to produce timing specs for the DDR2-667 for the M1710. Come on, its 5-5-5-15, put it up as its labeled on the SODIMM or CPU-Z reports it as. Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - linkThe installed DDR2 is actually rated at:
It is running at 5-5-5-15 at present (not sure if the BIOS will allow me to change that). However, think in terms of latency.
200 MHz base speed with 3 cycle latency = 15 ns
266 MHz base speed with 4 cycle latency = 15 ns
333 MHz base speed with 5 cycle latency = 15 ns
Given that latencies are the same in all three cases, the added bandwidth ought to offer a slight performance increase. I would guess the difference is at best 2%, though, and often less than even that. Reply
IntelUser2000 - Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - link
The installed DDR2 is actually rated at:
It is running at 5-5-5-15 at present (not sure if the BIOS will allow me to change that). However, think in terms of latency.
200 MHz base speed with 3 cycle latency = 15 ns
266 MHz base speed with 4 cycle latency = 15 ns
333 MHz base speed with 5 cycle latency = 15 ns
Given that latencies are the same in all three cases, the added bandwidth ought to offer a slight performance increase. I would guess the difference is at best 2%, though, and often less than even that.
At DDR2-667 it will be better because it can run synchronously with the FSB. Probably add another 2% :). Reply
Anemone - Sunday, April 23, 2006 - linkHowever the 533 runs much cooler which could be an issue for some users.
Personally I went with 2gb of 667, but do be aware that the stuff gets pretty toasty :)
JarredWalton - Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - linkOh yeah, sorry about not including that information. Things slip through the crack now and then, but I've updated the spec table. Reply
spinportal - Thursday, April 20, 2006 - linkThanks for the explaination. I upgraded my laptop to DDR2-533 1GB for 63$ instead of DDR2-667 for 90$, which is almost 27% price differential for maybe 4% gain, so on the price-perfomance curve, it doesn't rate as a good buy. Reply
spinportal - Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - linkWhy hasn't anyone called Jarred on this? Why is the article linking to the M170 laptop for 1300$ and not putting the link to Dell's M1710 which is 2600$ starting?? Come on, stop with the bait & switch advertising.
Also, I'm peeved with Dell as I got the E1710 with the Go 7800 GTX, and now, a month later, they pushing the ATi X1400 mobility! What a joke!
Also, Dell didn't offer a CD replacement install disc for XP MCE for $10 at the time of my purchase. Dell won't renegotiate with me to extend that offer which is bad business. Corporate Greed and Penny Pinching at its FINEST!
And Also, why is there DDR2 2GB Upgrade obnoxiously high at 300$? OCZ / NewEgg has a super deal for 1 GB DDR2-533 SODIMM PC-4200 for 73$ with 5$ S&H and a $9 rebate!
Also, the E1705 had a promotional rebate period. I got $400 off mine, nearly 33%. Now with the M1710 there is nothing happening. I'll be damned if I paid stock price.
Also, it'd be nice if Dell would think to offer an upgrade (reasonably priced) to replace the E1705 with a Go 7900 GTX graphix mini-board. It can't be that hard to manufacture a common board and PCI-e interconnects for all their laptops?
In closing, Dell better wake up and offer a Merom upgrade path as well for all these new laptop lines for enthusiasts. Its long due that laptop upgrades, especially for DTR machines, are commonplace and easy for DIYers. Reply
Anemone - Sunday, April 23, 2006 - linkThe CD replacement disk, write to Dell and CC Microsoft support in the email. Microsoft doesn't need the rep that comes with this double dealing. They should send you the install CD without issue. A call to your Attorney General's office would further enforce the point. That disk is your ultimate proof of ownership if the hardrive goes south or the laptop gets destroyed. It is illegal in many states to deny you that.
The 7900GTX doesn't fit the power spec of the 1705. There are ways around this, but they are not for the faint of heart :) Notebookforums.com has some pointers if you look around.
Merom is pin compatible with Yonah (per Intel) and "should" (with some people out there having done it already) be a drop in replacement into a Yonah notebook (like the 1705 and 1710). Some risk of proprietary design issues is there, but likely with Dell being Intel's kid sister, you could expect they'd get it right. :)
RogueSpear - Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - linkI think it's fantastic that Intel is finally back in the game again, especially in the desktop arena. They never really did cede much in the portable market. Now if ATI could finally get something worthwhile for portable graphics. See this is what makes me smile. Good old fashioned competition. I think AMD has gotten a little too smug with themselves after 3 or 4 years total dominance, much like how Intel was around 3 years ago. As far as I'm concerned, all of the Intel vs. AMD and nVidia vs. ATI back and forths is fantastic. In the end it almost always results in progression of technology and increased performance. Oh yea, that's one hell of a laptop too :) I hope that I can stand to stick it out until we see a version of this laptop with Merom. If I'm going to spend 4 G's, may as well get 64-bit capability even if I don't take advantage of it right away. Reply
timmiser - Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - linkWith my M170, I am unsure how to update the Nvidia driver to the latest version on the Nvidia website. They have specific drivers for the 7800 GTX Go but they are not supported by Dell so when I try to install them, it won't let me.
