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A CHARITY supporting people with diabetes is calling on people in Worcestershire and throughout the Midlands to chip in with a week a fundraising.
Diabetes UK has arranged a number of events as part of this year's Diabetes Week, which starts on Sunday, June 8.
Events include collections at Tesco shops throughout the region and sponsored walks at Walsall Arboretum and Wollaton Park in Nottingham on Sunday, June 8.
The charity is also encouraging anyone who is not able to get to Wallsall or Nottingham to arrange their own walks to help raise money to pay for research and support for the 3.8 million people in the UK with diabetes.
Regional manager for Diabetes UK in the Midlands Pete Shorrick said: "We look forward to welcoming people from across the Midlands to our events and others being organised by our local groups and healthcare professionals.
"The money that we raise during Diabetes Week helps us continue with our work as the leading UK charity for people with diabetes.
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US Army Pvt Odis White, KIA 24 Feb.'45 Belgium
24 Feb. 1945 — Belgium
Pvt Odis White The Twenty Third United States Infantry, 1812-1945 2nd Infantry Division
Dec. 1944 and on to Jan. - Feb. 1945 ~~~~ ETO.
"The German break-through on 16 December found all three battalions of the 23d Infantry fighting savagely in the line. The failure of the enemy to accomplish a penetration in the division sector, despite repeated tank and strong infantry. attacks, upset the entire German plan of action to reach and cut off the vital supply nets at Liege. The Regiment stopped attack after bloody attack.
This action was summed up by General Courtney Hodges, Commanding General of the 1st Army, who declared, »What the 2nd Division has done in the last four days will live forever in the history of the United States Army.«
During the period of 13 to 23 Jan. while attached to the First Division, the Regiment fought under the most severe climatic conditions. It spearheaded a drive that broke the determined enemy resistance in the vital *** Ondenval-Iveldingen Pass *** to clear the way for armored thrusts into *** St. Vith, Belgium. ***
Sleet, rain and bitter cold froze the men's clothing to their bodies as they, struggled through waist-deep snow over rough terrain. The enemy forces, principally the 8th Regiment, 3rd Panzer Division, were decimated. So heavy were enemy losses in men and material that the 8th Regiment ceased to exist as a fighting force.
Soon after, the 23d Infantry Regiment was again on the offensive in the Siegfried Line, pushing through the Schleiden Forest to reach the vitally important Roer River dams. Early in March the Regiment drove to the Rhine. The crossing was made on the 23d of March in the vicinity of Niederbreisig, five miles south of the famed Remagen bridge.
"God Bless our Brave Men" Odis had just turned 19 years old.
ODIS WHITE, Birth: 8 Jan. 1926 in Louisianna Death: 24 Feb. 1945 KIA in Belgium during WWII
Pvt Odis White was with the US Army 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division WWII
From the 1930 census: 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Otis White
Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1926 Birthplace: Louisiana Race: White
Home in 1930: Police Jury Ward 7, Catahoula, Louisiana Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: M.W White
Father's Birthplace: Louisiana
Mother's Name: Mary White
Mother's Birthplace: Louisiana
Household Members: Name Age
M.W White 46
Mary White 43
Virdia White 15
Myrtel White 15
Wesley White 13
Howard White 9
Otis White 4
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Welcome back to Mets Chat Room.
The ballclub is rolling now. Jose Reyes has the day off and Carlos Delgado in NY for a MRI. … John Maine can get the leg up on Oliver Perez for the playoff rotation.
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Statement by Director Contius, Ministry of Environment, on 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development
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Mr. Chair,
Germany associates itself with the statement delivered by Hungary on behalf of the EU and its member states.
We understand the green economy not as a tool to pursue a new development paradigm that is meant to replace the sustainable development agenda. It is rather an opportunity to equally enhance the main dimensions of sustainable development.
When we talk about green economy we are talking about sustainable consumption and production, low carbon economic development, resource efficiency, biodiversity andwater.
And we talk about sustainable growth and new and secure jobs. The green economy incorporates a strong social dimension linked to sustainable and inclusive growth.
Integrating all these agendas is a great challenge, but also opening up opportunities for developing countries. If we accelerate our transition to a green and low carbon economy now, this will pay off for all of us.
As you might know, the EU is calling for the adoption of a UN Green Economy Roadmap in Rio which clarifies and encourages the measures that need to be taken in order to pave the way for a green economy. Such a roadmap should include a timeline, benchmarks, indicators, legal and economic instruments and voluntary targets.
The aim is for the United Nations to make a commitment, together with other important stakeholders such as the World Bank, bilateral donors and the private sector, to give all interested countries tailor-made support to help them on their path to a green and low carbon economy.
The German Government is proposing that this UN Green Economy Roadmap should envisage country-specific advice on national policies for the transition to a green economy for all interested countries up to 2020.
Essential steps of implementation should be achieved by 2030.
The work on the Low Carbon Development Strategies and Plans and on the NAMAs will be an essential component of this effort; the interested countries themselves should specify additional environmental policy areas on which the green economy capacity development should focus primarily.
Such a MDG-like decision of Rio plus 20 would certainly be instrumental in accelerating the transition to a green and low carbon economy.
The green jobs projects of ILO in developing countries are impressive. Green jobs are a highly effective means in combating poverty. We are also applauding the excellent work of UNEP on green economy which is inspiring all of us to move forward on this issue. UNEP's and UNIDO's work on cleaner production is a third example of the relevant activities of the UN system in developing countries.
But unfortunately, the United Nations are not yet adequately equipped to scale up these activities to a comprehensive effort reaching all interested countries as soon as possible. It is obvious that today's multilateral architecture for sustainable development is not able to drive substantial change.
UNEP is doing a great job of conceptualising and raising awareness. But unfortunately, UNEP is too weak and not well enough funded to move the implementation process forward.
Along with the EU, Germany therefore strongly advocates the upgrade of UNEP to a UN specialised agency for the environment, with a revised and strengthened mandate, supported by stable, adequate and predictable financial contributions.
Such a well-resourced and fully equipped agency should be able to provide the professional services that countries need to efficiently implement multilateral environmental agreements. It should enhance coherence and political oversight of global environmental finance and play a role in the necessary efforts to dovetail financial streams for the environment, including the GEF. This will be part of a better realignment of the multilateral policy making and the international funding mechanisms.
In close cooperation with other actors such as the World Bank, UNDP, ILO and UNIDO, the bilateral donors and the private sector, the agency should be capable, through its regional offices, of offering tailor-made advice for all interested countries interested in the transition to a green and low carbon economy.
We believe that such a better funded UN agency concentrating on environmental issues and on the implementation of the agreed goals and targets of sustainable development would be an important partner for developing countries in achieving sustainable growth.
The agency should provide credible, coherent and effective leadership for environmental sustainability under the overall framework of sustainable development, and promote the coherent implementation of the environmental dimensions of sustainable development within the United Nations system.
We understand Nairobi as the headquarters of such a United Nations Environment Organization based on UNEP. The emphasis should be on reinforcing efficiency, building on UN structures which are already decentralized.
There is an urgent need for capacity-development and assistance for efficient policy implementation, as well as other relevant policy advice in many regions of the world.
