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Over the past couple of months, the energetic people at IKEA Canada have done their best to get Winnipeg excited about the opening of the chain's first Manitoban store.
As far as marketing efforts go, this wasn't exactly a tough task, given how many people in this city seem to care an awful lot about new brand names, franchises and big-box stores.
If you're not an obsessive shopper, the consumerism can seem a bit much. But there are 22 million reasons you should pay attention to the opening of an IKEA store.
Partly due to pandering, a wee bit out of cynicism and largely out of misguided economic-development policy, the city and province plied IKEA Canada and co-developer Fairweather Properties with $22 million worth of infrastructure subsidies to build a new big-box shopping district at what used to known as the Tuxedo Yards.
Back in 2007, when Mayor Sam Katz and former premier Gary Doer giddily announced IKEA was coming to Winnipeg, the deal was sealed with the help of what was originally pegged at $18.5 million worth of public funds.
At the time, the mayor and premier tried to characterize this subsidy as speeding up existing city infrastructure plans. This was an abject lie.
"The widening of Kenaston Boulevard and Sterling Lyon Parkway is already included in the city's Plan Winnipeg, but would be accelerated to accommodate IKEA's development plans," Katz and Doer said in a 2007 press release titled Province, city to accelerate capital plans as part of proposed IKEA site.
Winnipeg's capital plans, however, did not call for the $26.5 million worth of work that was eventually conducted. The specific work conducted by IKEA and Fairweather, which included new traffic signals and turning lanes to accommodate future shoppers, did not appear in the city's capital-budget forecast, the city's long-term transportation plan or even in Plan Winnipeg, the city's old long-term planning framework.
The political claim about speeding up nonexistent plans was made simply to avoid the appearance of looking like both governments were doling out straightforward development subsidies. Katz's office, to its credit, conceded as much when asked to demonstrate which existing city plan called for widening Kenaston to 12 lanes near a future IKEA store.
Doer's staff, however, insisted vague Plan Winnipeg language about economic-development incentives justified the political claim, even though the actual portion of Route 90 listed as the first priority for widening actually lies between Taylor Avenue in River Heights and Ness Avenue in St. James.
To be fair to Katz and Doer, they didn't have to make any ridiculous claim. Given the enthusiasm about an IKEA store in Winnipeg, they could have called a spade and spade and suffered no political fallout for eventually agreeing to pay back $22 million of the $26.5-million infrastructure tab.
By pandering to shoppers, who make up a large component of the electorate, Katz and Doer could do little political wrong. Spending money to bring IKEA to Winnipeg was deemed to be such a popular move, Katz highlighted the IKEA development during the 2010 civic election campaign as his main economic-development achievement and continues to do so. The NDP government, now led by Premier Greg Selinger, gave IKEA prominent play during last week's throne speech.
On Wednesday, city council's executive policy committee will meet 45 minutes later than usual to allow Katz and other officials time to attend the IKEA opening. The city is clearly proud of its role in stimulating the Tuxedo Yards redevelopment, which will include not just an IKEA, but other big-box stores and a mall called Seasons of Tuxedo.
The belief at city hall is the subsidy is a good deal, as the development will generate new property taxes. That opinion is based on the assumption there will be no drop in property-tax revenue or business taxes anywhere else in Winnipeg as a result of the IKEA-led development. That is possible but hardly certain, as it would be foolish to assume consumers will not change any shopping habits after IKEA and other nearby stores open.
As uncertain as IKEA's effects on the retail market may be, a subsidy for a furniture store does not represent a sound economic-development strategy. The next time a developer considers building retail in Winnipeg, will the city and province be just as willing to pony up for the infrastructure costs? Normally, it's up to developers to pay for the new roads, sewers and watermains.
Like it or not, the IKEA subsidy sets a precedent for retail-district development. The political math would assume the public simply does not care. And perhaps we would not, if the city and province had anything that remotely resembles an economic-development strategy.
The province has placed a lot of its eggs in CentrePort, the Winnipeg trade hub that competes with every other trade hub in North America. The city has left the task to the likes of Yes Winnipeg.
But there is nothing resembling real leadership from either Selinger or Katz when it comes to economic innovation. Both leaders, struggling as they are with a shortage of operating revenue, seem too preoccupied with budget headaches to worry about long-term strategies for their respective governments.
IKEA itself is a dubious beneficiary of a government subsidy. IKEA Canada and co-developer Fairweather already are extremely successful entities. And IKEA's parent entities are especially adept at minimizing their exposure to taxation around the world, thanks to a brilliant but byzantine ownership structure investigated over the past decade by The Economist. At the heart of the onion layers lies a charitable entity, the British magazine first reported in 2006.
IKEA nonetheless maintains a positive corporate image, untarnished even by the recent revelations of the use of prison labour by a supplier. To the brand's credit, IKEA accepted responsibility and apologized.
There is no reason to protest the opening of a new retail store at the former Tuxedo Yards. The total value of the overall development could be $400 million by the time it is complete. The location, between existing Tuxedo residential homes and Kenaston commercial buildings, cannot be accused of constituting sprawl.
And there are many, many Winnipeggers who feel a sense of pride when a new brand shows up in town, as shallow as that sentiment may be.
So, celebrate the arrival of IKEA if you like. Or don't shop there. Just don't assume this furniture chain's arrival says anything about Winnipeg's economic status.
Fairweather's brilliant Michael Nozick offered IKEA Canada a development deal the chain would have been foolish to refuse. The city and province sweetened the pot.
Time will tell whether the $22-million subsidy was worth it.


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First Look: The $799 Microsoft Surface Pro 3 with Core i3by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/23/2014 5:15 PM EST
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maatriks - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkWhat about battery runtime, how does i3 affect that? Reply
maatriks - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linknvm, saw you are working on that.
To be honest, I was expecting worse from the i3. It seems it is not THAT bad in real life. Reply
MonkeyPaw - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkConsider that Windows 8.1 chugs along just fine on a Tegra 4, I can only imagine that an i3 is plenty good. An i3 isn't fast by notebook standards, but it certainly is for a tablet.
What would be really cool is if they throw a Baytrail in Surface 3 and sell it at $500. I do wonder if the non-Pro Surface 3 will adopt this form factor and be fanless. Reply
Wolfpup - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkYeah, I've been thinking that...second gen Atom (or an AMD part, but I'm sure that won't happen) and take out the fan, and you've got something that's a no-compromises tablet that can still run...everything. Reply
Impulses - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkI'd be all over something like that if it kept the same exact form factor and high res display of the Surface Pro 3 (even the odd aspect ratio works well for a hybrid IMO). Unfortunately MS still things RT has a future and other OEM can't get out of their own way, most Bay Trail designs I've seen aim way lower... The $800 config here is an ok compromise but I'd probably just spend the extra $200 for a more usable mobile setup (like not having to dig out a USB thumbdrive just to dump 16GB oh photos out of a camera for one thing). Reply
SleepyFE - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkYou can't really compare windows running on Tegra 4 and Core i3. Windows RT doesn't use all the API's and with less to run you don't use as much power so all is smooth on both CPUs. Reply
kyuu - Friday, July 25, 2014 - linkThat's nonsense. Baytrail is roughly comparable to Tegra 4, and full Windows 8.1 runs fluidly on it. It's not going to suffice for really heavy duty tasks, of course, but basic OS operation and general consumer tasks are not an issue. Reply
ImSpartacus - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkYeah, it's a shame that the most important metric takes the longest to measure.
I still appreciate the bite-sized preview as it starts to fill some of the important gaps like SSD performance among other things. Reply
bobjones32 - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkWhat I'm most curious about battery life is in what browser they use for browser run-down tests. As a ton of reports have shown over the last couple of weeks, Chrome absolutely destroys battery life compared to IE and Firefox.
And it's not just the system clock tick rate, but also sheer ram and resource usage in general. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkWe use IE11 on Windows 8, Safari on OS X Reply
Alexvrb - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkThis is why I read Anandtech reviews.
Meanwhile Google is just now looking into fixing a battery-rape "bug" after it became heavily publicized - like they didn't know. Reply
basroil - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkWell, thanks to Google's "bug", I was able to fix a bug in a serial port data acquisition program (data returned only every 30ms rather than the 3-4ms I expected) after I looked up the documentation on microsoft's site. It's all there in pretty damn clear language, and even states exactly why coalescing in W8.1 saves 25% battery use for light tasks. Reply
crispbp04 - Friday, July 25, 2014 - linkWhy would they fix it before it was widely known? It made windows based machines look bad, and helps their business. Reply
jhoff80 - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkWith that small amount of usable space, I'd imagine WIMboot wasn't used for the Windows install on this, was it? Reply
edwpang - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkI have the same question. I once went to bestbuy and tried to find out, but the infomation about WIM needs administrator access. Reply
nutshell42 - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkAllegedly, one of the firmware updates for the Surface Pro 3 increased battery life. Will you run the test in parallel on the i5 and the i3 to check whether there are any changes for the i5? Reply
Alexey291 - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkAaaaand it won't sell at Ultrabook prices.
Just like the previous generations haven't.