Is there a mod tool somewhere that will allow me to force the driver to be installed? Dell never updates their official video drivers so this is important.
(I know for my old XPS with the Radeon 9800 I had the same problem but there was a mod tool available to get around this.) Reply
Anemone - Sunday, April 23, 2006 - linkVideo drivers (all versions to the latest) for M170/Gen2 and all similar:
Should find more than enough there to guide you :)
timmiser - Tuesday, April 25, 2006 - linkThanks for the link. :) Reply
ElFenix - Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - link'since' indicates passage of time, while 'because' indicates some form of causation. So, rather than, 'Since this is the very first notebook...,' the sentence would read, 'Because this is the very first notebook....'
Fairly disappointing that this notebook will have a problem with watching many DVDs. Considering the size and weight it's amazing that there isn't a larger capacity battery.
17" LCDs must suck down a ton of juice. Reply
Trisped - Friday, April 21, 2006 - linkhttp://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/...">Actually it can be used both ways.http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/... Reply
yacoub - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkso wait, why was it unable to run FEAR or Quake4? Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkI will be running those in part two; delaying the article for another day or two just for those two applications didn't seem to make much sense, especially since there's so much to say about this laptop that it would have ended up a monolithic single review. Heck, the laptop can even run Oblivion at a reasonable speed even at 1920x1200 -- but there are still some areas in the game that really kill performance. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkI should mention that part of the reason some benchmarks weren't run yet is because they require more manual intervention. Quake 4 used to work okay with my automated script, but with the latest beta patch it always crashes on exit. FEAR, Lost Coast, Oblivion, Call of Duty 2... all of those require you to sit down in front of the system and manually execute each benchmark. When you're trying to benchmark several systems at once, especially with a looming deadline, that can be problematic. Reply
yacoub - Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - linkah ok, thanks :) Reply
DarkForceRising - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkIs this tested right out of the box, or was some software disabled/removed? I read an article recently about one of the XPS desktops, and it had major issues playing games with the included software. The games that did play had a major hit in performance. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkI did disable/uninstall some software, chief among those being McAfee Internet Security. Many benchmarks like Winstones and SysMark basically require a "clean" OS if you want to have any chance of them running without difficulties. In fact, I couldn't get SysMark to complete either, because one of the scripts kept on failing. There are still quite a few icons in the system tray -- more than I'd really like to have there -- but none of them seem to really affect performance. Reply
Trisped - Friday, April 21, 2006 - linkYou should probable include a disclamer them. Otherwise readers will be upset when they have the product and it doesn't perform up to you specs.
Personally I find it easier to build a custom desktop then remove software from premade systems due to all the "optimizations" done. Plus, since it is a Dell you can't just wipe it and start with a fresh install (since they didn't include the drivers so you have to recover it back to system shipped status).
While I am at it, I would like to see a comparision with a similarly priced desktop (to keep it in perspective) and one of the new mac desktop and laptops. Since both of the macs are basied on similar laptop tech they should make a good comparison. Reply
Odeen - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkWhat's up with the narrow 87-key keyboard layout? The laptop is a sizeable 15.5" across, which is enough room to include the regular 87 keys plus a separate numeric keypad.
Not everyone plays WASD-controlled FPS'es on a gaming laptop, y'know, a numeric keypad helps with a game such as the Civilization series.
Granted, there are certain "economies of scale" that comes with recycling a keyboard part from the budget-ish 6000-series Inspiron, but when every other part of the laptop is stamped with a glowing XPS logo, and the machine costs $3400, it's only fair to splurge on a more functional keyboard that takes advantage of the widescreen aspect of the notebook. Fujitsu does it on their 17" laptops that cost far less than this XPS. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkI personally hate laptop keyboards -- I don't care too much about the gaming aspects, but for more regular typing the cramped space doesn't help me out at all. At least the key positioning is decent, with the home/insert/delete/and/page up/page down keys all having the same arrangement as most desktop keyboards. I wish they would move the Fn key to the top left -- not just on this laptop, but on all laptops. I'm also in complete agreement about the usefulness of a number keypad, and certainly on a laptop of this size, they have ample room to add one. Reply
Kougar - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkI thought about that, and I figured there just wasn't room underneath the keyboard to enable a full size keyboard? And there are two air intacts on either side of the keyboard as well.
They DO however provide a FN key activated "numpad" over the 789, UIO, JKL and other keys as a sort of compensation, although I found it faster to use the basic number keys in place of it. Reply
Odeen - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkI've taken a few laptops apart, and the underside of the keyboard module is always FLAT, save for standoffs. You don't need any room under the keyboard. Unless there's something useful around the keyboard, it can be expanded to the sides.
The FN-activated numpad is of little consolation, because all laptops have that feature, even the ones that cost 1/5 that this one costs.