Whatever reform options we discuss, our common goal should be a much more efficient multilateral architecture of global environmental policy, with a UN environment institution carrying political weight and providing the necessary leadership. This will enable improvements regarding developing countries' ability to cope with the multiple environmental challenges and to engage in the transition to a green and low carbon economy.
The proposed UN Green Economy Roadmap, the upgrade of UNEP to a specialized agency in Nairobi, and a better UN architecture for sustainable development here in New York could be key achievements of the Rio conference and make Rio 2012 a milestone on the road to sustainable development.
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Considering the thousands of kilometers that a pigeon can fly, its nest can be seen only a tiny speck, if at all. However, pigeons can still find their way back home every time without any problems, even if they are flying in unfamiliar areas.
The pigeon, also known as Columba Livia, has served people for centuries with the help of their impressive navigation abilities. It is a well-known fact that pigeons were used as early as the year 1150 in Baghdad for message delivery, additionally, the founder of Reuters News Agency, Paul Reuter, used a fleet of 45 pigeons to transmit news of the stock market and bond prices between Brussels, Belgium and Aachen, Germany in the 1850's. It was this special ability that drew the attention of scientists to these amazing creatures. Despite decades of research and examination, it was only recently that scientists managed to discover that these amazing birds can find their way back home using their ability to perceive magnetic fields. Moreover, it was discovered that the magnetic positioning system which accurately gets the pigeons home every time, is located inside the bird's small beak.
How does the Magnetic System in the Pigeon's Beak Work?
The beaks of pigeons were examined in detail by scientists using a HASYLAB synchroton (a particle accelerator which moves electrons at the speed of light) in laboratories in Hamburg, Germany which revealed the following results:
There are iron-containing subcellular particles of maghemite and magnetite in sensory dendrites of the tissues which line the upper beak of homing pigeons and the fine fibers (dendrites) going to the sensory nerve cells of the tissues which covers the upper beak.
These dendrites are arranged in a complex three-dimensional pattern, with different spatial orientations designed to analyze the three components of the magnetic field vectors separately. They react to the Earth's external magnetic field in a very sensitive and specific manner, thus acting as a three-axis magnetometer.
The cells with magnetite, after interacting with the magnetic field of the earth, transmit the data they obtain to nerves and these nerves in turn convert this data into electric impulses and send them to the brain so that they can be interpreted.
Due to the amazing interoperation between the systems of the pigeon, this bird is able to detect the location of its nest thousands of kilometers away, without any mistakes. Humans were able to build a similar system only after many years of work and research, and finally managed to produce three-axis magnetometers (a device used to measure and compare magnetic movements and the fluctuations of magnetic fields).
It is obvious that the perfect details in the structure of the pigeons beak are not the result of the buildup of unconscious atoms. The excellent structure of the beak is surely one of the evidences of All-mighty Allah's wisdom and art of creation.
What is the Purpose for The Crystals in Pigeons' Beaks?
Scientists examined pigeons beaks under various optical and electron microscopes. The findings of their research revealed amazing details. But what are these details that astonished the scientists so much?
The homing pigeon's (Columbia Livia) upper beak has magnetite (SMP) crystals of only 5 microns in diameter (one micron is one in one thousandth of a millimeter; in comparison, the average human hair is roughly 100 microns thick).
Each magnetite SPM cluster is embedded inside small fiber boxes that open to the surface of the cell, and by the means of these small boxes, the magnetic clusters stick to the nerve fibers in a very sensitive way.
In addition to magnetic clusters, inside the beak, there is a second inorganic structure: this is the iron-phosphate layer with a nano-crystal structure, and is located where the nerve fibers end (it has a width and length of 500 nm (nanometer) and a maximum thickness of 100 nm).
The scientists discovered that the anatomic structures of these iron-phosphate layers in the end of the nerve fibers allowed the birds to detect even the slightest variations in the magnetic field of the earth.
All of these details that we explained so far, which are quite difficult to understand, are located in the beak of the pigeon. And not just that, they have amazing functions too. Their functions are so sensitive and accurate that the anatomy of these nerves can perceive even the slightest changes in the magnetic field of the earth.
Thinking deeply about these amazing details of pigeon beaks, will make it clear to any sound person that these cannot have come into being coincidentally as the evolutionists claim. On the contrary, these are the perfect evidences that it is the creation of All-mighty Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. Our Lord explains this truth in a Quran verse as follows:
In your creation and in the creatures He created and spreaded (on the aboveground), there are verses for those who believe with an exact knowledge. (Surat al-Jathiyya, 4)
The Technology in Pigeon Beaks Leads the Way to Science
According to the scientists, a system that is built based on the pigeon's amazing beak system, could lead to great advancements in technology. If a similar magnetic perception system is built:
Physicians would be able to make sure that drugs affect only the desired parts of the body The magnetometers in aircraft and space shuttles can be made smaller and even more accurate.
"I put my trust in Allah, My Lord and your Lord! There is not a moving creature, but He hath grasp of its fore-lock. Verily, it is my Lord that is on a straight Path(He protects the ones who are on the straight path.) "(Hud Surah, 56)
However, all of these technological possibilities are just great ideas at the moment, because even though scientists have discovered these natural magnetic receptors, they don't have any idea as to how to produce them. But the homing pigeon, a small bird, is born equipped with these qualities, and it has been like this for millions of years, through the amazing creation of All-mighty Allah. Gerta Fleissner and her colleagues from Frankfurt University explain how desperate they look in their efforts to build a similar system when they see the amazing system in Allah's creation:
"Even though birds have been producing these particles for millions of years, the main problem for scientists who want to find benefits from their use will be the technical production of these particles."
The Superior Smelling Abilities of the Pigeons
Different type of pigeons have varying sizes of smelling regions and olfactory bulbs. Laboratory experiments showed that each bird showed a specific reaction to specific odors. The pigeons can find their way back to their nest, even if they are very far away, and use their sense of smell together with their sight to return home. It was shown many times that pigeons failed to find their way if their noses were blocked, thus preventing their breathing. It is thought that pigeons utilize visual signs when they are near their nests, and odors carried by the winds when they are further away.
Even humans need the help of others to get back to their homes when they are in unfamiliar territory. Then what is it that makes pigeons far superior than humans?
The beaks of the homing pigeons could not have developed by coincidence as claimed by the evolutionists. Today's science shows clearly that the baseless claims of Darwin are wrong, and nothing in nature can come into being coincidentally.
The experiments conducted on homing pigeons showed that the birds hovered one last time over their nests before they left, probably to memorize the landscape. In one experiment, opaque lens were carefully inserted in the eyes of the pigeons, which prevented them from seeing more than one or two meters distant. However the birds were still able to find their nests. After that, some claimed that perhaps they found their way by sensing the Sun, but they could still make it to their nests even under cloudy weather conditions. They only lost their way when magnets that counteracted the magnetic effect of the earth were placed in their heads. This makes it clear that the guide of the birds is the magnetic field of the Earth. (David Attenborough, The Trials of Life, s.122)


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There's something to be said for routine. Veggie burger night is Monday. Call Ma every Friday. Replace contact lenses every 6 weeks. You know what I mean. However, it's just as important to smash things. Break a glass for no reason. Today I give you two un-music related videos. For no reason other than I felt like it.