Because lets face it, its not an ultrabook. Its a not quite a tablet.
I mean I understand why it is priced as it is. Its perfectly justifiable. It just won't sell. Reply
hughlle - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkDefine sell. I'm certainly on the waiting list for release day in a moinths time.
You can't really compare a device like this to a tablet, or an ultrabook. It really is a different category. People who want a tablet, should buy a tablet, people who want an ultrabook, well they should probably buy an ultrabook. This is not perfect at either, but is a brilliant compromise to having both. It would be best to compare it only to other convertibles. Not the macbook air. I think that ms were pretty stupid to try and market it against the air as they did. Reply
Alexey291 - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - link
Well thing is saying "you can't compare it to xyz" doesn't really work. Because people will compare it to both ultrabooks (its worse than those) and tablets (worse than those too). It makes an acceptable compromise between the two. Sure, but for 1.5k (cos u know dock + kb are sorta must haves and aren't free...) usd most (I'd wager) would like something better than a bad tablet + bad ultrabook combo. Its not a far stretch to go for an MBA+Ipad air at that price range already...
And yeah MS marketing is once again just a /sigh. I never have a clue what the hell they are thinking. Its not like they make bad products. But the marketing is so odd... Reply
chizow - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkIts the best tablet on the market (especially with the Stylus), the trade-off is its also larger/heavier. And while its not as powerful or typing friendly as an Ultrabook, it is also significantly thinner and lighter with a better battery life.
So yes it is a hybrid, but it gives you more of what you need in some areas while bridging the gap to less portable devices like Ultrabooks. Why bother with both a MBA+Ipad Air when you have a single device that is more capable than both of them combined? Reply
Alexey291 - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkI'm really confused how it is the best tablet on the market. Seeing how comparing it tablets shows that its worse in every way.
Its too big, its too expensive, its running windows (sorry but windows is a desktop o/s which requires kb + mouse with or without metro ui and an effing antivirus, and a network security package and a malware scanner just for a warm up. All of that running in a background, all of that eating battery), its actively cooled (moving parts in a tablet ftw oh and noise...)
But sure the hardware specs are nice. At 2x the cost of a tablet.
So nope its not the best tablet on the market by a wide wide margin. Reply
Alexey291 - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkHell for the price of a dock and keyboard for this thing you could actually buy an inexpensive android tablet (like nexus 7 - or if they ever release it nexus 8) Reply
Speedfriend - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkHell for the price of a smart case and bluetooth keyboard for an iPad Air you can almost buy a Nexus 7 too. And with its case and keyboard, the iPad air will still be a pretty useless toy Reply
chizow - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkAnd you can throw the old (or new) one on the pile of ever-growing useless Android tablets that it would replace. Why buy 2, 3, 4 of the same marginally faster device with the same limited usage set every year when you can just pay 2-3x more up front and have a device with actual staying power? Honestly the only saving grace for Android devices is that Best Buy offers $50 credit every year to try and get you to upgrade, because at some point we need to ask ourselves, do we as a society really need a Netflix streaming device in every person and every room in the house? :D Reply
Speedfriend - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkBut sure the hardware specs are nice. At 2x the cost of a tablet.
The i3 version is $100 more than a 64gb iPad Air but offers 2x the processing and gpu power of an iPad. Reply
name99 - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - link"The i3 version is $100 more than a 64gb iPad Air but offers 2x the processing and gpu power of an iPad."
That's an, uhh, optimistic view of the situation.
I can't speak to the GPU side of the issue, but it is a commonplace that the IPC of an i3 and Cyclone are about the same. You see this, for example, in the SunSpider benchmark where the ratio of the Surface (i3) to iPad Air closely matches their frequency ratio (1.5GHz to 1.4GHz).
The other web benchmarks look better on the i3 because they are aggressively multithreaded, so can use hyperthreading. This is a legitimate win for i3 --- IF you plan to be running code that is likewise aggressively multithreaded. But if the code you plan to run, like most code, is a single main thread with a few helper threads that don't have much to do --- the usual sort of "we can make some use of dual core and no use of anything more" code --- then this doesn't buy you much.
There's still no substitute for single-threaded performance, and this guy's single-threaded performance is only slightly better than an iPad Air. If you want much better than that, you really need one of the models that can turbo up aggressively. Reply
mkozakewich - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - link"...worse in every way."
No, the charts above show that it has better performance in every single test, and usually over 2x the graphics power. I'll bet it has far greater game support, as well.
An iPad is $100 or $200 less, so other arguments need to fit into that context. The Surface Pro has a stylus, a kickstand, a lesser screen, a bigger screen, more RAM, full USB 3.0 support, a sort of thunderbolt, displayport, and microSD-swapping abilities.
The only real thing you can say about this is that different people have different needs. I needed the Surface Pro, and it works wonderfully for me. Other people prefer an iPad. I've got a friend who'll have nothing but a desktop computer, and he'll lug it in the car with him when he travels. Reply
sherlockwing - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkSurface Pro is also almost 1lb heavier and much larger/thicker than an Ipad, and for replacing an Ipad that a big no no. Reply
chizow - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkNo, its better in every way than any Android/iOS tablet when it comes to performance, functionality, and input (via Stylus).
Windows 8.1 with Modern UI is every bit a tablet interface as iOS/Android, if anything, that was Microsoft's mistake to try and push that on the desktop market. Yes it has AV and network security, but it also handles it with ease because its a much more powerful device, and these features also make it a lot more flexible for the enterprise market.
Yes, it costs more than a tablet, but that's because its capable of a lot more too. Reply
sherlockwing - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkBecause there will be people that need a laptop & a tablet without compromises, and for that purpose a Surface to too big and heavy for a tablet and unlappable for a laptop. Reply
chizow - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkUh, using a tablet automatically necessitates making compromises in the context of a laptop, and using a laptop necessitates similar compromises in the context of a tablet. The surface maintains the functionality of both while presenting very minor compromises that do not preclude the device from being used in either scenario. Also, the Surface is lappable, the only thing you can't do is carry it around by its base like you might with an actual laptop. Reply
basroil - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkThey've sold out of the first shipment to Japan, most stores are on backorder shipping in about 2 weeks already (and it's been a week since it launched) Reply
Alexey291 - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkthat just means they shipped very few to begin with surely? Reply
chizow - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkAnd you'd be wrong (again). SP3 already outpacing sales of all previous Pro models, meaning they are shipping and selling more than previous Surface Pros.
""While it's still early, sales are outpacing earlier versions of Surface Pro," Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood said during Microsoft's fourth quarter earnings conference call, referring to the Surface Pro 3."
That trend will only track upwards with new SKUs, particularly this lower priced entry-level model. Reply
name99 - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - link"SP3 already outpacing sales of all previous Pro models, meaning they are shipping and selling more than previous Surface Pros."
That's not saying much. Previous Surfaces sold at about 5% of iPad numbers. Personally I expect this to hit maybe 10%, which MS supporters may consider a great triumph, but it's not enough to change the status quo in any way. Reply
chizow - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkIt says quite a bit and directly refutes any claims they just don't have a lot to sell, when they have actually sold more than any previous SPro in the same amount of time.
As for iPad, just saw this today, its marketshare continues to fall, down to 27% from something like 60% just a few years ago? No surprise really, what can an iPad Air do that my iPad 2 can't?
The novelty has worn off these devices and people are starting to realize they want something more than a toy device running a toy OS. MS probably won't care if SP sales are 10% of iPad, they get to share the load with all of their OEM partners selling Win8 devices at the expense of Android/Apple. Reply
name99 - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkYou're obviously more interested in scoring points than in understanding the underlying situation.
Good luck with that attitude. Reply
chizow - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkNo, I'm more interested in setting the record straight when someone makes a factually incorrect statement or assumption:
One person says: "Hey it sold out in Market A"
Another person says: "Its because they haven't shipped many to begin with"
I provide evidence that it is actually outstripping all of its predecessors in sales.
I don't think anyone mentioned anything about iPad until you brought it into the equation, maybe you're the one who's solely interested in scoring points? Reply
kyuu - Friday, July 25, 2014 - linkWho cares what percentage of iPad numbers it sold? A product does not have to be an iPad or iPhone to be worthwhile or to be a success. It also certainly doesn't have anything to do with your assertion that it's only sold out because they produced it in very small numbers. Reply
Alexey291 - Monday, July 28, 2014 - linkconsidering that two previous generations accrued a major loss and DIDN'T sell at all - I suppose a breakeven would be a great success in this case I agree.
Though I doubt that would happen.
More likely it WILL outsell the meh S2P and most certainly the woeful S1P and will bring a minor loss to the company in the process (not that anyone cares - its not like there's a single physical device that MS sells that brings them profit), that will be called a success and next year there will be a new "amazing S4P" which will be 100mhz faster and 100 bux more expensive.