Incidentally.. how the heck do you test a modern desktop system with a Geforce GTX Go, exactly? Take the laptop apart, pry out the PCI-E card and VGA connector, and stick it into a desktop motherboard? Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkThe clock speeds of the GeForce Go 7900 GTX are 500/600 MHz for the core/RAM. I downclocked the desktop graphics card to the same clock speeds, and that's about as close as we can come to doing a direct comparison between the two. It's somewhat interesting to note that there are a few GPU Ltd. benchmarks were the laptop actually comes out ahead by a small margin. Reply
3zero2 - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkany comments about fan noise? is it noticable/annoying? Reply
Kougar - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkThis machine is still identical in chasis to the XPS notebook I picked up late last year, so I'd assume the fans are still the same. On mine they can only be barely heard if you load up a game and play for a bit, but if you play with headphones on you won't hear them anyway.
I had a question on the battery life though! How long would this laptop last with just simple internet browsing or Word doc typing, or something similarly light? In performance terms my own notebook wouldn't even make it within the ballpark so I'm curious! Does the Core Duo processor allow you to reach .700 volts at 800mhz as with a Pentium M, for egging out another half hour of battery life for when it's needed?
IntelUser2000 - Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - link
I had a question on the battery life though! How long would this laptop last with just simple internet browsing or Word doc typing, or something similarly light? In performance terms my own notebook wouldn't even make it within the ballpark so I'm curious! Does the Core Duo processor allow you to reach .700 volts at 800mhz as with a Pentium M, for egging out another half hour of battery life for when it's needed?
No, the lowest for Core Duo's are really 1GHz. All the Pentium M generations can reach as low as 6x multiplier so:
Penitium M Banias: 100x6=600MHz
Pentium M Dothan: 133x6=800MHz
Core Duo: 166x6=1GHz
I heard that Intel put a lock on the Core Duo's so you can't lower it from the default lowest, just like AMD did with C&Q on the later revisions. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkI'll look at some other areas of battery life in part 2. Needless to say, charging up the battery and then letting it sit 2+ hours at a time doesn't help much with deadlines. LOL I will try to tune the system for better battery life as well. I think the minimum clock speed of the T2600 is 1.0 GHz, but I will need to verify that. Reply
Kougar - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linklol! I am very sure it doesn't! I'm certainly in no rush, and I figured part 2 might expand upon the battery tests... I just wanted to provide some extra Qs to answer for it! So maybe I'll toss in another... ;) Does the GPU TDP fit within the previous GO 6800 Ultra/Go 7800 GTX envelope limits? Replacing my 6800 Ultra for a 7900GS and getting better battery life in the process has a certain appeal! Suppose I can keep my desktop 9600XT around just a bit longer instead...
And btw, should have said so above! Thanks for the very interesting article on this "notebook"! I appreciate it :) And that tidbit on the Core Duo too!
JarredWalton - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkAudible but not terribly loud. Will have details in part 2. Reply
timmiser - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkQuieter than my Inspiron XPS version 1.
Bluestealth - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkDo they turn off, because that would just get annoying... Reply
timmiser - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkYes. You can change the color and intensity of the lights plus configure the 3 light positions: Speakers/air vents/XPS lid, seperately.
The lights are controlled in the BIOS and also in an included Dell windows utility. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkYes, all the lights can be disabled within the BIOS. Reply
Patrese - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkGreat review, I found the addition of the game tests with sound quite good, just as the inclusion of reference desktop systems for comparison. And the laptop is just awesome...
Not that I have the money to buy one of these (not even close, to be honest), but I got curious about the battery life on uses likes web/office. I wonder if the energy saving features can take it a bit closer to the "normal" laptops on that kind of use, since in gaming the 7900GTX certainly needs a lot of juice. And how hot does it get under gaming? Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkI'll be getting a copy of MobileMark shortly, but I didn't have it in time for the first part. There are quite a few other things I'm going to try to cover in part 2, like potentially turning down GPU performance for longer battery life. Maximum temperatures are warm but not hot - older P4M laptops are all substantially hotter, and even some PM laptops get warmer. The larger size does help with cooling, I would imagine. Reply
One43637 - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linki feel sorry for the person that tries to game with that thing on his/her lap. battery life on that thing must be horrendous. good thing it's billed as a DTR. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkThe system gets warm, but not uncomfortably so (for me). I will get some specific numbers for part 2. Reply
plewis00 - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkWho games with a laptop actually on their lap? You need a decent mouse anyway and that means a table surely? Reply
Rock Hydra - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkI sit on the couch with my Dell 110L in my lap and use the couch cushion next to me as my mousing surface and play games. Reply
Schadenfroh - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkWe got a thread going in the notebook forums about it if you guys want to join us:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid...">Text Reply
Cullinaire - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkOn the BF2 page:
"(If you look at what should be a circular map in the top right corner of the screen while playing, you'll find that it's an eclipse, clearly showing that widescreen resolutions are running with the wrong field of view.)"
Did you mean ellipse? Just wondering. Nice article. I'll get one when I win the lottery, otherwise I don't go to enough LAN parties to justify one of these :) Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkTired. Yes, ellipse. I must have misspoke originally. Reply
Poser - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkI assume this means you use speech recognition software for dictating your articles? Which do you use, and care to share any opinions about it? Even just a pointer to another forum posting would be great (and probably less distracting to this thread). I haven't ran across anyone who uses it on a regular basis for real work before. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkFunny you should mention that, because I was planning on doing an article on the subject shortly. Not to spoil the surprise, but I used Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 8. I toyed around with the speech recognition in Microsoft Office, and frankly it's pathetic by comparison. You can probably guess that I have carpal tunnel problems, which is what led me to Dragon NaturallySpeaking into first place. I've been using it for about six months now, and while it still isn't perfect, it actually works quite well overall. Probably the best $150 I spent in quite awhile.