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15. The event will be going on from 10 am to 5 pm during both days
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knowledgeable Anthropology volunteers will be working three tables
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pm both days. They will be showing many different items including a
beautiful Lakota beaded cradleboard, a Miccosukee doll, a silver
and turquoise inlay amulet from Santo Domingo, and Cree beaded
mittens. Not only will the volunteers be showing the collections
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Winner in the Firewall Solution Category of Readers' Choice Awards: Sophos UTM software appliance
September 17, 2015 - Sophos UTM software appliance was selected the winner in the Firewall Solution category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards. Check Point UTM-1 and FortiGate 1000 Series were runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
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"Our Readers' Choice Awards give visitors to our site the opportunity to vote for the products they view as the very best in their respective category," said Sean Buttigieg, WindowSecurity.com manager. "WindowSecurity.com users are specialists in their field who encounter various network security solutions at the workplace. The award serves as a mark of excellence, providing the ultimate recognition from peers within the industry."
WindowSecurity.com conducts monthly polls to discover which product is preferred by Network Security administrators in a particular category of third party network security solutions. The awards draw a huge response per category and are based entirely on the visitors' votes. WindowSecurity.com visitors can submit their votes for the current Readers' Award poll in the site's right-hand bar.
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Even more awards will be given out during 2015. Visitors to WindowSecurity.com have the opportunity to vote for their preferred Security products. Below is a list of the Readers' Choice categories, the month that visitors can submit their votes, and the announced winners.
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This is sweet
yeah no, I'll keep my music on my own hard drive kthxbye
I for one DO NOT CARE if all my devices have the same junk on them. Different devices have different storage capacities, and my wife and I have different musical tastes. Her iPhone syncs the songs she wants from our iTunes library on our home PC, my phone syncs my songs (a few songs are on both our phones), and the nano syncs a different (smaller) set of songs.
So to me, this whole "match" and "cloud" deal for iTunes is pretty much pointless.
Don't get me wrong..... $25 a year isn't that much money but it's still money I shouldn't have to pay for this.
And there's the reason for the deals with Record Companies.
But it does mean that you can pay $25 to turn illegally downloaded music into "legit" music Can you re-download "matched" music?
Why are y'all all complaining about an OPTIONAL service??!! If you don't want Apple to host your library then use Audiogalaxy for your music and Air Video for your movies and host it yourself!! Wow... that wasn't too hard to figure out.
and as Steve Jobs mentioned you can always do it the old school way via transfer cable
Back up your iCloud to iTunes?! iCloud is by definition your iTunes backup. I can't wait to upload all my live concerts and DJ sets and old albums in case my HDD crashes... I have iCloud!
Thanks to everyone for the ******y responses from both sides. To clear things up you are not "thinking outside the box" if you choose to opt into a service that Apple is going to offer. They thought outside the box, you are accessing the box. To the others, for $25/year you can download illegally to your heart's content and legitimize all that music on as many iDevices as you own. How is that not a good deal?
Either way there will always be kinks to work out esp. for devices that don't have WiFi and can't take advantage of the icloud but for the most part this is a great idea.
You are NOT uploading your music to a locker and then worrying about having a data connection to it. You are uploading a description of what music you have to the icloud which then syncs the music to your idevices as it gets updated. This isn't like streaming music from the icloud.
Plus for those of you with illegally downloaded music, this will repair all the missing or fragmented ID3 tags for your songs so you can finally look at a clean list.
People really seem to be missing the point here ... Apple is not reselling you your own songs but giving you the chance to legitimize your pirated music. That's why the licensing deal took so long. The music companies want a cut of that pie, as they should.
But what was NOT covered was whether or not those "iTunes Match" files will be downloaded to your computer or if they will exist only in the cloud.


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Police have used DNA technology to charge a man with using an axe to assault a service station attendent during an armed robbery in Kelmscott nine years ago.
DNA taken recently in a separate investigation led officers back to the unsolved crime which took place on August 21 about 4.45am.
Police say the man parked a Ford Fairmont sedan at the Shell service station on Albany Highway, Kelmscott and approached a staff member who was standing outside.
He was wearing a balaclava and was armed with an axe.
It will be alleged the man raised the axe and demanded cash from the staff member. The two men wrestled and the staff member fell to the ground, where it will be alleged he was kicked a number of times and punched.
The man fled on foot, leaving behind the vehicle he had driven there in, and which was later identified as a stolen vehicle.
The vehicle and items of interest within the vehicle were seized for forensic examination.
Based on a DNA match to a sample taken recently in a separate investigation, detectives travelled to Gnowangerup and with the assistance of local police arrested a 32-year-old man yesterday.
The man has since been charged with stealing a motor vehicle and attempted aggravated armed robbery, and will appear in the Armadale Magistrates Court on Tuesday, November 13.


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The design geniuses at FWIS have created a series of Pinhole Cameras for World Pinhole Camera Day. The greatest part is that the cameras are available at Corbis as downloadable PDF's – so you just print them off your printer, and assemble your very own, functioning, pinhole camera!!!
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My, but I missed this.
I really haven't had much time to pay attention to my trusty foil Torgerson lately, but the cranky old fibber appears to have been keeping himself busy. He bleated his latest piece a few days after the recent election. The title really says it all: "Job Hunting Tip for Out-of-Work Republicans." It ends with a riff on the CapitalOne slogan: "What's [LEFT] in YOUR wallet?"
Huh. So, with national unemployment at record lows, gas prices bottoming out, and even The New York Times admitting that the sky may not actually be falling, am I to understand that Torgerson still maintains that the economy is so bad that the average recently unemployed Republican may have to tighten his belt a notch?
For my part, I found myself on the street in September after my firm folded. Know what? The current job market isn't just good... it's the best one I've ever heard of! Talk about a seller's market!
I had so many offers rolling in that I took an extra month off just to evaluate them and make sure I didn't blow any opportunities. Now, I might not have been able to do that, had it not been for the cash left in my pocket following the Bush administration's very useful tax cuts for the rich (and for me, too, I guess).
So the moral of the story is the same as usual, where Torgerson's concerned: with the deadpan humor of John Kerry, the grace under fire of John Murtha, the sparkling intellect of Al Gore, and the economic savvy of a bar of soap, he's truly a force to be ignored.


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Elite PC Titan FX: Setting New Standards in Gamingby Wesley Fink on 11/30/2003 10:57 PM EST
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rupe120 - Wednesday, December 03, 2003 - linkSo no dual Opteron test? Reply
Nighteye2 - Wednesday, December 03, 2003 - linkAbout the not working well with 4 sticks of RAM: maybe there are only 2 banks for each processor, given that each processor has it's own memory controller?