And yes I am pretty certain that the numbers produced (and thus inventory kept) this time round are going to be MUCH smaller than before. I mean only an IDIOT would get burnt on the same fire 3 times in a row. And they kicked their main idiot out so I doubt they would make the same mistake again. Reply
Trixanity - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkWill you look at the i7 model as well? Reply
Bultreys - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkYes, I'm most keen to see a performance/heat breakdown of the i7 before I pull the trigger on any of these SP3 models. Reply
lorribot - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkRetail price difference between a 256GB and 128GB SSD mSATA drive is around $60. $GB ram to 8GB ram is $20, total $80. Microsoft seem to think it is $300.
It seems that MS have drifted in to Apple land with thier pricing and quite frankly either their purchasing department are looking a bit inept or they have succumbed to the marketing men.
But it is to Anadtech's eternal shame for not calling out this huge rip off in pricing. Reply
kyuu - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkExcuse me, but please point me to the outfit that builds tablets and sells component upgrades at-cost? I'll wait.
Yes, obviously there is a mark-up. That's how the business model works on these things (and it's not just Microsoft or just Apple): margins are slimmer on the lower-specced models, and the margin grows on the higher-specced models.
Compared to Apple, Microsoft's markup is quite reasonable, really. To go from an iPad Air with 16GB of NAND to the 128GB model, it costs $300. That's $2.68/GB. To go from 128GB to 256GB with the Surface Pro 3, you also pay $300 more. That's $2.34/GB. And that's for an actual honest-to-god SSD, whereas in the iPad we're talking about much, much cheaper eMMC NAND. *And* you get the extra 4GB of RAM on top with the Surface.
Would it be swell if it was cheaper? Of course. If you don't see the value proposition, then don't pay. There's nothing for Anand to call out here. Reply
chizow - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkYep I really like the options MS put out there with their SP3 line. It's never a price bump just for storage until you get to the i7 models I believe. You get a faster CPU and more storage going from $800 to $1000, and more RAM and more storage going from $1000 to $1300. Definitely hits a lot more target users that way. Reply
Impulses - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkI actually thought that made more sense than the usual breakdown for these things, and the $800 price point is bound to tempt away some buyers that were looking at $600 budget laptops... Reply
name99 - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkYou do understand that the point of this variable pricing is to be able to charge richer customers more? That extra money, in turn supports the R&D that allows poorer customers to get their devices cheaper.
This is not some massive moral matter, unless you happen to believe that the world as a whole, and MS (or Apple) in particular, ought to privilege wealthier buyers at the expense of poorer buyers. Reply
skiboysteve - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkRule of thumb at my company is 4x price for 1x cogs (cost of goods sold). This pays for engineering time, manufacturing expenses, storage, shipping, etc.
Every time someone posts the nonsense about selling goods at cost i wonder what they do for a living Reply
Cygni - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkAt that price, I would still rather have a Macbook Air and bootcamp if i wanted Windows...
Surface still seems to be an answer to a question the market wasn't asking in the first place. Reply
Drumsticks - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkThe surface line consists of 2, at most 4 SKUs. The Mac line consists of at most 9 SKUs, almost all of which have vastly higher pricetags. Revenue on the Surface line (again, which ranges from $500 to $1500, now $2000) was 500 million, while the Mac line put out 4.5B.
The surface line might not be selling well, but given that + the significantly higher price of almost every unit in the mac lineup, it's certainly not doing so poorly that the market isn't asking a question of it. Reply
BGQ-qbf-tqf-n6n - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkWhere are you getting Mac revenue numbers from? Not seeing those in Apple's release... Reply
Drumsticks - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkSorry, 5.5B. I wasn't trying to prove that the Surface is selling as well as Macs or anything, simply that with more or less 4x as few SKUs, and taking into account significantly less revenue per device, the Surfaces don't do too poorly. That's not to say they're wildly successful, but there's a market for them. Reply
kyuu - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkSpeak for yourself. I'd take the SP3 over the Air any day.
"Answer to a question the market wasn't asking"? What the hell does that even mean? That you don't like it, basically. There are people who like the Surface Pro, and there are people who buy it. A product doesn't have to sell like an iPhone or iPad to be worthwhile. Reply
chizow - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkAgreed lol, the Air is still a nice device until you actually try to do anything remotely intensive on it, at which point it shuts down and chokes on itself. Reply
sherlockwing - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkSo will the Surface Pro(as both uses the same CPU silicon), actually it will choke worse because it got a smaller fan and a lesser IGP compared to Air. Reply
chizow - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkNah, the Surface Pro 3 as shown in the teardowns has a much better cooling solution, dual heatpipes, larger fan, shorter distance to the radiator. MBA has limited space to work with because of the wedge shaped body, but anyone who has used a MBA knows it is prone to locking up and choking on itself once its tasked with anything mildly intensive. Haven't had any problems like that with my SP3 yet. Reply
OrphanageExplosion - Friday, July 25, 2014 - linkSo how come my 2012 MacBook Air runs at max turbo with no throttling in both Windows and OSX? "Mildly intensive" - I can edit and encode video in Adobe Premiere and the performance is pretty much interchangeable with the Retina MacBook Pro 13. I've even encoded multi-hour events at 720p at 60Hz in ProRes - again, max turbo for the entire duration.
Indeed, Anand's benchmarks confirm a negligible difference between the MBA and the rMBP13. Surface clearly does throttle however. Reply
chizow - Friday, July 25, 2014 - linkMaybe you got the last golden sample touched by Jobs himself? Doesn't change the fact overheating was a pervasive issue with MBA.
Also, not sure what you are going on about referring to Anand's benchmarks somehow proving MBA doesn't throttle. If you are referencing the 2013 MBA Review, you do realize the CPU archs are different between the two? June 24th rMBP is a 2.5G IVB chip, while the 2013 MBA is the first Haswell design. As such, it hugely benefits in CPU tasks due to arch changes and new instructions to close the gap.
And...same review, it does throttle. Despite 2.5x EUs as its predecessor, gaming performance is nearly identical.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7085/the-2013-macboo... Reply
Dug - Monday, July 28, 2014 - linkActually it's not. Every laptop will overheat. All laptops will loose thermal capabilities over time.
Don't think your SP3 is any different.
So your little google search can be done for any laptop and the same results will be found over time.
As far as parallels, the problem is in the configuration, not the hardware. Parallels is less stressful on the hardware than bootcamp. I'd be curious if the air is locking up due to overheating, bad code, or incorrect configuration. I have yet to see an air lock up due to heat problems. Older macbook pro's have and that was due to the nvidia chip along with poor thermal paste. We have never run into this problem. Of course we configure our laptops instead of letting users do it.
Of all laptops we've deployed, the Macbook air is the ONLY laptop that hasn't failed. Reply
name99 - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - link"Air is still a nice device until you actually try to do anything remotely intensive on it, at which point it shuts down and chokes on itself."
This may have been true of the first two generations of MBA. It's a ridiculous claim to make of anything since the Sandy Bridge generation.
I have an SB MBA (now retired to desk duty) on which I run massive video manipulation/filtering plus transcoding jobs that run for a few hours pegging both CPUs hyperthreaded to 100% and hitting the SSD hard; and it has never "shuts down and choked on itself", or even slowed down due to any sort of thermal overload. Reply
chizow - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkHappens all the time still actually, its funny how many colleagues I have that demand a MBA from IT just to run Parallels + Win7, then complain about how it chokes and locks up on them during presentations.
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=macbook+air+o... Reply
davegraham - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkOne thing that is always missing from reviews about this stuff is perhaps an ongoing usability study. For example, I recently picked up the top i5 model of the SP3 and am using it for business. Fly to site, presentation work, etc. I beat the thing up, using it on the plane with WiFi, and even use the pen with onenote. it's proven itself to be reliable enough for me that I now leave my "work" laptop at home and only travel with this. it truly is a business ultrabook and regardless of the misguided comparisons to the Air, i get questions on it all the time from Mac users.... well done, MS....well, freaking, done. Reply
Bobs_Your_Uncle - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkYour comment is interesting & quite positive, & I wish you well in the matter of reliability over the longer term. I have no doubts about the excellence of engineering & craftsmanship that went into both the design & construction of the SP3 (& the entire SP line). As the public & tech community strive for ever-thinner, ever-lighter devices, however, we will confront a rather expensive point of trade-off between Super Model specs & long term durability.
Personally, I object rather strongly to the "disposable" mentality that seems to be underlying more & more product. Miniaturization is a decidedly good industrial direction with respect to the prudent conservation of resources employed to build a thing. If, however, a 50% reduction in component mass results in a 50% or greater reduction in product life-span, the result is a net wasting of resources to some extent. (This is an admitted over-simplification of a cost-benefit analysis, but you get it).
If nothing else, the same industrial entities who insist on gluing & soldering stuff together should accept responsibility for implementation of feasible, highly adopted recycling programs. In the meantime, it will be interesting to learn where that line of diminishing returns is going to be drawn. Reply
MadMan007 - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - link$200 for the faster CPU and more importantly the larger SSD seems like a no-brainer to me. I guess MS knows enough to not offer the i3 with a larger SSD and cannibalize sales of the next model. Reply
EvanAdams - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkI heard on the home server show podcast that the surface has a massive speed drop when not plugged in. Is this true? Reply
Death666Angel - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkI'd be interested in that as well, but my guess would be that it is simply a matter of energy profiles. I haven't seen many laptops that gate performance heavily in the battery state unless they offer quad cores and high end graphics cards. Limiting performance on these ULV CPU only platforms would result in worse battery life most likely (race to sleep) and the thermals aren't an issue because they would be plugged in as well.