Jarred Walton
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nullpointerus - Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - linkI used to get that intense, throbbing pain in my wrists after hours of typing. Then one Christmas I received a pair of typing gloves. They are tight (like spandex?) and have splints in them. At first I really hated them, but after using them for months I found that I no longer needed them.
See, if you fight the material and the splints, you get a pain different from CTS but much more annoying and immediate, so your wrists are trained to assume the proper position when typing. Once I found that I didn't need the gloves anymore, I gave them to a friend who was suffering from the same problem.
These are the kind I used:
A solid, natural keyboard with keys that depress easily; proper chair with good back a nd neck support and good armrests; good posture; correct input device height relative to your body, etc. also helped. There's no point in training your wrists if your computing environment doesn't allow you to keep them in the proper position.
Then again, I don't know how badly you suffer from it or how much typing you have to do each day. Maybe someone else will find this post useful if you do not. :-) Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - linkI may have to give that a try - the wrist supports I have help, but they haven't solved the problem by any means. Reply
bob4432 - Thursday, April 20, 2006 - linkcarpel tunnel is not the only neurological condition you need to worry about when doing a lot of keyboard work. you also have muscle overuse syndrome, different types of dystonia (chronic muscles spasms) etc, so if you can get dragon working decently, go that route. your entire upper body will thank you. i may have to try out dragon again, i tried it 3-4yrs ago, or whatever else speech software was out there and it was pretty weak then.... Reply
gramboh - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkAt 8.8lbs it's about the weight of a 17 inch Powerbook G4 so without seeing it I think it's portable. A MacBook 15 inch is 5.4lbs using the Core Duo CPU as well. I think this setup might be able to beat a MacBook in terms of performance which would be cool, because I like to see Apple lose at things, especially to Dell :). This is definetely a better gaming system than a MacBook with BootCamp running a measely X1600. Reply
timmiser - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkI just bought an XPS M170 with the 7800 GTX Go and this looks like its pretty much exactly the same on the exterior. This replaced my Inspiron XPS notebook that had a 15.4" screen with the 3.2 GHz Prescott and Mobility Radeon 9800.
With them both sitting on the table next to each other, the new XPS M170 is about a pound lighter and much thinner but amazingly with the bigger screen, the 17" XPS and the 15.4" XPS are the exact same height because the 17" XPS is much thinner it all equals out. They are also the same length (front to back) but the M170 is a couple inches wider. I am amazed that the overall size with the bigger screen isn't all that much bigger. Reply
rqle - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linki rather take 2 Dell 17inch w/ 7900GT then one 15.4 apple w/ 1600xt.
Or rather take 2 non XPS w/7900GT then one with 7900GTX Reply
Quiksel - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkwhat are you smoking? The 17" PBG4 is only 6.9 lbs.
http://www.apple.com/powerbook/specs.html">Specs for the 17" PowerBook
8.8lbs. is crazy heavy. Nice performance, but DAMN, that's heavy. Reply
NullSubroutine - Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - linki have an E1705 which is a xps without the cool lights and currently has 7800 go, instead of 7900 go gtx (but i will be purchasing). i believe mine weighs like 7 or 8 lbs, and i take it with me to class, unless its just because im buff guy, 8lbs isnt that heavy. Reply
ProviaFan - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - link...but I'm not going to use this in favor of my Athlon X2 4400+ workstation with 4GB of RAM, multiple hard disks, and a 21" Samsung LCD. While it would be "good enough" for most photo editing (certainly has enough CPU), and it would totally kick ass for LAN parties, it doesn't dethrone the workstation plus smaller laptop that is actually portable setup for people who need more expansion flexibility with some portability as well. Reply
Trisped - Friday, April 21, 2006 - linkSo you would spend your $1000 mobility tax on a laptop and use the rest of the money to buy a desktop. That makes sense. The only disadvantage is if you need mobile power, but I think that would be rare. So you would spend your $1000 mobility tax on a laptop and use the rest of the money to buy a desktop. The only disadvantage is if you need mobile power, but I think that would be rare. Reply
Trisped - Friday, April 21, 2006 - linkSorry about the double print, just follow the second line Reply
KeypoX - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkcan i have one Reply
PeteRoy - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkI want one too. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkAnd I don't want to send this one back! :( LOL Reply


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A brief review thread.
I thought that a thread in which people can write short reviews about their experience with random hardware might be useful since you never know when someone else might be looking for something you have and most review sites don't really give good end-user feedback. I figure I'll start with this.
A brief review of my NVidia 620M Ultrabook gaming experience.
About a month ago I purchased a Samsung Series 5 Np530a4c 14" Ultrabook as my home laptop. While I wouldn't recommend buying a Samsung Series 5 for reasons I'll get into later, I have had the opportunity to put it through its paces and I do feel I can recommend a system housing this particular GPU.