MS - Wednesday, December 03, 2003 - linkWes,
ok, I would need to check which version I am using .... D'UH, here it is: 3.43 from June 20 (release date). I guess I need oto check with nVidia and see whether there are newer drivers that increase performance :-)
(gotto run a few errands now, be back later) Reply
Wesley Fink - Wednesday, December 03, 2003 - linkMichael,
We don't generally use nVidia's IDE drivers either, but we do use the chipset driver set. The nForce unified drivers released just a few weeks ago appear to improve performance quite a bit on the nF3 compared to the earlier unified driver. Reply
MS - Wednesday, December 03, 2003 - linkWes,
Thanks for clearing that one up, actually I am just using a standard Barracuda SATA -V drive on the SiI controller without the nForce drivers, also, I am getting some 59.8 - 59.9 on the ASUS K8V and the ABIT KV8 MAX3 (VIA chipset)
With respect to the GunMetal benchmark, I am (presumably) using the same system as the one you have and the only thing that makes a difference there is how much eye-candy is turned on or off. --- I don't know either what to say here but GM appears to be more GPU limited than anything else. Which is why I would like to find out about your magic sauce for the FX-51.. Reply
Wesley Fink - Wednesday, December 03, 2003 - linkMichael - The Dell is a 3.2 P4, while the Shuttle AN50R is an nForce3-150 Athlon64. You likely used nVidia's latest drivers, which do improve benchmark performance. We are using them for our upcoming reviews, but the nF3-150 scores were from earlier reviews using the slower earlier drivers. Those are likely the differences between your scores and ours.
As I stated in the review, the Gun Metal 2 scores among FX51 chipsets remain a mystery. We are searching for answers.
MS - Wednesday, December 03, 2003 - link"While Dell just achieved the first Content Creation score to approach 60, the Titan FX scores almost 70 in the same test. The Titan FX score of 67.9 is almost 10 points higher than the best that we have ever seen in this benchmark. That is 10 points better than a 3.2GHz Pentium 4 running almost the same components in the Dell Dimension XPS."
We are getting over 60 with a standard Shuttle AN50R (single drive) and almost 65 with the FX-51 system, what's wrong here?
Also, I don't quite understand the GunMetal benchmark results of the FX51 system, can you elaborate on those, that is, why is the FX51 system so much faster than anything else? Just curious what it is that I am overlooking here... Reply
Doop - Wednesday, December 03, 2003 - linkWell that's good Wesley Fink...AMD said they wouldn't work, you tested and they didn't work.
Sorry for the comment about the article didn't mean to offend, I just usually expect AnandTech to be the most complete.
It just seemed obvious to me to wonder why they would ship a single only CPU in a dual mobo. Glad you made the effort to check. Take care.
stncttr908 - Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - linkWow, if I were rich and didn't build my own systems, this would be on my desk in a heartbeat. Reply
rupe120 - Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - linkSo when will the article be redone with dual Opterons? :o) Reply
sprockkets - Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - linkAdding, but how much of the system actually follows industry standards. Like why would I want a D/Hell with a stupid bios that is worse than features included even on uATX boards? Reply
sprockkets - Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - linkThe power supply is FSP, and unlike the stupid dell is not proprietary. FSP are known for making good PS. Like the ones with the 120mm fans inside them.
Of course the p4 systems can be faster with the RAID setup but neverless impressive. You should compare not only the specs and scores. Reply
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - linkDoop - While AMD has stated from the beginning that the FX would not be multi-processor capable, MANY reviews have speculated that the shipping FX chips did not, in fact, have the 2nd and 3rd HT links disabled. If links were not disabled, then the chips WOULD work in a dual-processor board. Manufacturers tell us many things, but we still prefer to find out for ourselves, because things often turn out not to be exactly what we have been told by manufacturers.
Now that we have tested this for ourselves, the article has been corrected. We have also added the recommendations from Elite PC on multiple CPU selection to the review, and I have just received a written response from AMD. We have done our best to answer the question with hands-on testing in a timely manner, and post the information as soon as it is available.
I also read many other sites, and I don't recall an actual attempt to run 2 FX51 chips being reported. The question has never been AMD's intention with FX, but there have been many questions as to whether the other two HT links were actually being disabled on FX chips. We can now say that on FX chips we have tested, Dual-Processor operation with FX chips did not work, and the Opteron 2 and higher series should be used for dual processors. Reply
Doop - Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - linktfranzese, not many people think the Athlon FX is dual capable. AMD has clearly stated that they are not. This article was clearly not up Anandtech's usually extremely high level.
Now this is purely wild speculation on may part but it could be possible that you get higher yeilds of opteron cores if you accept some with not all the functioning hypertransport links.
Just like Radeons with 4 instead of 8 pipelines.
You could enable the hypertransport links but there is possibility that you've got a chip where the links needed for dual operation will never work. Reply
tfranzese - Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - linkI don't think it's been clear, because I and others were under the assumption that they were not disabled in an effort to get them out asap. Might have just been engineering samples though, because these assumptions came from an article. Reply
Shinei - Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - linkUh, tfraneze, I'm pretty sure it's been clear since the start that the FX-51 has had and always will have two disabled HT links... Turning them on MIGHT be possible, but that depends on how much time and money you're willing to waste (since a mistake can cost you $800). Reply
Shinei - Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - linkUh, tfraneze, I'm pretty sure it's been clear since the start that the FX-51 has had and always will have two disabled HT links... Turning them on MIGHT be possible, but that depends on how much time and money you're willing to waste (since a mistake can cost you $800). Reply
tfranzese - Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - linkLocutus, the board is a design that uses only one memory controller to cut down on traces. There's a recent article, I think from GamePC that compares it with an Extended ATX dual board with use of both memory controllers. Reply
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - link#31 - The board is located on the MSI site under 'server workstation' at http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/server/svr/... As stated in the review the board is the VIA K8T800 chipset. Reply
Locutus4657 - Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - linkI couldn't find this motherboard on the MSI web site. But to me it looks like this is a dual system using a via chipset? If so I didn't think this was possible... Or at the very least sane. Could some one confirm this? Reply
tfranzese - Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - linkDoop, no I don't feel like a fool. It's better to be informed than be completely ignorant like yourself. Even Wesley, the guy who wrote this article, was under the impression the current FX's were dual capable. It could either have been fixed by AMD or fixed in the BIOs for all you know.
As for sales, sales don't determine leadership. As for the 8x thing, being first to market a new speed does not make you the leader. Am I not the only one disappointed that it can't do 8x + and - R?
And no, no one mentioned Pioneer in this article but neither did they mention Plextor. And you're kidding yourself if you think Plextor has the same prestiege in the DVD burner market as they did with CD burners. Plextors are good, but speed isn't what makes you the best. Reply
Tweak - Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - linkoops, late post. Reply
Tweak - Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - linkWell Mr Fink, can you answer the dual FX question for us?
You changed the typos, but completely ignored this MUCH more important querry.
In any case, if the 940pin Fx's are dual compatible it would be a reason for the 940 pinners to remain in existance after the release of the 939pin. The performance of the new 939's will probably destroy single chip 940's configs.
TheRealMandak - Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - link1. The Athlon64FX IS an Opteron 148, a single server/workstation processor.
2. The socket for the FX, vill change to 941. So you might get problems with upgrading this system or have to use Opteron's at a higher price. "hint" Change'en socket might give a small price drop to the FX, since it cannot work in servers/workstations any more. Properly depends on Prescott performance (but this is a guess).