I'd personally love an SP3, but I don't have the money to spend and my Samsung XE700T1C still works fine... :D Reply
davegraham - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkspeed drop compared to what? listen, I use it unplugged all the time. I have ZERO issues with perceived slowdowns, etc. I use it for business and it just works. Reply
mkozakewich - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkSure. You don't want to drain the battery, do you?
I get the feeling that most people don't ever touch their power profiles. I made two: a power saver where everything is as tight as I could get it (and low-ish power even when plugged in), and a high performance mode where everything is maxed out.
When I'm running on battery, my processor is usually running at about 700 MHz.
When you're doing absolutely nothing, race-to-sleep can actually save battery life. If you're playing a game or something, though, you'll be using 100% no matter what, so setting it lower really helps with battery life.
AnandTech has been mentioning in their phone reviews how we're seeing that larger dynamic range, where they get tons more performance and last longer when doing nothing, but don't last as long when running the benchmarks. I'm surprised we don't have similar power profiles on Android, besides that simplistic "Power Saver" option. Reply
EvanAdams - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - link"When I'm running on battery, my processor is usually running at about 700 MHz."
Yes that is exactly what they said. And they said it makes it unpleasant to use at those speeds. I don't know, they are perhaps overly sensitive (heck I'm still on a C2D Vista Machine) but when I heard that, I immediately came to my home of tech truth, AnandTech. Would like to know.
When it comes to power profiles I think it is unreasonable to expect users to adjust this. The on battery benchmark should be whatever it is stock setup at. Reply
extide - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkChanging power profiles is like 2 clicks. Not un-reasonable to expect people to at least switch between balanced and low-power. The clock speed on ANY laptop on battery is going to be limited if you are in low power mode, this is NOT unique to the SP line. Reply
Death666Angel - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkI can even slow down my desktop with the right energy profiles. Having that as a negative is laughable for any tech related news outlet. Reply
jhoff80 - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkI haven't heard the podcast; are you sure they're talking about CPU/GPU speed? That sounds a lot like the initial Wifi issues that have since been patched. Initially people were seeing like 600Mbps vs 80Mbps plugged in vs battery. Reply
EvanAdams - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkNo I am sure it is the: "When I'm running on battery, my processor is usually running at about 700 MHz." Reply
extide - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkDid you read the rest of his post? He said he set his power profile specifically to lower the cpu on battery. Don't put quotes out of context to try to prove a non-existent point! Reply
chizow - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkThe $800 price point is definitely interesting as it is aimed at both the high-end iPad and the low-end MacBook Air and everything inbetween (mid-range Ultrabooks).
I recently caved in and picked up the i5/128GB SP3 and its really an amazing device. MS addressed pretty much all my major gripes over SP1/2 (thickness, weight, battery life, screen size) and they even came down on price a little bit. 4-5 major improvements at the same price point was enough for me to bite.
I think this model is really going after the cross-over/hybrid crowd though, with some discounts it is really an affordable option that isn't too far off a high-end tablet that does much less. Best Buy is running 10% back in rewards until September, and Staples recently had a 15% off discount on tech products including SP3 and accessories. MS also has a running 10% discount for students and teachers that includes SP3 and accessories, so there's the opportunity to pick one up for even less.
Now, what I really want to see is Atom-based SoCs replacing the ARM-based SoCs in their entry level Surface non_Pro line. Start packing that Surface build quality, accessory options, and active stylus with a full version of x86 Windows 8.1 at a sub-$500 price point and Android/iOS devices don't stand a chance. Reply
Death666Angel - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - link"Start packing that Surface build quality, accessory options, and active stylus with a full version of x86 Windows 8.1 at a sub-$500 price point and Android/iOS devices don't stand a chance."
That would be great. Though I wouldn't mind a nice AMD SoC (Temash/Kabini) either. Reply
skiboysteve - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkAMD is very unlikely as they have publicly stated they have no plans to support InstantGo (connected stand by) Reply
mkozakewich - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkAMD has never been good on power usage, from everything I've ever read. I'm not sure they'd be good in ultraportables without sacrificing even more performance. Reply
chizow - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkYeah I think AMD finally caught on to this market as they were demo'ing a prototype tablet at CES, but if you look at how long it took Intel to get design wins after their initial prototypes from tradeshows, it may take some time for AMD to gain any traction. I would've actually preferred to see some AMD SoC design wins in the NUC/uSFF space but those took too long as well and I ended up settling for an i3 Haswell NUC. Reply
MadMan007 - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - linkThe only thing it's missing to 'take over' the high-end crossover market is a clamshell-style keyboard. Although some people have made the Surface work as a true laptop, a clamshell-style hinge would be awesome. Reply
chizow - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkYeah there are some clamshell options like the Asus T100 and Asus T300 (this is very close to what you are asking I think).
Having owned the T100 myself, it does work well but the MAJOR downside is that you generally get all of the weight and bulk of a laptop back as the keyboard dock is necessarily heavy to keep the device balanced in laptop mode. Many would argue however that the device then truly becomes a laptop replacement at that point. Plus the keyboard also tends to pack some cool features, like additional battery, extra connectivity and extra 2.5" storage. Reply
nv76r - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkUm, there are. They aren't "surface" products but such implementations already exist.
There are new Atom based quad core tablets w/ a full blown windows 8.1 os at the $200 range already. My favorite in the $200 range being:
ASUS VivoTab Note M80TA-B1-BK 8" Tablet with Integrated Professional Wacom Stylus.
Obviously add in a hundred if you additional upgrades/features that fit your needs w/ other brands. Add this with a portable bluetooth m/k and "surface" like adjustable hardcover and you have yourself a classy portable PC on the budget. Reply
chizow - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkI'm aware of the Atom-based devices, and while stylus devices like the VivoTab and Venue Pro offer some functionality of the Surface, they obviously don't offer the rest (attachable keyboard/typepad, integrated kickstand etc.). I have the Asus T100 also, and while its a really solid device, we ended up getting a SP3 due to some of the limitations and lack of integrated active stylus.
None of them have the build quality you see on the Surface line of products though. Reply
nonoverclock - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkDell sells two attachable keyboards (with kickstand) for the Dell Venue 11 Pro. One with a battery and one without. I happen to have the one w/o the battery and its miserable but it exists. Reply
Impulses - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkAndroid would still have the very low end locked up, there's no way any convertible x86 system would hit Nexus 7-like price points anytime soon. I agree that the days of $500+ tablets running mobile OS SHOULD be numbered, MS still has to get out of it's own way and finish off RT tho. Reply
Impulses - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkGranted some OEM have gotten very close, like ASUS, but the person buying a $200 (or LESS) tablet is better of with the higher res display, simpler OS, etc. At least IMO, I think that kinda cheap tablet is actually quite complimentary to a high end Surface or ultrabook, not everyone is a road warrior who wants to have as few devices as possible. Reply
Alexey291 - Monday, July 28, 2014 - linkHonestly I'll pass on buying a windows based tablet whatever its price.
The thought of having to deal with all the shitware (and thus having to run a firewall + av + malware scanner all the time) on a fricking tablet fills me with some of the best emotions known to man. Reply
TheOtherBubka - Friday, July 25, 2014 - linkI agree about bringing the price down to bring in more sales. The major draws are now what you list plus the handwriting/active stylus - which is great for educators who use 'skeleton' powerpoint slides and annotate/draw/write on top of them.
So how do you get it down to $599? Simple... replace the i3 with an AMD Beema/Mullins
Cinebench scores : 0.54 (Mullins) vs. 0.68 Core i3 (single threaded); 1.54 Mullins vs 1.68 i3; so at worst, 20% difference between them. This is comparing it to a pure tablet chip. A <$100 (complete guess based upon previous chips and their rumored prices) vs ~$280. It's also a 4.5 W TDP (9 W Temash??) vs. a 6 W SDP (11.5 W TDP) chip. I think most would be satisfied from this entry level. Only problem is space engineering as Intel already has the IVM and AMD needs to have more motherboard space. Also, so many of the other PCMark scores are highly dependent on the SSD drive speed...so I take those with a grain of salt.
But yeah.. at $600, sign me up. At $900 (with education discount) and over $1k with a keyboard that isn't great, it's a very tough sell. Reply
Baron Fel - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkIve been needing a laptop for awhile now, and the SP3 is fitting into that role nicely. Also nice to have a tablet for browsing etc.
There were some issues though. I picked up mine about a week after release. A few days after that, an update bricked the touchscreen. Returned that and things were great...until I noticed the screen was pretty yellowish and worse, had a noticeable yellow band about a cm thick running down the left side. One of those things you cant unsee.