I don't use this as my main gaming system but it is nice to have a laptop to tinker with on the couch while the missus watches her programs on TV or reads her Kindle.
So far I have played a few hours of Stalker : Shadow of Chernobyl, Crysis and XCOM. All at native 1366*768:
Stalker : Shadow of Chernobyl
This is probably the most demanding title. I've been playing in DirectX 11 mode, no AA and with all settings set between medium and high and using rs_stats on I have measured the frame rate as being between 22fps & 35fps. It is pretty easy to get the frame rates to 40+ but I'm happy with it as it is.
Crysis is always a good benchmark so I'm happy to say that with all settings on high with no AA I'm getting about 30fps. I'm very happy with it.
I play with everything on high and performance is great.
In summary, it is a nice little GPU that can hold its own and provide for an enjoyable gaming experience if you are willing to dial back on the graphics settings. The laptops using it are definitely not dedicated gaming machines but if you are on the road it can handle some more demanding games well enough.
On the topic of the laptop itself, I'm not so happy for the following reasons.
1. I had to send the first one back to be replaced after it arrived with a dodgy hard drive.
2. It doesn't pick up my Western Digital Elements drive as USB 3.0 unless I restart the machine with the drive plugged in.
3. The edges are sharp and make typing uncomfortable.
4. There is no way to disable Bluetooth and the wireless network independently without doing it via the management software, or disabling services manually.
5. The wireless chip doesn't pick up my home router's signal as well as any other device in my house.
6. The screen has a terrible viewing angle (But it is matte black so it doesn't turn into a mirror.)
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Hello shoe lovers! This is the last part of my Nina Shoes exclusive. The entire experience was awesome, but I have to say this stood out the most…the archive collection. The archive room was like a shoe museum. As you'll see below, there is a lot of history with this company that all started in 1953. As fashion changed so did the styles and colors.
I loved how shoe making has evolved and so have the levels of comfort. I mean…some of those shoes did not feel comfy at all! I don't know how those women did it! Just like today, we'll always suffer in the name of fashion! If you're a true Nina Shoes fan, then you're going to love the photos below!


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Evolution Hoax
The entire list
Adana CRT TV, 30 September 2008
Adnan Oktar: Rightist, leftist, ALAWITE, KURDISH, CIRCASSIAN, SUNNI, IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. WE ARE ALL BROTHERS, WE ARE ALL THE SERVANTS OF Allah. Allahhas shown all of us a way. We shall respect everyone's opinionbut unity and solidarity is essential. Those who love Allah, who act in His path, strive for the betterment of this country and they will do so. Turkiye will Insha'Allah succesfullyproceed the Turkish-Islamic Union.
Kanal Avrupa ve Çay TV, 19 December 2010
ADNAN OKTAR: …MUSLIMS ARE BROTHERS. WE ARE ALL BROTHERS. IF THEY MAKE A GENETIC RESEARCH ON US, THEY WOULD FIND THE GENES OF EVERY RACE. THE GENES OF THE LAZ, THE GENES OF CIRCISSIANS, THE GENES OF ARABS, ALL OF THEM. CONSEQUENTLY, WE ARE ALL BROTHERS, WE ARE THE SONS OF PROPHET ADAM (AS)…They try to divide us artificially. They force our brothers to learn a language. They urge them to feel seperate. One gets on the bus in Diyarbakir and in no time he is in Istanbul. Our brother comes and eats here in a restaurant; he speaks Turkish. How would he talk when he wants to order his meal? Nobody would understand if he speaks in Kurdish. But if he wishes, he can also learn Kurdish. This is another issue. He may like it and thus learn it. But there is a homeland and the mother language of the homeland is essential. There is nothing to be surprised at since they are in their homelands.
Erzincan TV, 14 July 2008
Adnan Oktar: "Armenians; they are our brothers. They are also very dear to us, Insha'Allah. Armenia will also be included in the Turkish-Islamic Union Insha'Allah. They make themselves sorry for no reason at all. WE CONSIDER THEM AS BROTHERS, AS FRIENDS. Insha'Allah they will also find their places in the compassionate arms of the Turkish Islamic Union. They will live in peace. Their security will be ensured. They will also come to Turkey, to Azarbayjan, engage in commerce and settle there as they like. They will fulfill their acts of worship as they like.
It turns out that we have been a 1000 years old DNA brothers
The analysis conducted by The Armenian DNA Project, an initiative established to research family history of Armenians and their deep ancestry through genetic testing, revealed racial unity among Turks, Kurds, Armenians, Assyrians and Jews sharing the same geography. The Project Administrator, Peter Hrechdakian, told, "Our language and forms of worship may be different but we come from the same pool of genes."