3. It is not recommended to use 4 DIMMS in a single Athlon64/FX processor system, it will reduce performance.
4. The MSI K8T Master2 is NOT supporting dedicated RAM for both Processors in a dual setup. As the socket 940 designs describes. The 2.end Processor has to go through processor number 1, using Hyper Transport. Result, latency!!! And reduced performance. The MSI K8T Master2 not a great dual board. Maybe cheep but not great.
destaccado - Monday, December 01, 2003 - link#12 I said nothing negative about pioneer, and in terms of leadership do you mean sales? That pioneer may lead but I seem to recall plextor having the first 8x drive to market...that signifies leadership to me....and why would you bring up pioneer? They aren't using pioneer who makes really good burners, they're using MSI, now I'm not saying MSI is bad but you'd think for 3g's........ Reply
AMDjihad - Monday, December 01, 2003 - linkin yomammas face intel. you suck suck suck. Iknew this is much better, over 30000 3dmarks its better than anyting intel will make in the next years from prescott to tjas. amd will be market leader soon Reply
mizzouXC - Monday, December 01, 2003 - linkI think these benchmarks are unfair to the Barton 3200+ setup. Every other system had Raid 0. While this won't make much difference in the brute force FPS competition, it does play into the everyday use (office) benchmarks. Other than that great comparison. I'd like to see these comparisons when we actually have a 64 bit O/S and 64 bit software.... Reply
Doop - Monday, December 01, 2003 - linkerr tfranzese you feel like a fool now? Perhaps YOU should read the reviews before spouting complete bollocks about Athlon FX dual capability.
tfranzese - Monday, December 01, 2003 - linkWesley, interesting. Is the second CPU showing in the system hardware section of XP's control panel? That should let you know if it's running as a dually or not. Reply
Wesley Fink - Monday, December 01, 2003 - linkElite PC has provided an update on Dual Processor usage. <em>"The only AMD processors that can be run in DUAL mode are the 200 and 800 series Opteron processors. The motherboard in the Titan FX machine will run all 940 pin processors, however only the 200 and 800 series Opteron processors will run as Dual processors."</em> We have just tried to benchmark the Titan FX system with 2 FX51, and while the system worked, the boot screen only identified ONE CPU even though two were installed. Oddly, the few benchmarks we ran were higher than single CPU, but not at the levels we would expect with Dual Opteron chips. Elite PC recommends the 200 or 800 Opterons for Dual CPU operation.
An update with this information has been added to the review. Reply
Wesley Fink - Monday, December 01, 2003 - link#7 - While it is clear in the pictures in the review, I did not make specific mention that the MSI K8T Master motherboard requires a 24-pin connector (not a standard 20-pin ATX) and a 8-pin auxilliary power connector. This is the connector often used on other Dual-Processor, Workstation, and Server boards. As a result the choices for PS are more limited. In general, the 24-pin PS are higher quality. Reply
madgonad - Monday, December 01, 2003 - linkElitePC makes good products.
I've bought two over the past ten years and both are still running great (although not in my house). They have excellent prices for less robust systems if your wallet isn't blessed enought for the $3k+.
And I did enjoy reading a review exposing the prior Dell paid-advert for what it really was. Nice recovery Anandtech. Gave Dell every chance in the world and they still blew it. Reply
tfranzese - Monday, December 01, 2003 - linkI don't think AMD has confirmed it and probably will never confirm it. It is most probably going to be something you see disappear in time because the FX was seemingly launched in a hurry to drive the nail into their 'performance crown' coffin.
I've actaully seen no tests done with the FX's in pair, only read that they can be because the HT links were never disabled. Reply
SUOrangeman - Monday, December 01, 2003 - linkRE: #9 and #10
I too was intrigued by the multi-processor A64FX remark. This was a bigger question mark before the Opteron 248 arrived. Still, has AMD confirmed that the FX line will work in MP mode ... and will they support it? It's kinda like the MP vs. XP+mod situation without some confirmation from AMD.
-SUO Reply
Boonesmi - Monday, December 01, 2003 - linkdang that is one very impressive system... for someone who doesnt want to build his/her own system, then this is about as good as it gets :) Reply
tfranzese - Monday, December 01, 2003 - link#14, I think the tweaking is just eliminating bottlenecks such as HDD bandwidth by using striped 10k rpm SATA drives. Just right there you are increasing access time, lowering CPU utilization, and lowering write times.
I don't think there is very much else done in terms of tweaking that usual enthusaists such as you or I do to a system we build. Hitting nice CAS times, overclocking, etc are all tweaks that net an enthusiast machine better performance over stock, not tweaked equipment. Reply
ArvinC - Monday, December 01, 2003 - linkThis system's scores are really impressive. I would really love to read an article discussing the "black art" of tweeking that some of these system builders use. I bet a lot of insight could be gained if one knew the exact system settings and tweeks builders like FNW, Voodoo, AlienWare, etc. use. Reply
Wesley Fink - Monday, December 01, 2003 - link#1 and #2 - The card is a 256mb Radeon XT, and the info has been corrected. Reply
tfranzese - Monday, December 01, 2003 - link#11, you seem very touchy. Anywho, you're pretty ignorant. Pioneer owns the DVD-R market in leadership, not Plextor - yet anyway. Also, there are few manufacturers who make their own drives and it's only foolish to pay more for the same drive just to have a certain name on it. Reply
destaccado - Monday, December 01, 2003 - link#8 i said nothing about the writers being identical or not all i said is that they were trying to save a few dollars already by using generic equivalents.....if your spending 3g's you should be buying plextor 708's anyways.... Reply
tfranzese - Monday, December 01, 2003 - linkIf you people actaully read the FX articles posted you would find that their HT links are still intact and the chip is multiple processor capable.
Either way, if in the future it isn't, that doesn't mean that because you bought a single chip computer that because you have a dually board that you've been shafted. You're stupid if you think that. It probably saves ElitePC time and money to buy in bulk the MSI's and just use them for all their systems. Reply
Doop - Monday, December 01, 2003 - linkSorry if I sound ignorant but the Athlon FX is not multiprocessor compatible? So you buy this system then when you want to add a second processor you have to buy 2 and sell the Athlon FX?
I may be wrong about that but I'm pretty sure... Reply
KristopherKubicki - Monday, December 01, 2003 - linkI have both the MSI and Sony DVD writers. They are identical :) (roundup coming up soon!)