So I got another replacement and all is well now. Googling for color issues revealed huge threads of people with defective iPad Airs with ugly, obvious color shifts across the screen. Like one side of the keyboard is clearly tinted blue and the other side is yellow. These companies either are not aware of these substandard displays, or are just banking on consumers not noticing/caring. I think its the latter. Reply
mkozakewich - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkI think the charger is burning the screen on my Surface Pro (original). There's a yellowed mark. That whole side of my screen is slightly yellowed, and now I'm wondering if that's a separate issue with the screen itself. Reply
Jaguar36 - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkAll the synthetic benchmarks show significantly higher perfomance for the i5, but the one real test (the DOTA 2 benchmark) shows higher performance for the i3. This seems like a big disconnect, which is going to be more applicable to other games? Can you run some other real life benchmarks? Reply
nevertell - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkIt is because the i3 does not have turbo, so it doesn't scale up when the thermal headroom allows it to, so the iGPU can operate at a higher frequency before throttling down. The second run would display both of them running Dota at the same fps. Reply
Shadowmaster625 - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkNo discussion at all about the cooling system for the Y model. Specifically, is this version fanless? And if not, WHY NOT? The word "fan" appears only once in this article. Reply
Baron Fel - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkTaking out the fan would only cause 10x worse throttling. Why would you want that.
SP3 fan is mostly unnoticeable except in games. Reply
cgalyon - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkI would like to see how the temperature measures with sustained usage on the i3 and i5 models (also in comparison with the Pro 2). I used the Pro 2 for a while, but found it regularly got very warm with sustained intense usage (meaning Civ V in tablet mode) and began to throttle and produce errors (such as the screen failing to respond correctly to touch, stuttering, and crashing). Reply
Baron Fel - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkYou can see i5 temps in the previous SP3 review. SP2 (chassis) gets about 3C hotter, meaning the CPU is running hotter also. Reply
Hellfish4000 - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkWill be watching closely to see if the i7 version throttles as hard as the i5, they cannot market it as a portable gaming machine if the flagship throttles below the i3. Reply
darwinosx - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - linkThe big question is will anyone buy it...answer is no they won't
Microsofts statements of the last few days indicate they have given up on mobile anything. Reply
CaedenV - Friday, July 25, 2014 - linkSo maybe someone can enlighten me as to the attractiveness about the tablet form factor in what is billed to be a productivity machine. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate how difficult it must have been to make, and it certainly looks and feels like a premium device, but I still don't get the usage model.
About the only time this is better than a convertible laptop is if you are literally going to go out and about using it like a notepad... but guess what! For those of us in our early 30s, we have not had to handwrite anything other than our illegible signature since we were in elementary school. I have not hand written anything of substance in probably close to 20 years and can type much MUCH faster than I can write. And now we are expected to start using silly things like pens? Things like notepads are somehow now viewed as relevant? My local Staples does not even carry traditional notepads anymore!
I guess the Surface is great if you just have docking stations at home and work and are trying to pair down to a single device (plus smartphone)... but for me it is still too much of a compromise. For portable use my phone is still best because it fits in my pocket and I don't have to think about it. For gaming and 'real' productivity work then the Surface is still lacking and cannot yet replace my desktop. As a tablet (which is a form factor I just don't get in the first place) it is still too large and heavy (granted it is a huge improvement over the Pro2). As a laptop it still has very little 'lapability', and god help you if you try and use it on the couch laying on your side where there is no nice flat surface for it to stand on.
Maybe in another generation or two it will make sense? I don't know. I looked at the i5 version because I need a laptop for school (and have managed without a laptop for some 5 years now) and it certainly wasn't for me. At the end of the day I found a good deal on a Dell XPS 12 and have been enjoying that. It is a bit heavy if you ever have to actually hold it up and support it's weight for any real amount of time, but as a laptop it works great, and for media consumption on the couch you have a bunch of different ways to make it work for you. And it has a real keyboard which is awesome. Maybe if they came out with a real keyboard dock that the tablet could click into similar to the HP x2 or ASUS T100/300 products then I would be interested and could see it working, but as a tablet with a floppy-hinged keyboard/cover it just does not work for me. Reply
mtalinm - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkno one ever sends you documents to read? or you prefer to read in landscape mode instead of portrait? you never ever need to mark up documents by hand, or sign a form, and send it to someone? really?
buy one and you'll soon become addicted to "flipping" it back and forth from portrait to landscape mode for consumption vs. production. Reply
TheSlamma - Friday, July 25, 2014 - linkDid they put a good wireless card in this time or go with the lowest bidder again. Reply
waverlybrian - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - linkPlease Please review the Core i7 model!!! I need computation power, but it's soo expensive and if it's severely thermally limited then I wonder if it's really much of an improvement computationally. (Also I wonder what it does to the battery life.) Reply
fteoath64 - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - linkIt is so like Intel to CRIPPLE this Core i3 to the extend that it performs so poorly. At least they ought to up the clock speed to 1.8Ghz and a turbo to 2.4Ghz or there abouts just to gain more performance to the i5, at this low clock, it could easily be eclipsed by an AMD mobile chip by a significant margin.... Reply
firstname.lastname@example.com - Monday, July 28, 2014 - linkbiased. really should be compared to a Macbook air 11, not the 13" version. Reply
jb82 - Monday, July 28, 2014 - linkJust preordered the i3 version. Couldn't wait for your battery life report!
I'm hoping the lower tdp will mean lower temperatures, less fan and longer battery life. The extra speed isn't necessary for me. Reply
smithrd3512 - Thursday, July 31, 2014 - linkWell can say one thing. You can get a laptop for less than the Surface costs. Reply
ryrynz - Saturday, August 02, 2014 - linkYou should submit this DOTA test information to MS, the i5 should never be that much slower than the i3. There would surely be a workaround.. Reply
spicedham - Sunday, August 03, 2014 - linkJust got an i3 SP3 and tried sun spider with IE. I'm getting around 220ms. Did you use Chrome to test the speeds? Also noticed battery life with the 4020y is a little better than the 4300u processor. Reply
mtalinm - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkso the i3 compares favorably to the i5. my guess is that's why MSFT sampled you one.
and I'll bet that the i5 compares favorably to the i7, and that's why MSFT didn't sample you an i7.
if they did, you'd show that the i7 is a waste of money except for those who really need the half-terabyte disk. and then they would sell fewer. Reply
Narg - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkPlease get an i7 version and mix it in these test. Reply
MrMindlink - Thursday, August 07, 2014 - linkHow about a SP3 i7 update? Please;-) Reply
vlad0 - Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - linkSo, do we expect the new Core-M (broadwell) to be as fast as the current Core i3 or faster ? Because, either way ... it will pretty amazing considering the TDP savings! Reply
patosandpotatos - Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - linkwill an i3 be able to run Microsoft office? Reply

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Burger King has long been part of the American landscape, so it comes as something of a surprise to learn that the fast food monolith is only about to celebrate its fifth birthday in Japan. To celebrate over the next five days, they are allowing anyone who buys a black burger* combo meal a 30-minute opportunity to chow down as many burgers, fries and sodas as they can handle. Somebody call Kobayashi.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- State Auditor Dave Yost says he's completed the first phase of an investigation into potentially irregular attendance and enrollment practices at Ohio school districts.
Yost scheduled a news conference Thursday to share results of the first phase of his statewide audit. That includes data collected from a sampling of more than 100 school buildings that experienced high withdrawal rates -- or about 3 percent of Ohio's 3,688 public schools.
The Republican auditor wants to determine whether schools removed poor-performing students from their books as a way to improve performance ratings that affect government payments and employee bonuses.
The probe was launched after unusual practices were discovered in Columbus, Toledo and suburban Cincinnati districts.


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Recently I was helping a customer with their LiveCycle installation and we could not get the "Test Database Connection" on the LiveCycle Configuration Manager's (LCM) DataSource Configuration screen to work. The customer was positive that they were using the default port (1433) but we always got the following error message:
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I confirmed they were using the correct driver and that they had the SQL Server configured for mixed mode authentication (not Windows Authentication). What threw us off the most was that they were able to run a simple Java application that successfully connected to the same database from the LC server using the same driver and connection properties with one difference. We noticed that the connection string in the Java app did not have a port defined. So if a port is not defined it must mean it is using the default port of 1433 right? Wrong!
It turns out that as of SQL Server 2005, Microsoft introduced something called the "SQL Server Browser" service which essentially listens for incoming requests to the SQL Server. With this service running, requests without a defined port are automatically connected to the correct server instance. Therefore, a connection string on the client side that has no port defined can still connect to the appropriate database as long as the correct host is defined and regardless of which port the database is configured to listen on. The following links provide more information about the SQL Server Browser service:
Once we determined what the actual port was (not 1433), the LCM data source test connection was successful. The following article provides various ways to determine the actual listening port used by a SQL Server database instance:


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Laurens County is located in the Piedmont Region of South Carolina and is a County of forests and gently rolling hills. The Enoree River separates Laurens from Spartanburg and Union Counties on the northeast. Newberry County borders on the southeast and Greenville on the northwest. The Saluda River and Lake Greenwood separate the County from Abbeville and Greenwood on the southwest.