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Van Gogh, Gauguin and "Post Impressionism"
This course considers how art historians have conceptualized "Post Impressionism" and explores the institutions (Academy, Salon, Ecole des Beaux Arts) and market structure (dealers, auction houses, the apparatus of art criticism) that influenced or controlled how, for whom and under what conditions art in 19th- century France was produced and how, where and by whom art was consumed (that is, used, purchased or viewed). Other issues considered are the social and financial consequences of the artists' independence from traditional institutions in 19th-century France and how women artists did or did not fit into these institutional and market structures. The "Post Impressionist" artists studied will be used as springboards to discuss some larger themes about art, artists, critics and audiences in a particular historical moment. Readings include primary sources--artists' letters, journals, excerpts from contemporary novels and art criticism from specialized and mainstream journals of the late 19th-century. May count towards European Studies minor.
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Recognizing the pressing need to focus on sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking against individuals with disabilities and Deaf individuals due to the proliferation of such crimes, Congress authorized the Education, Training and Enhanced Services to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women with Disabilities Grant Program (Disability Grant Program) in the Violence Against Women and the Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005. The goal of the Disability Grant Program is to create sustainable change within and between organizations that result in accessible, safe and effective services for individuals with disabilities and Deaf individuals who are victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking and accountability for perpetrators of such crimes. Disability Grant Program funds will be used to establish and strengthen multidisciplinary collaborative relationships; increase organizational capacity to provide accessible, safe, and effective services to individuals with disabilities and Deaf individuals who are victims of violence and abuse; and identify needs within the grantee's organization and/or service area, and develop a plan to address those identified needs that builds a strong foundation for future work.
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Heat olive oil in a soup pot, sauté the garlic and onions for 2 minutes. Add the water or soup stock and bring to a boil. Add the pasta and sea salt, cook 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes together with their cooking liquid and simmer on low until the pasta is tender. Add the spinach and basil. Cook 1 to 2 minutes and serve.
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The Baltimore County Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred earlier this evening.
At 6:50 p.m., Baltimore County Police responded to the area of Alter Street and Southern Cross Drive, 21207, for a personal injury crash involving a single vehicle. Further investigation revealed that the unidentified male driver had been shot at least once in the upper area of his body. Baltimore County medics responded to the scene and attempted to revive the male victim; however, he was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Baltimore County Police Homicide Detectives are currently investigating the case. The victim will be transported to the Office of the Medical Examiner's for autopsy.
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The Baltimore County Police Department is asking anyone with information about this crime to contact them at 410-307-2020.
Tips can be submitted to Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7-LOCKUP (1-866-756-2587). To text a message to Metro Crime Stoppers, send to "CRIMES" (274637), then enter the message starting with "MCS," or email a tip to www.metrocrimestoppers.org. Those contacting Metro Crime Stoppers can remain anonymous and might be eligible for a cash reward of up to $2,000.


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Puthunarchi Tharum Yogasanam Watch Captain tv Puthunachi Tharum Yogasanam 18.10.16 Show Yoga 18/10/16 Latest Today Episode Online.
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Synopsis: Yoga is the physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India with a view to attain a state of permanent peace. The term yoga can be derived from either of two roots, yujir yoga (to yoke) or yuj samadhau (to concentrate). The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali defines yoga as "the stilling of the changing states of the mind"Yoga has also been popularly defined as "union with the divine" in other contexts and traditions.
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AN INSPIRING mountaineering library has opened at William Wordsworth's former home, Allan Bank in Grasmere.
The collection at the National Trust property stretches from the 18th century to the present day and contains a comprehensive collection of more than 700 books and artefacts.
It was donated by Lord Roger Chorley, a former chairman of the National Trust, to the Mountain Heritage Trust (MHT) in 2013.
The MHT is dedicated to identifying and preserving material that documents Britain's proud climbing and mountaineering heritage.
A spokesmanon said: "Three generations of the Chorley Hopkinson families have contributed to the library. It includes magazines, novels, biographies, guidebooks and literature covering rock, ice and fell exploration across the globe and charting the development of climbing and mountaineering, so the Mountain Heritage Trust is delighted to have the opportunity of housing this wonderful literary collection at Allan Bank.
"The library itself is framed between two stunning views of Grasmere in a room which was once Coleridge's bedroom."
The collection will appeal to general visitors, climbers or mountaineers and acad-emics alike. Allan Bank has free wifi and refreshments, and the library is accessible seven days a week from 10am to 5pm.


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What's Happening at UCR?
What day do classes begin next year? How long is winter break? When is homecoming? Enrollment deadlines are on our current year Academic Calendar. And our Events Calendar keeps you up to date on what's happening on campus.
Orientation Programs
UCR's Highlander Orientation Program is mandatory for all incoming first-year students. It gives students the opportunity to enroll in fall classes, meet with an advisor, learn their way around campus, meet other students, and find out tips that will help them academically. And we invite parents to be a part of it, too. The Highlander Family Orientation (on Day 1 of the student orientation), provides you with the tools and information needed to assist in your student's transition to college life and academic success.
The UC Riverside Intercollegiate Athletics Department has 17 sports competing at the NCAA Division I level in the Big West Conference. When our students aren't out cheering for one of our teams, they can take an aerobics class or work out at our 80,000-square-foot Student Recreation Center.
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From concerts and theater to dance and art exhibits, UCR's creative spirit and energetic diversity have earned us a reputation across the region as a thriving arts community. We invite you to check out our Events Calendar and experience the arts at UCR for yourself!