Kristopher Reply
destaccado - Monday, December 01, 2003 - linkwell looks like elitepc is trying to save a few dollars already, the computer does not come with a sony dvd writer, it's msi (check their site) and on top of that it doesn't list the name brand for the power supply or the dvd-rom, also you can't even configure it with a second athlon fx although this might not be fair to fault them for since you may be able to over the phone........check reseller ratings.... Reply
destaccado - Monday, December 01, 2003 - linkWow after looking at reseller ratings I don't see how you guys can in good faith recommend them .....a 4.67 lifetime rating? That's pathetic even if it is 20 something odd reviews, obviously their customers don't care to rate them very high, or at all, and on top of that- according to their warranty on their website they reserve the right to simply pay for shipping in leau of on-site service so I'm guessing anyone who doesn't live in Az isn't getting a tech to their home and the service is definately not overnight.....It's ok though I understand you guys can't rip their pc and you gave me a good idea of the fx performance..... Reply
Anubis - Monday, December 01, 2003 - linkare we gonna see a test with 2 CPUs?? i like to see thoes scores
also 300$ is a good deal because the dell XPX is that expensive and so are similar comps from Falcon NW and Voodoo PC as well as others that offer super high end gameing systems. compaired to a 6000$ FNW 3000$ is a steal Reply
Oxonium - Monday, December 01, 2003 - linkThat's the first thing I thought of when I saw this review. You CAN'T upgrade to dual Athlon 64 FX. The extra HT links are disabled. An upgrade to the Opteron 2xx series would be needed. I'm surprised that ElitePC went through all the trouble to use a dual board but doesn't offer an option to order dual processors on their configuration page. Strange. Reply
acemcmac - Monday, December 01, 2003 - linkHow is 3000$ a "value" with ANY loadout? A fully pimped 875 rig will only run you 1500$ tops retail, and it will prolly be useful for top of of the line games just as long too... Reply
Shinei - Monday, December 01, 2003 - linkYeah, it's gotta be the XT; there's no way it could be the beast that it is without it... Though even with a Pro instead of an XT that's still downright BRUTAL performance.
What makes me curious is why they made the motherboard a dualie; AFX is basically a 14x Opteron chip, so it can't link up between processors... Unless they figured out how to re-enable those other two HT links? Reply
Booja555 - Monday, December 01, 2003 - linkWhat GPU does it use? on page one you say ATIR 9800XT, on page 2 you say ATIR 9800Pro.
Somehow I get the feeling that it's the XT, looking at all the other specs a pro would be an unecasary bottleneck. Reply


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The Icebergs of 2015 Begin to Arrive12 May 2015
The icebergs are back again, and 2015 is shaping up to be another great season in Newfoundland & Labrador.
Win One of Four Week-Long Trips for Two16 Apr 2015
Newfoundland & Labrador Tourism has launched its 'What's in a Name' contest, where you can win a week-long trip for two to Newfoundland & Labrador.
Fogo Island Inn Selected as Founding Member of National Geographic Society Unique Lodges of the World8 Jan 2015
Fogo Island Inn today announced it has been selected as a founding member of the National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World. The Inn was chosen to be among a collection of 24 unique hotels in extraordinary places around the world with a demonstrated commitment to sustainability, authenticity and excellence. The collection represents the National Geographic Society's newest undertaking in world-class travel experiences.
Snow West festival to feature cooking contest13 Dec 2014
There will be lots to do, but the fifth annual Snow West winter festival will have something special cooking this year.
If you've ever baulked at heading down a trail because you didn't know how long it was or how hard it is, you'll love the new coastal trail information system on the Bonavista Peninsula. At six trailheads new kiosks tells hikers and walkers what they need to know.
A fossil that was discovered on Newfoundland could be the oldest complex animal and the earliest evidence of muscular tissue in the world.
It's a banner year for icebergs. Come quick.6 Jun 2014
If you haven't seen the icebergs yet, do yourself a great big favour: get on a plane and come here right now and bring a camera. It might be another decade or generation before we see anything as good as this again.
Air Canada St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador to London Heathrow Flights to Become Year-Round2 Jun 2014
Non-stop St. John's to London Heathrow, U. K. flights will operate year-round beginning October 26, 2014.
The icebergs are here, and so are the deals12 May 2014
The icebergs are here, and the spring and early summer of 2014 promise to deliver a bumper crop to the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Theatre of the fog-bound6 May 2014
Daniel Scott finds drama at every turn in Newfoundland.
St. John's International Airport Authority announced today its new, 10-Year Airport Improvement and Expansion Plan that includes investments to ensure the safety and operational integrity of the existing facilities; to expand the Airport Terminal Building, parking lots and roadways to accommodate 2 million passengers annually; and to improve the Airport's accessibility during low-visibility conditions.
Shipwreck group offers tours and training14 Apr 2014
There are thousands of shipwrecks around the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador. By one estimate, there are at least 8,000. As the first place in North America reached by Europeans during the age of exploration, the rugged coast here has had centuries to ring up its toll of ships and lives lost.


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The item check microphone was broken, so Mike decided to use this chance to proclaim his masculinity by making a man project out of the fixing of the microphone!
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Diddy Gets New York Magazine Logo Inked on His Arm [Pic]
Diddy showed how proud he is of his roots with a new tattoo on his forearm. The Bad Boy exec and rapper inked the New York magazine logo on himself — and earned pretty high praise from the publication.
While we know Diddy loves the Big Apple, where he was raised and where he raised his own empire, we're surprised the mag didn't indulge in a little copyrighting talk with the savvy businessman. Instead, they tweeted their approval with a link to Diddy's photo. Cute!
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Frieda's Inc. is launching retail promotions to support sales for Chinese New Year.
Promotions for the Feb. 10 holiday include artwork for point-of-sale signage, educational resources and merchandising recommendations, according to a news release from Los Alamitos, Calif.-based Frieda's.
In addition, Frieda's is running a Chinese New Year "red envelope" promotion on its Facebook page, where consumers can sign up to receive Frieda's dollars in traditional red Chinese gift envelopes.
Frieda's will promote baby bok choy, lemongrass, oroblancos, pummelos, kumquats, daikon, young coconuts, rambutan, won ton wrappers, kim chee and other traditional Asian items for the holiday.
"It's one of the biggest food-centered holidays after Thanksgiving, so it's a great opportunity for retailers to boost produce sales," Karen Caplan, Frieda's president and chief executive officer, said in the release.


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Not sure how this is going to work today, but with the Rangers having a morning skate at MSG, and a game tonight, I'm planning on spending the entire day in NYC and not, as usual, at my desk in my pajamas waiting out the 3 p.m. deadline. …
So I'll be on the blog all day long, but not sure if I'll be doing a running list of trades as usual. We'll see how it goes.
Anyway, I know you guys usually put the trades up in the comments before I put them in the main post, so it probably won't matter.
You guys know all the trade tracker sites: USA Today's got one going, TSN has its Tradecentre, and pretty much every other hockey outlet and halfwit.
As of now, there's not much chance that Rick Nash is coming to the Rangers because of Scott Howson's demands. But if San Jose's not interested in parting with Logan Couture, and if Toronto is really out of the running, maybe Howson will come crawling back to Glen Sather with a proposal that doesn't include Derek Stepan, any of the Rangers' top four defensemen or Chris Kreider.
Doubt it. Looks dead to me. I imagine that Sather will try to make some minor upgrades, add some veteran presence at one or more positions, rentals most likely. We'll see. I also think Sather is in a position of great strength in that he loves his team, and so does his coach, and they would have no problem going the rest of the distance with the roster as it currently looks.


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Think of our health-care system as a python. Now think of my cohort as a bowling ball wedged in its throat.
What has been dubbed the Silver Tsunami is rapidly gaining strength.
The first baby boomers turned 65 in 2011. In 2006, according to data collected by the University of Manitoba's Centre on Aging, there were 161,885 Manitobans aged 65 to 74. By 2031, it's projected there will be 36,000 Manitobans over the age of 85.