County Origin
The original inhabitants of Laurens County were the Cherokee Indians. The first known European in the area was John Duncan, a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, who came from Pennsylvania in 1753 and settled near the modern Newberry-Laurens County line. He liked the lush vegetation and abundant wildlife he found in this area, and he settled along a creek in the northeastern section of the county, not far from the present City of Clinton. Duncan brought the first African-American slave and the first horse-drawn wagon to the area. Duncan's settlement grew and by the mid 1760's a church was established that became known as Duncan's Creek Presbyterian Church, the oldest church in Laurens County.
Four important Revolutionary Battles took place in Laurens County. On July 15, 1776, patriot forces defeated a combines Indian and Tory attack on Lyndley's Fort near Rabun Creek. At the Battle of Musgrove's Mill on August 18, 1780, a force of rebels attacked the British and Tory forces achieving a decisive victory in the two-day battle. On December 29, 1780, a Tory detachment was defeated at Hammond's Store near present-day Clinton. Near the end of the ware, at Hayes Station (eight miles southwest of Clinton) Captain "Bloody Bill" Cunningham attacked a contingent of rebels slaughtering fourteen.
After the Revolutionary War, the Ninety-Six District became the chief governmental unit of the backcountry. In 1785, Laurens County, named for statesman Henry Laurens of Charleston, was one of six counties carved from the district.
To select a site for the county seat, a delegation met at the distillery of John Rodgers, near the present Laurens Courthouse Square. Tradition has it that the men, after imbibing freely, climbed the hill to a level area and chose the spot for the courthouse. More likely, the site was selected for its close proximately to water and because five important roads connecting the upcountry converged at the point. A wooden courthouse, also used as a church and a schoolhouse, was constructed shortly afterwards. An improved courthouse was built between during 1837 and 1838 and subsequently enlarged in 1857 and 1911.
After the Revolution, the upcountry saw immigrant arrive from Pennsylvania seeking cheap land. By 1800, the population of Laurens County stood at 12, 809 of which almost eighty-five percent were white. However, as cotton production expended throughout the antebellum period, the number of slaves in Laurens increase accordingly. Laurens County produced almost 16, 000 bales of cotton in 1850. Ten years later, the county population reached 23, 858, over half of which consisted of slaves. Villages sprang up and briefly thrived during this period at Cross Hill, Waterloo, Princeton , Gray Court, Owings, Ora and Mountville. However, they gradually dwindled with Laurens and Clinton became the dominant towns in the county.
The General Assembly passed an act on March 12, 1785, whereby 6 counties were to be established out of the old Ninety-Six District. Laurens County was one of those counties. The county of Laurens owes its beautiful location to John Rogers, Charles Allen, Jonathan Downes, and others who were deputized by the fourteenth and fifty-first regiments of SC to lay a town. Laurens County derived its name from a patriot, warrior, and statesman, --the Honorable Henry Laurens of Charleston. Henry Laurens was president of the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary War, and later served as an ambassador to France to secure aid in helping the colonies with their independence. Scotch-Irish immigrants out of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia became the predominate settlers of the county.
The town of Laurens (known as Laurensville well into the nineteenth century) became the county seat and the first courthouse was erected in 1786. The current courthouse was built in 1840 and enlarged in 1857.
By 1820, Laurens had become known for its trade of tailor-made clothes. Andrew Johnson, a future president of the United States, and his brother came to Laurens in 1824 and established a tailor shop. By 1840, the area was booming with establishments, including medical practitioners, a fancy confectionery and fruit store, carriage, buggy and wagon shops, tailoring establishments, building contractors, flour and corn mills, and 81 registered whiskey distilleries.
In 1853, Laurens County resident Ann Pamela Cunningham wrote a letter to the Charleston Mercury about the deplorable condition of George Washington's home at Mount Vernon. She began the movement for restoration of this national historic site.
Civil War
No military action occurred in Laurens County during the Civil War although many native sons served in the conflict. In late April and early May 1865, Union troops passed through the County in pursuit of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, who spent two days and a night in the county during his flight from Richmond. During reconstruction, white residents of Laurens County resented the enfranchisement of the newly freed blacks, most of whom supported the despised Republican Party. Whites responded by organizing Democratic Clubs that attempted to influence elections through intimidation and violence. As a result of Ku Klux Klan activity in lower piedmont counties and the Laurens Riot of 1870 that resulted in fighting between blacks and whites near the Courthouse Square, Laurens and eight other South Carolina Counties were placed under martial law in 1871. When Reconstruction ended in 1876 with the election of Wade Hampton III as Governor, Laurens native William Dunlap Simpson became lieutenant governor and later served as Governor and Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court.
After the Civil War, cotton remained the main crop with sharecropping replacing the prewar system of slave labor. Like most upcountry counties, Laurens sought to revive its economy by spinning cotton rather than simply growing it. By the turn of the century, textile manufacturing had become an important part of the Laurens County economy with the Laurens Cotton Mill established in 1895 and Mercer Silas Bailey building a mill in Clinton in 1896. Lydia, Watts and Joanna mills also began operation during this period. Company-built villages appeared around these new textile mills to provide housing for employees, and mill villages remained an important economic and social feature of Laurens county until well after World War II. New railroads also arrived in the late nineteenth century, including the Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad, the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad, and the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad.
The Twentieth Century
By the end of the nineteenth century, textiles were becoming very important in Laurens County and the upstate. The Laurens Cotton Mill was established in 1895. Mercer Silas Bailey built the first cotton mill in Clinton in 1896 and both Lydia Mill and Watts Mill were established in 1902.
Education expanded in Laurens County during the late nineteenth century. Pratt Suber became the first county superintendent of education in 1874, Clinton College (now Presbyterian College) was established in 1880, and privately sponsored libraries were formed which evolved in to a county library in 1929.
Until World War II, textiles and agriculture almost totally dominated the economy of Laurens county. A major exception was a large glass bottle manufacturing plant in Laurens. Small one or two-room schools still dotted the countryside. During World War II , soldiers were trained on the campus of Presbyterian College and at a small airfield near Laurens.
During the twentieth century, Laurens County experienced slow but steady growth and retained predominately rural. From a population of 37,382 in 1900, the county grew to 46,974 (69% white, 31 % black) in 1950 and to an estimated 63,300 in 1999 (71% white, 29% black).
After World War II, small rural schools were consolidated, and economic diversification made Laurens count less dependent on the textile economy. Over the past few decades, textiles have been displaced by a wide variety of industries. Michelin, Milliken and Wal-Mart established large warehouse distribution center, Manufacturers to include CeramTec, Torrington, Avery Dennison and Norbord built plants. Several automobile parts suppliers established facilities in northern Laurens county at Fountain Inn to supply BMW's large upstate automobile plant. Retirement Centers have been built by three church denominations.
Because of its upstate location adjacent to the rapidly growing Greenville-Spartanburg area, Laurens County is poised to continue to experience economic and population growth in the twenty-first century.


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As we discussed in yesterday's post, the website Letters of Note can easily fit into preexisting units of study. It helps to have Mark Twain the "letter writer" teach Mark Twain the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. However, part of what makes the website so enjoyable is its archive of letters that deal with popular culture. Letters from cartoon characters, animators, cartoonists, astronauts and Muppets find their way onto the list and for no small reason. They offer some of the most interesting content and rhetoric.
When using letters from this popular culture category consider asking that students reflect upon what these letters argue about society and culture. What importance can be found in a fan letter to Charles Schulz? Is there significance to the fact that Marge Simpson "writes" to First Lady Barbara Bush? This exercise asks students to assess the role of popular culture and its impact on the individual and helps them to learn those pesky critical thinking skills that often elude them.
One of the most interesting ways to employ these letters is to shape them into units based on topic. Pairing "passages" together allows students to examine history, popular culture and television to create big picture arguments about who we are culturally. Below I've included three letters that deal with space exploration. Perhaps it's been on my mind since the AP Language test used space exploration as the theme of its synthesis questions in 2009. Or perhaps it's because I have a Star Trek problem.
Whatever the case, all three letters explore the final frontier in an effort to show you how to partner images, video and letters to create a "themed" focus for writing and discussion. The first is William Safire's contingency speech for President Nixon in the event that Apollo 11 was unsuccessful and all astronauts were lost. The second letter is from Neil Armstrong on the 25th anniversary of the moon landing extolling the virtues of his spacesuit. The third letter, and a personal favorite, is from Muppet Labs to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Consider showing students the included video clips in order to lend context.
William Safire for President Nixon, "In Event of Moon Disaster"
- Read and SOAPSTone.
- Consider the title first. What tone does the language set?
- Examine the opening line. Explain the choice of the word ordained. What effect does it create?
- Record the number of times the word "men" is employed. Explain the impact of this repetition.
- Examine the progression of the word mourned. How does this mourning change as it progresses?
- Identify two implicit arguments made about the U.S. in this speech. Explain the significance of these arguments.
Neil Armstrong, "It's true beauty, however, was that it worked"
- Read and SOAPSTone .
- Examine the image of Armstrong's suit. What importance is there in choosing the word "spacecraft" to describe it?
- Identify Armstrong's tone. Explain the difference between him as a person and as an iconic based on this language.