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Whether your student is interested in debating politics, environmental activism – or just throwing a Frisbee around – there's a club or organization on campus that will bring him or her together with other like-minded students. With about 200 clubs and organizations, including fraternities and sororities, there are always lots of opportunities to get involved. Search our database of groups.
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Diversified, Risk-Managed Investing. The Strategic Allocation Funds are asset allocation portfolios designed to help investors pursue their financial goals while taking on risk that's aligned with their investment style.
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The Strategic Allocation Funds are designated Conservative, Moderate and Aggressive so investors can choose a portfolio that is aligned with their risk tolerance. Each seeks the highest return possible given its asset mix and is diversified across more than a thousand individual securities that are selected by senior managers of American Century Investments® stock and bond funds.
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The management team determines a strategic asset allocation for each portfolio given its risk guidelines. The asset mixes have been tested for performance under a wide range of hypothetical economic and market conditions. Working within the strategic frameworks, the management team may make modest tactical maneuvers to take advantage of opportunities, manage risk and adjust to changing market conditions.
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American Century Investments has been managing asset allocation portfolios since 1988 and the senior professionals who manage the Strategic Allocation Funds average more than 20 years of industry experience.
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A 20-year-old journalism student who died after collapsing at a home in Worcester Park had been at a rock concert earlier in the evening with her boyfriend.
Tayla Woodard was taken ill at her boyfriend Alex Rickett's home in Tamesis Gardens in the early hours of Sunday, March 9.
She and Mr Rickett had been at Brixton Academy on Saturday night to see American punk band All Time Low perform, according to her hometown newspaper the Cornish Guardian.
After returning to her boyfriend's home, she was taken ill at about 5am. She died in hospital at 6.22am that same day.
Mr Rickett, 21, was also taken to hospital as a precaution but was later discharged.
Polcie say her death is being treated as non-suspicious.
Funeral details for the third-year Bournemouth University student, who was studying multimedia journalism, have also been announced.
A service will be held this Saturday at Egloshayle Parish Church in Miss Woodard's home town of Wadebridge, Cornwall.


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It's A Colorful Life
MOPA Exhibits the Work of Lynn Fayman
Feb. 8, - May 11, 2014
San Diego, Calif. – The Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) will exhibit the photographic artwork of one of the city's great creative legacies. Lynn Fayman, who moved to San Diego in the 1940s and lived there until his passing in 1968, expressed his artistic vision through various media, but used color photography as a vehicle to push his own boundaries. MOPA recently acquired the Lynn G. Fayman archive and will display a selection of these works from February 8 – May 11, 2014.
Photography is a constantly evolving medium. Whereas digital equipment and distribution channels are the current trend, there have been many different processes that have changed the way we capture, print and share images over the years. Fayman utilized one such process, the short-lived Kodak Flexichrome process, to produce vibrant, beautiful images. The images Fayman created challenge our ideas about what a photograph can be. He used this process to create experimental, abstract artwork, more akin to painting than traditional photography.
Acoording to Scott Davis, Director of Exhibitions at MOPA, "Lynn Fayman's photographs illuminate an important chapter in the history of abstract American art. His affiliation with artists such as Man Ray and Lazlo Moholy-Nagy had a tremendous influence on his career, as well as shaping contemporary art in San Diego. MOPA is delighted to receive the Lynn G. Fayman archive, and share some of his photographs and films from this pioneering mid-century artist with the public."
In addition to still photographs, Fayman extended his creative efforts as a motion picture filmmaker for which he won a number of prestigious awards. He even partnered with Theodore Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) to illustrate three children's books. Selections of Fayman's films and books are included as part of this exhibition. For more information on this exhibition, go to www.mopa.org/lynn-fayman.
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Sydney's 4Fourteen restaurant has just unveiled their limited time only $120 egg sandwich. The sandwich, which contains only one egg and not the 900 or so you'd expect, plays host to a cornucopia of tasty ingredients. That lone duck egg is topped with caviar, truffles, bacon, smoked tomatoes and English cheddar cheese. These innards are lovingly spooned between a brioche bun. The 'wich is served with a side of chips and truffle aioli.
I must admit, that sounds good. But eating an egg sandwich from the deli and then having $117 in my pocket also sounds good. The sandwich will only be available for another week or so.


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Sexy daddy-long-legs the same way for 400 million years, according a report in New Scientist, 20 September 2003, p19. A team of palaeontologists led by Jason Dunlop of Humboldt University found fossilised harvestmen (a type of spider commonly known as daddy-long-legs) in silica formations at Rhymie, near Aberdeen in Scotland that are believed to be 400 - 412 million years old. The fossils are so well preserved their respiratory (breathing) systems and male and female reproductive systems can be clearly seen. According to New Scientist these are the world's oldest genitals and they haven't changed for 400 million years.