We've spent decades filling universities, supporting the economy and keeping the best jobs for ourselves. Now some of us will become a burden on an already-struggling health-care system.
The crisis has begun, as demonstrated in the pages of this newspaper. The story of 78-year-old Elvira Umbach, who was released from a city hospital following a heart attack without home-care support in place, angered many.
The hospital apologized, and will have someone in her house three times a day to ensure she takes her prescriptions and to provide light housekeeping. This angered another segment of the city, who see caregiving for the elderly as a family responsibility.
Umbach is not a baby boomer, but she's the canary in the coal mine for those of us now in our 50s and 60s. If we want to stay in our homes, we may require help. The WRHA's Home Care program has just over 14,000 Winnipeggers getting assistance every month. About 70 per cent of them are 65 or older.
Each visit costs $15 and Home Care conducts an average of 1,100 visits a day. But the program is not a guaranteed service. If a worker doesn't show up, family members scramble to meet the needs.
As the child of a man who required home care to lift him out of bed and into his wheelchair in his last years of life, I can attest to the fear and frustration when no one arrived at the door.
If the time comes for a senior to be admitted to a personal care home, families have to open their wallets. The cost varies according to annual income. If you've saved well and invested successfully, you can pay up to $76 per day. That's almost $28,000 a year.
If you're going to get old, it's better to be rich.
An assisted-living facility, where seniors live in their own apartments but have most meals provided on a set schedule, can cost $3,000 a month or more.
Dr. David Strang, medical director of the WRHA Rehab and Geriatric Program and the Regional Personal Care Home Program, says in aging, as in much of life, "having more disposable assets can help you manage."
And if you don't, a room in a nursing home can be had for as little as $32.50 a day. When you add your old Age security and Guaranteed Income Supplement cheques together, they cover your costs. You'll even have a few bucks left over for your newspaper subscription and the odd gin and tonic with the girls.
There are 145 interim care beds at the Misericordia Health Centre for people waiting to get into a personal care home. Some people are placed within days or weeks. Others wait a long time. Some die waiting, the result of being part of a vulnerable population requiring the services of a nursing home.
Strang says the province is planning for the full weight of the Silver Tsunami, when the boomers become the "older elderly." At 65, most people should be able to live independently and in robust health. At 80, the need for assisted living or nursing homes increases. The province will build more facilities to house the bowling ball in the python.
But what about family responsibility? Shouldn't we be looking after our own? Well, yes, but families have fewer children and they're living further away. Women, traditionally tasked with caring for the elderly, have jobs outside the home and their own children to care for.
The boomers have always had high expectations. We didn't expect our senior years to be marked by financial insecurity and difficulty accessing the care we need. But if you've been coasting along, believing in the myth of Freedom 55, you should prepare yourself for a very different, less free old age.


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The men tallied their first of 11 event wins in the 3 meter dive. Freshman Jack Stein finished with a total score of 313.35 and senior Will Hartje took third with 292.80. Stein and Hartje later totaled 13 team points in the 1 meter dive with a one-two finish, respectively.
Not including diving, the men took a one-two finish in five events. The first event to have two Quakers finish back-to-back was the 200 medley relay. The "A team" – freshman Phillip Hu, sophomore Kyle Yu, senior Rhoads Worster, sophomore Eric Schultz – finished at 1:29.94, which broke the pool record (1:30.09).
Following the "A team" was sophomore Chris Swanson and freshman Wes Thomas, who tacked on another 13 points after swimming in the 1000 free. Swanson completed the heat at 9:23.56, and Thomas finished next at 9:33.61.
Three other duos took a first and second place finish in an event -- Schultz and junior Dillon McHugh in the 100 free, Yu and freshman Cole Hurwitz in the 200 breast, Worster and freshman Jimmy Jameson in the 100 fly.
Nine Quakers also took the top three places in the 100 back (Worster, Hu, McHugh), the 100 breast (Yu, sophomore Bobby Francis, Hurwitz), and the200 back (sophomore Brian Foley, freshman Grant Proctor, Hu).
Schultz had an additional first place finish in the 50 free with a time of 20.76.
The 400 free relay "A team" – junior Alex Porter, McHugh, Worster, Schultz – finished the meet off by breaking another Sheerr Pool record (3:01.75), swimming the event as an exhibition heat with a time of 3:01.13.
Penn will be back in action in Sheerr Pool when the Quakers host West Chester on Friday, January 31.
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Comment on Aisaka Taiga Sukumizu Cosplay by Kurasaka Kururu by Lonesnipa:
Oh, additionally, even if it was a wig, it would still be hell knotting it like that. Do you anon's not even think before you post?
Lonesnipa made other comments on this post:
- Aisaka Taiga Sukumizu Cosplay by Kurasaka Kururu:
I'm a cosplayer and I can tell you for certain that isn't a wig 100%. See? I can do that too. Fucking retard. Unless you are actually there and able to remove that hair you cannot say that its a wig 100%. If you are a cosplayer you should give a link to that. Since I can claim to be the president of the united states but that doesn't make it so.
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Probly a wig but you can't know that for certain. That could be her hair.
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THE parents of a baby boy with a rare heart defect who could have died if the condition was spotted just hours later have called for a procedure checking for the problem to be made compulsory for all newborns.
When Benjamin West was born on Tuesday, October 15 2013 at Worcestershire Royal Hospital to proud parents Naomi and Andy, everything seemed to be fine.
But when the newborn developed a stomach upset three days later Mr and Mrs West visited Redditch's Alexandra Hospital, where consultant paediatrician Dr Taruna Bindal sent him for a pulse oximetry test – a simple procedure measuring the amount of oxygen in the blood.
It was then that baby Benjamin was diagnosed with transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect and mild pulmonary stenosis – a condition affecting fewer than one in 3,000 children in the country.
He was rushed to the cardiac unit at Birmingham Children's Hospital and six hours later was in theatre having an emergency balloon atrial septostomy procedure to improve his oxygen levels, which were dropping by the hour.
Brain damage starts to occur once levels drop below 50 per cent and by the time Benjamin went into theatre his blood was dipping below 60 per cent.
Three days later he underwent a five hour open heart surgery.
Mrs West from Bromsgrove said if the condition had gone even a few more hours without being spotted Benjamin could have been left brain damaged or dead.
"At just three days old Benjamin's was referred to as 'late diagnosis' case because his condition was not picked up when I was pregnant despite two separate hour-long ultrasounds, specifically looking at his heart development and also having been discharged from hospital following newborn checks," she said.
"Now seven months old he is a happy and thriving little boy and we cannot thank the staff at Birmingham Children's Hospital or the Alexandra Hospital enough for saving his life."
Now Mr and Mrs West are calling on Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust – which runs Worcestershire Royal Hospital and the Alexandra Hospital as well as Kidderminster Hospital – to make pulse oximetry testing compulsory for all newborn babies.
"If this had been available to us Benjamin would have been much safer, more stable and we would have not had to go through the terrifying experience we did," she said.
"We were incredibly lucky but our story could have ended very differently."