- Discuss Armstrong's use of the phrase "it worked" to describe his suit. How does this language relate to Nixon's speech above?
Consider using the Muppet Labs video below to introduce Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker.
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker, "Scientifically, yours"
- Read and SOAPSTone.
- Explain and identify the use of quotation marks throughout the letter. Explain how these add to tone.
- What role does the P.S. have in this letter? The P.P.S?
- Why would clearly fictional characters find the need to "write" a letter to NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab?
Overall topics for writing
- Construct a paragraph that makes an argument about space exploration based on all three letters. Use one piece of evidence from each letter. Be sure to assess the role of the "final frontier" in your commentary.
- Construct an argument about Safire's speech for Nixon and Armstrong's letter. How to the two texts relate to one another? What is the argument about Apollo 11's mission? Use language directly quoted from each letter to formulate your argument.
- Construct an argument about the interplay between television/film and current events. What can be argued about fictional and reality? Why?


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From the latest tech toy to a new driver for the golf course, there are plenty of options for great gifts for Dad. But to make this Father's Day extra special, we're suggesting the gift of time. Clichéd as it may sound, giving Dad a bit of one-on-one time might just be the sweetest gift he receives this year. Here are our ideas for some great activities:
- Looking Back: We love the idea of giving Dad a visual reminder of your appreciation for his support on your wedding day, by making a wedding photo album. Pour his favorite cocktail, set out some snacks, and stay in for a night of reminiscing about your wedding celebration.
- Make a night of it: Take Dad out for a movie date – his choice, of course! Whether it's the summer's hottest blockbuster action movie, or the latest sports biopic, he'll appreciate getting out of the house and having his choice of the movies Mom won't see (no sappy romance flicks here). Splurge for the extra large popcorn.
- Revisiting Old Memories: Take a trip down memory lane and surprise Dad with a visit to your favorite place as a kid. Whether it's tossing a baseball and playing on the swings at the neighborhood park, or visiting the tigers at the zoo, taking the time to remember the special trips you took as a child will let Dad know you appreciate his time – both then and now.
- A Battle of the Minds: Now that you're both adults, go head to head in a board game with your old man. Or pull out a classic game you loved as a little girl (we're thinking Candyland, Chutes and Ladders, or Hungry Hungry Hippos). He'll probably still let you win – old habits die hard, after all – but the quality one-on-one time is the real prize here.
- A Quality Call: Live too far from Dad to do one of these activities? Just pick up the phone and call him. Your time and attention are the best gifts he could get this Father's Day, and making a dedicated call to catch up on life, current events, sports, or whatever he wants to talk about will bring a smile to his face.
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Really want to pull at Dad's heartstrings this Father's Day? Here are a few tips for writing a note to dear old Dad.
- Remember the little things: Did he stay up all night helping you write that book report in fourth grade? Or teach you how to tie your shoes? Pointing out the little moments in which Dad came to the rescue can lead to a larger message of appreciation.
- Reflect on Inspiration: Let Dad know exactly how he's inspired you – perhaps in your career, travel choices, extracurriculars, or even in friend choices. By telling Dad how he's inspired you, you're reaffirming all the wonderful things about him.
- Look Forward: You're at the point in your life where Dad could soon transition to Grandpa. Let him know how excited you are for this next step, and how you know he'll be a wonderful Grandpa.
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With all of these fancy packages written by Erlang experts, how do you set up a cluster by hand?
Show prospective users the basis for the Erlang magic instead of hiding it within the current set of packages that are available. But they are somewhat overwhelming for the novice user.
If you wanted a simple three node cluster, you could execute the following steps by hand.
Prepare Some Utility Scripts
Note: The following example is for Linux or other Unix variants (including Mac OS X). On windows using cygwin the shell works as written. In a win32 environment, it's similar except you should be creating .bat files instead of .sh files.
1. Install erlang somewhere, say /usr/local/otp_NNN 2. mkdir NodeStorage; mkdir NodeStorage/ANode; mkdir NodeStorage/BNode 3. export ERL_TOP=(erlang install dir, in bash) or setenv ( csh ) 4. cd $ERL_TOP/bin 5. mkdir NodeA NodeB NodeC
The following script is useful if you have more than one box connected via NFS to the same filesystem. You will need to create a shell script (e.g., ANode.sh) that contains the following:
#!/bin/bash HOSTNAME=`hostname` HDNAME=`host ${HOSTNAME} | cut -d ' ' -f 4` erl -name ANode@${HDNAME} -setcookie ACookie -mnesia dir '"~/NodeA"'
Prepare the script for use in multiple sessions by executing the following commands in your shell (or console) of choice. This assumes access to the UNIX sed command:
# cp ANode.sh BNode.sh # sed -e 's/ANode/BNode/g' ANode.sh > BNode.sh # sed -e 's/ANode/CNode/g' ANode.sh > CNode.sh
Each file should now contain something like:
erl (or erl.exe or werl.ex on windows) -name email@example.com -setcookie ACookie -mnesia '"./NodeA"
Launch the Nodes
In each of three separate console sessions, execute ANode.sh, BNode.sh, CNode.sh
Each window should come up with an Erlang prompt:
To get the nodename, at the prompt, type:
1> node(). node@nohost
You can also quit at any time by typing:
2> q(). ok
Verify the Node Status
For the communication between the nodes to work, they must share the same magic cookie values. Verify this using the following command:
1> erlang:get_cookie(). nocookie 2>
If the cookies do not match, reset them by typing the following at the prompt (where SharedSecret is a value to be used in each node session):
2> erlang:set_cookie(node(), "SharedSecret").
Go to the ANode erlang shell, define two variables to represent the other nodes. Note that the IP address values (192.168.1.2) should match the machine where BNode and CNode are running:
3> email@example.com'. 4> firstname.lastname@example.com'.
Use the Remote Nodes
You can connect to other nodes from your current node:
5> net_adm:ping(BNode). 6> nodes(). 7> net_adm:ping(CNode). 8> nodes().
Go to the other shells and verify that each node is connected to the other two nodes. Note that by default it's a switch topology; other topologies are allowed.
Now that you are connected you can execute any loaded erlang module in any other node via rpc.
To find out the list of all files in "/tmp" on Node C from Node A.
9> rpc:call(CNode, file, list_dir, ["/tmp"]).
To capture this into a variable:
10> {ok, CNodeUserLocalFileList} = rpc:call(CNode, file, list_dir, ["/usr/local"]).
Or to capture this for all connected nodes:
11> rpc:multicall(nodes(), file, list_dir, ["/usr/local"]).
Or to startup new processes on connected nodes
12> rpc:multicall(nodes(), os, cmd, ["/usr/local/tomcat/bin/startup.sh"]).
To get an overview of your node cluster, use the process manager.
13> pman:start() <0.31.0>
This command brings up the process manager, where there is a Nodes sub menu which allows you to select which node's processes to inspect or trace; see the Erlang man page for details. Alternately, you can use the Erlang toolbar,
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The Prophet Moses (pbuh)
As all the verses mentioned so far relate, extensive references to the Prophet Moses (pbuh) are found in many parts of the Qur'an. His life is an example that abounds with lessons and reminders for believers, beginning with the early part of his life, and some of these lessons and reminders we have dealt with in this book.
Reflecting on the meaning of these lessons leads us to recognize the extent to which destiny completely contains a man's life, and the blessings it implies for a man of faith.
The lessons to be drawn from the Prophet Moses' (pbuh) life can be summarized as follows:
1- Destiny and its Divine purposes
By the time the Prophet Moses (pbuh) was born, his prophecy and the struggle he would pursue in the way of Allah were all predetermined. In fact, this was all ordained even before his birth. When we look at ourselves, we should also realize that we lead our own lives within a certain destiny. This destiny is what is best for us. It is ordained by Allah, Who is our Creator and our Lord. He has infinite knowledge and mercy. That is why we should submit ourselves to our destiny, and embrace whatever befalls us with joy, knowing that it is a part of the destiny our Lord has created for us.
2- Trusting Allah and placing faith in Him
The story of the Prophet Moses (pbuh) greatly emphasizes the notion of placing one's faith in Allah. Allah warned and educated the Prophet Moses (pbuh) on the need to put his trust in Him, despite the fact that it was in his nature to feel excited from time to time. In those situations he encountered throughout his life, the Prophet Moses (pbuh) always acknowledged that Allah exercises absolute control over everything, and that he should trust Him unconditionally.
In order to place one's trust in Allah, one needs to appreciate Allah's Might with due extent and recognize Him according to His true power. A believer is guided to such a knowledge through reflection upon Allah's attributes: Allah is the Creator of all life, He is the One that takes back one's soul, He exercises absolute power over everything, He encompasses everything, He needs only command "Be" and it is, He is the absolute and sole controller of all things, He is the Beneficent, He is the One Who answers all prayers, and He guides whom He wills to righteousness. All deeds go back to Allah. If we could fully comprehend the might of our Creator, and appreciate His power, then we would come to realize that He is the only One to turn to and to put our trust in.