Editorial Comment: If harvestmen haven't changed for 400 million years, they haven't evolved. Even if you believe in all those millions of years this represents a lot of reproducing after their kind just as Genesis clearly states. These spider fossils are also a good reminder that you've got to get sex right the first time or you're extinct. (Ref. harvestmen, spiders, after their kind)


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A TEA expert from Hampshire has joined forces with a chef of an internationally acclaimed chocolate company in a bid to find the best taste combination.
Tim Clifton, a tea taster from Grateley, near Andover, met Lindt's Master Chocolatier Stefan Bruderer to try and find the right balance of rich chocolate and refreshing tea in preparation for Lindt's entry into forthcoming tea and coffee festivals.
The two concocted nine pairings in all including Lindt's excellence 70 per cent cocoa with herbal green tea, the touch |of sea salt with Assam tea for a more punchy flavour and the |chilli chocolate with chai tea.
Mr Bruderer has also been working with wine connoisseur Sarah Jane Evans and expert barista Robert Henry to create new wine and coffee pairings.


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Women's Cricket on the Move
Cricket Canada continues to push into exciting new areas as the Toronto and District Cricket Association is proud to announce Canada's first ever women's league.
The league will start next week in Toronto with 4 women's teams competing in a round robin and playoffs.
This exciting new venture coincides with women's cricket continuing to flourish in Western Canada as the Wicket Maiden's will continue their play in the Victoria and District Cricket League. In Alberta, the Calgary Women's team will play in the community T20 division as well as travel to Edmonton for the women's intercity match in August. Edmonton will travel to Calgary in July. BC and Alberta will also compete in the second Western Canadian Championships during the July long weekend


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I bought the book Simply Rails 2 and I would like to follow along with everything so I can get the most out of it. I downloaded InstantRails as per the instructions, but when I enter the command
gem update --system
I get the following error message:
ERROR: While executing gem ... <Gem::RemoteSourceException>HTTP Response 302 fetching http://gems.rubyforge.org/yaml
I have tried turning off the firewall and still no luck. I also tried just installing ruby via the one-click installer, but when I try to use cmd to check even if it's installed --
C:\\> ruby -v
I get this error message:
'C:\' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
How can I fix either of these problems?
Hm I just typed the error message into Google and there seemed to be quite a bit showing up.
It seems to be a naming error bug which has been fixed. Apparently you need to update the whole Gems packaging setup thingie:
because that URL your Gems are trying to use is not correct. This has apparently hit various versions of Ruby including JRuby so I guess it was a pretty major bug.
Edit: if either of you do a Gems update and this fixes the problem, could you post an affirmation? It would be nice to know if just an update works, esp since it seems one of you is on Windows and the other on Linux. Thanks.
I'm having the same problem.
entering: sudo gem update --system
and getting
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::RemoteSourceException) HTTP Response 302 fetching http://gems.rubyforge.org/yaml
That error message looks like you might be typing the "C:\>" part. That's just the prompt. You should only be typing "ruby -v". Can you try that and let us know what you see?
@Louis: Ah, yeah I get ruby version 1.8.6.
@Stomme: I have successfully updated ruby gems, thank you!!
I am having the same problem and error message. If as suggested this is a 'bug' in the books code, were do we get the correct code. Or were do we get the instructions to overcome the problem?
As long as you're not confusing the command prompt to be part of the command, you may need to set your system path values so Windows can find Ruby.
It depends on where tou installed it, but if you look at your autoexec.bat file do you see lines something like
SET RUBYOPT=-rubygems
SET PATH=%PATH%;c:\\RUBY\\BIN;
Thanks very much for your prompt reply and help, much appreciated!No I did not confuse the command prompt as part of the command, typing only 'gem update --system'. In case it matters I'm running Windows 7 64 bit on a Dell Laptop.Next problem the 'autoexec.bat' file does not exist. I have run the setup twice on one machine and once on another, being very pedantic in following the books instructions. Windows can find only 3 '*.bat' files.configure.batC:\InstantRails\ruby\src\ruby-1.8.6-p111\win32
I have attached a screen shot to show what I have typed and the result I get.
Any help greatfully recieved.
I don't think Windows since XP has had autoexec.bat.
Try cygwin
:d'oh: I didn't think of that possibilty. But there must be some way it figures out system paths no?
Something, I just remember running into stuff on teh interwebs stating there's no autoexec.bat in XP back when I was trying to get Lynx to run on the Windows machine at work : )
I wonder if the author has an update for these folks, especially the ones running 64bit? The Ruby posted above seems all 32-bit oriented.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The New Year arrived violently in some parts of Ohio, with a woman stabbed to death in Toledo, men shot to death in Cleveland, Dayton and Lorain and three people shot in Columbus.
The fatal shooting of a man on Cleveland's east side just before 3 a.m. came as the city recorded a two-year spike in city homicides last year and in 2011.
A second northeast Ohio shooting death was reported in Lorain about an hour later after someone apparently opened fire at a crowded gas station.
Columbus police are investigating two separate shootings early Tuesday in the city that wounded three, while Toledo police are investigating the death of a 23-year-old woman stabbed in the neck during a large fight at a bar shortly before 2 a.m.


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As a 17-year-old who had trusted Jesus Christ as my Savior a few years earlier, I faced a crisis of faith.
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