The trust's divisional medical director for woman and children Dr Andrew Short said doctors in the county only carry out the procedure if it is suspected a newborn may have a heart condition.
He added a pilot scheme in which all newborn babies in six different regions in the UK - not including Worcestershire - was set to be launched later this year.
He said: "In the meantime we are preparing to start formal 'baby-check' clinics in a designated room on the post natal ward which will be equipped with a pulse oximeter so that this can become a routine part of the baby check in the future."


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Did you know?
The Cape Columbine lighthouse was the last manned lighthouse to be built in South Africa.
Before the Cape Columbine lighthouse was built in 1936, the West Coast of South Africa, from Saldanha to Stompneus Bay, was infamous for shipwrecks.
The list of local naval victims included the Heleric (1932), the Haddon Hall (1913), the Lisboa (1910), the SS Saint Lawrence (1876) and the Columbine (1829).
Local lore suggests that there was a lot of port on board the Lisboa when she went down, so much so that the sea around the foundering Portuguese twin-screw mail steamer turned deep crimson with the sweet wine.
It is also said that locals on shore grabbed many intact barrels of port that had washed up on the beach and hid them from the prying eyes of the customs officers.
It took years of official dithering and a slew of nautical disasters before this magnificent example of a classic lighthouse was built in 1936.
The Cape Columbine lighthouse was the last significant project of the famed Harry Claude Cooper, who learnt his craft from master lighthouse designers in Eddystone, Scotland. Cooper was involved in the building of more than 30 South African lighthouses, spending nearly six months of the year visiting them by scotch cart over rough tracks.
The lighthouse was built on a boulder-strewn outcrop called Castle Rock, with top optics, fog signal and radio beacon. For years afterwards, Cape Columbine's was the brightest light on the South African coastline.
This splendidly built and generously equipped South African lighthouse was what foreign shipping lines and local traders had been praying for since the late 19th Century. It did the serious job of 'making light' for ships heading towards shore after a long period of sailing the open seas.
The Cape Columbine lighthouse still has a full-time light-keeper and lies within the Columbine Nature Reserve.
Although it does the job of lighting up this part of the West Coast, it has also become a favoured picnic site for day visitors to the reserve, weekenders from the holiday village of Paternoster and travellers staying at the nearby Tieties Bay campground.
The Cape Columbine lighthouse is one of only four lighthouses in South Africa offering overnight accommodation. The other lighthouses that currently offer accommodation are Danger Point (Gansbaai), Cape St Blaize (Mossel Bay) and Great Fish Point (Port Alfred).
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Cape Columbine lighthouse
+27 (0)22 752 2705
South African Lighthouse Adventure Tour Operations
Tel: +27 (0)21 449 5171
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Paternoster Information
Tel: +27 (0)22 752 2323
Email: email@example.com
West Coast Tourism
Tel: +27 (0)22 433 8505
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
How to get here
The Cape Columbine lighthouse is approx. 170km north of Cape Town. Take the N7 to Piketberg and then turn left (west) towards the West Coast Peninsula. A more scenic route would be to take the R27 up to Vredenburg (nearly 3 hours' slow drive) through Langebaan, Saldanha and Paternoster to the Cape Columbine Nature Reserve.
Best time to visit
The best time to visit Cape Columbine is when the reserve is sporting its spring (September to November) coat of daisies and fynbos flowers.
Around the area
Visit the West Coast National Park at Langebaan, have a cocktail at the Saldanha harbour, or a beer at the delightfully naughty Panty Bar in Paternoster. See the dolphins off St Helena Bay or take a hiking trail near Jacob's Bay.
Tours to do
West Coast flower tours are the most popular, and are offered by several tour operators in the area.
What will it cost
Entrance fees are R16 per adult, R8 per child under 12, and R10 per pensioner or student.
Length of stay
2 nights would be ideal.
What to pack
Pack for stormy weather, hot, balmy days and windy nights. Come prepared for anything the South African coastline can dish up – at short notice.
Where to stay
There are many places to stay on the West Coast, but if you want an authentic lighthouse overnight experience, try the Cape Columbine lighthouse. They have a number of cottages available on site from R600 to R900 per cottage, sleeping between 2 and 6 people.
What to eat
The whole West Coast Peninsula boasts good seafood offered by a large selection of restaurants. Check the West Coast websites for information on where and what to eat. Just don't buy under-sized crayfish from illegal roadside vendors.
What's happening
This part of the world has a habit of holding a festival at the drop of a tambourine. Check the events sections of the listed websites.


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Born in Chicago where his father, John Anderson, supervised Pfizer's Midwest office, George Anderson became a principal member of Pfizer's third-generation management team. At an early age, he was groomed for a major role in the business, attending preparatory and commercial schools in Chicago and New York.
Anderson began his nearly 60-year career with Pfizer in 1910 as a member of the Purchasing Department. He was named treasurer four years later, and joined the board of directors in 1914. He became vice president in 1925, the year the company submitted its first patent application — for a laxative by-product of phenolphthalein. For a dozen years, beginning in 1929, Anderson served as senior vice president, then succeeded Emile Pfizer as president in 1941.
During his four years in that position and his succeeding four years — 1945 to 1949 — as chairman, Anderson guided Pfizer from well-established production of chemicals to intensive research efforts in antibiotics. Immensely proud of the Company, he remained on its board until 1969. His membership in the New York Drug and Chemical Club spanned 59 years.


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GREENSBORO, N.C. - It was undoubtedly the greatest season in the javelin in the history of the University of Pennsylvania women's track and field program. But the year came to an end on Saturday after three Quakers finished competition at the NCAA East Preliminary at North Carolina A&T's Irwin Belk Track.
Senior Morgan Wheeler and freshmen Kaci Jones and Kelsey Hay all competed in the javelin on the final day of competition at the NCAA meet. It was the final collegiate meet for Wheeler - a three-time NCAA qualifier in the event. She was Penn's top finisher and just missed qualifying for the NCAA final. All three Quakers were in the same flight. Wheeler's opening toss of 45.57 meters (149 feet, 6 inches) placed her second after the first throw. It remained her best toss and she finished seventh in the flight and 19th overall - just outside the top 12 that qualify.
Her freshmen teammates were not far behind. Hay's best throw was also her first. It landed at 43.72 meters (143-05 ft.). That was just two places behind Wheeler in the flight and placed her 27th overall. Also making her NCAA debut, Jones nearly matched that effort when she finished 29th overall. Her second toss was her best and measured 43.47 meters (142-07 ft.).
It was an incredible season for the trio. All three are among the top five all-time at Penn. Prior to this year, only two Quakers had ever passed 150 feet in the javelin. Wheeler, Hay and Jones have all eclipsed that mark within the last month.
On Friday, junior Gabrielle Piper competed in 100-meter hurdles for the Quakers and finished in 13.83 to place eighth in her heat. She entered the meet seeded 47th and finished 40th overall. Her time would have set the school record, but it was wind-aided.
Though the NCAA Championships conclude the collegiate season, several Quakers will compete in the USA Junior Outdoor Championships, June 19-22. PennAthletics.com will have all the updates on the Quakers throughout the summer.