3- The temporary nature of the life of this world and of possessions
As we have explored in the example of Karun, death renders void all the benefits of worldly possessions. Furthermore, unless spent for the cause of Allah, these possessions could well be a reason to exacerbate torment, both in this world and beyond. Material possessions should never be the object of man's envy. Allah grants a greater abundance of His blessings to whom He wills. Prosperity is worthless if not put to use for the sake of Allah. On the other hand, for someone compliant to the will of Allah, poverty is by no means a source of misery. Therefore, one should neither be remorseful nor boastful about his possessions and wealth in this world. Only living for the cause of Allah, and fear for Allah, should be the criteria upon which to base one's life.
4- Ignorance and self-purification
As related throughout this book, some of the Children of Israel embraced the religion the Prophet Moses (pbuh) brought, without entirely abandoning their ancient ways. Moreover, with great ignorance, they attempted to merge their errant ways with the revealed religion. This is an important point all should be cautious of. It may be that, during the development of his personality, an individual could have inculcated some improper ways of thinking. Accordingly, after having accepted the right path, he may still keep some old beliefs and thoughts.
Also to be found in the story of the Prophet Moses (pbuh), idolatrous practices of the tribe encountered on their journey became a matter of temptation for some of the people of the Prophet Moses (pbuh), who were of poor faith and who had failed to cleanse themselves from the ways of ignorance. This instructive incident demonstrates that adherence to the Qur'an and the Sunna is the sole way of eliminating beliefs and thoughts that are rooted in ignorance.
5- Hypocrites and their attitudes
In the story of the Prophet Moses (pbuh), we find the example of hypocrites lurking within a community, and the great harm they can bring to a society. For instance, we can discern attributes peculiar to hypocrites in Samaritan:
Hypocrites are found among believers. In the time of the Prophet Moses (pbuh), for example, Samaritan was among the Children of Israel. In order to stir trouble, hypocrites look for when the believers are at their weakest. Only at that point they, with their foolish minds, feel they will be most successful do they take action. They make use of people's shortcomings to lead them astray. In pursuit of their cause, they appeal to man's base natures. They offer empty promises. They may never openly express unbelief in the religion or in Allah, but rather, try to bring attention to their supposed piety. They even go to such lengths as to claim they understand the religion better than anyone else, and that therefore, are the most capable of guiding others to the right path. However, they can never attain success, they only give harm to themselves and in the Hereafter, they are repaid by remaining at the lowest level of Hell. Samaritan was such a historic hypocrite who possesed all these attributes.
6- The story of the cow and excessive concern over details
This story reveals a specific mentality plaguing some of the Children of Israel: man's tendency to concern himself excessively over details… Despite the easy, uncomplicated and pure nature of the religion, some people seek to make the religion difficult, by introducing needless details into it, and by shifting the focus from its true essence to trivial issues. However, Allah explains that the true religion is as easy as the religion of the Prophet Abraham (pbuh). The story of the cow brings to light the error of inquiring needlessly into details. It also shows that the pursuit of trivial details only causes difficulty for people, and may ultimately lead them away from the commandments of Allah.
7- The story of a wise man and wisdom from Allah's Sight.
This story conveys to us that there may well be wisdom underlying certain events that is not immediately apparent. This knowledge is a special sort of wisdom granted by Allah's Sight. This is explained with examples that even seemingly disastrous events may not actually be adverse, and that, on the contrary, there may be some reason behind them we are incapable of recognizing.
To conclude, the most important lesson for believers were the good morals exemplified by the Prophet Moses (pbuh) and the Prophet Aaron (pbuh). Both of them were prophets of Islam, to whom scriptures were granted.
Although Prophet Moses (pbuh) strove in the way of Allah thousands of years ago, his conduct and manner of speech remain exemplary for us. Allah chose him for Himself, spoke to him and appointed him as a messenger to convey His message to the people. These noble men are remembered in the Qur'an as follows:
And left the later people saying of them, "Peace be upon Moses and Aaron!" That is how We recompense good-doers. They truly were among Our servants who are believers. (Surat as-Saffat: 119-122)
Allah was pleased with them, as He is with all His messengers. May our Lord bless us with the wisdom to better understand the lives of these messengers, and to be one of those with whom He is pleased.


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Beautify your home by sprucing up your front porch! Your porch is probably the first thing guests see when they come to your home so make a statement and let your porch shine.
Beautify your home by sprucing up your front porch! Your porch is probably the first thing guests see when they come to your home so make a statement and let your porch shine.
Whether you create a place for your family to sit down to enjoy a meal or assemble a calm place of sanctuary, there are so many decor ideas that will help you achieve a fabulous look. We have gathered some beautiful porch decor ideas that will help your porch become one of the most comfortable and stylish areas of your home.
Bring the Indoors Outside
If you have a covered porch, why not treat it as you do the inside of your home? We just love this set up from Country Living. With a big statement mirror and rugs, you can create a beautiful lounging area right on your porch. Why not choose your porch as your place of sanctuary after a long day?
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Making your porch a comfortable and functional place to lounge is as easy as adding some great furniture and accessories. During the summer, my family loves to eat on our porch. It is such a great change of pace from eating in the dining room- or let's be honest- in front of the TV!
Colored Front Door
Even if your front porch is teeny tiny, it can still speak volumes with a pop of color! We just love this pink front door from Veranda. The matching pink shutters on either side also adds to the grandiose entrance.
With just a can of paint, you can spruce up your front porch and make a statement to others passing by. What a frugal way to jazz up your home and show off your personality.
Pattern and Texture
Your porch is an amazing opportunity to show off your style. Why not go all out? We love this porch from Shelterness that displays an array of patterns and textures that are pleasing to the eye.
The purple couch adds amazing color to the decor and the striped pillows add fun pattern to the entire look of the porch. Be playful and mix and match patterns and textures as well as color. Using monochromatic colors let's you use and array of colors while sticking to a theme.
Outdoor Curtains
This porch from Houzz is absolutely stunning. It proves that curtains are not just made for the inside of your home. These beautiful white curtains section off the porch to create a cozy and comfortable feel.
The curtains also give you the option of privacy. You may be outdoors but that doesn't mean you can't have a little private time with you friends and family.
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A teenage pedestrian was taken to hospital after being hit by a car yesterday evening.
Emergency services, including London Fire Brigade, were called to Winchester Road in Highams Park on Friday at 7:30pm following reports of female trapped under a car.
The victim, a 17 year-old girl, was in collision with an Audi A2.
Ambulance crews were first to arrive on the scene and said she was conscious and 'stabilised' at the scene.
She was taken to Royal London Hospital.
Police have described her condition as non life-threatening.
The area was cordoned off and Winchester Road was blocked in both directions at the junction with Cavendish Road for over three hours.
No arrests have been made but police have said they are investigating the incident.
A petition calling for speed controls along Winchester Road was launched in April after residents said they were fed up of the road being used as a 'race track'.
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Hi Doctor, I sent you a question a few days ago but unsure weather you understood what I was saying. 39Yr old female, I went to my doctor because I had this 3-5mm small raised area on the sublingual fold right side. Also when the doctor was checking my mouth he felt the right side which had a small 3-4mm round very movable soft to firm lump towards the Wharton's ducts under the mucous membrane also near sublingual fold. He sent me to ENT specialist who felt both sides of my mouth and stated right side was overlap of mucosa and left side was a salivary stone. My doctor disagreed saying the lump on the left felt more like a cyst as it is not hard. He sent me for second opinion to another specialist who said he was 90% sure it was benign. I had an intra oral ultrasound and the doctor doing it felt the areas of concern and stated it feels like a duct. My doctor said he believes it's nothing to worry about, and just watch it. All the doctors I went to wont do FNA as it's too small they said. I am just feeling a little bit confused over different doctor's opinions on this matter. My ultrasound was a High resolution ultrasound using a hockey-stick ultrasound transducer probe. Ultrasound stated normal floor was seen within the submucosal veins of the floor of the mouth and sublingual regions. These were of symmetrical size and appearance. Normal symmetrical appearance of the accessory sublingual salivary glands was demonstrated. No soft tissue mass lesions were seen. No collections or cysts were identified. No other abnormalities. There are no obvious abnormalities seen in visual inspection of the floor of mouth and sublingual regions. Conclusion: Normal sonographic findings. How accurate are these types of ultrasounds? All of the docs I been to say clinical it feels like a benign condition. Please give me some advice as I am worried sick over it with so many different opinions. Kindest regards
Did the physicians acquire any other forms of intra oral imaging?
Ultra sonography is ideal for some imaging but a regular old occlusal film may be all that is required. If indeed it is a sialolith (salivary stone), the composition of the stone is high in calcium salts and is radio-opaque and will show up on x-ray. In some cases the stones can move, especially during manipulation with an ultrasound probe.
FNB would not be my initial means of assessing the lesion, and if it is a stone, surgical removal by marsupulaization usually is indicated. In the old days when I was doing my training, we performed sialography to identify the obstruction. The ducts are cannulated and radiographic dye is injected and cine radiography is performed (just like coronary angiograms) to visualize the salivary ductal circuit.
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