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Former city manager recounts Boston Marathon
Jon Austin finished the marathon before bombs went off
By Andy Kozlowski
Posted May 3, 2013
MADISON HEIGHTS — Jon Austin, resident of Madison Heights and its previous city manager, was one of the participants in this year's Boston Marathon, finishing nearly an hour before the first bomb detonated. No harm came to him or his wife, Lori, who was present to greet him at the end.
Like many runners, Austin had been anticipating the Boston Marathon, the world's oldest annual marathon. Now in its 117th year, it's held every year on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April.
According to the Boston Athletic Association, more than 26,000 registered participants entered the April 15 event. At a half-million spectators, it is New England's most-watched sporting event.
Soon, it became the most-watched event in the world, when a series of bombings brought it to an abrupt and bloody end.
"We were truly blessed by God that I had finished early," Austin said.
The bombs killed three people, including an 8-year-old boy. At press time, 264 had been injured, according to Boston public health officials. A number of people suffered severed limbs due to lacerations or amputations — multiple limbs, in some cases.
The first bomb went off at 2:49 p.m., close to the finish line. Within the same minute, the second bomb went off, about 210 yards away.
The explosives were low-lying pressure cooker bombs, detonated by brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the latter of whom was killed in a confrontation with police in the ensuing citywide manhunt, during which an MIT officer was also killed. Dzhokhar was subsequently captured.
With the Boston Marathon being such a high-profile event, it's not unusual to know someone who may have been there. Knowing that Jon was in the race, friends back home, such as City Councilwoman Margene Scott, were immediately concerned for the safety of Austin and his wife.
"Luckily, I had his cell, so I called him right away and found out he was OK," Scott said. "I thought that was poignant, how here he had met a lifelong dream, working his way up to be a runner of that caliber, and then something like this happens."
Austin, who retired as city manager of Madison Heights in late February, has made it a goal to run a marathon in every state. So far, he has run 25 marathons across 16 states. Next up: The Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, Minn., on June 22.
"If I had still been working, I still would've run in Boston," Austin said. "The only thing that's changed is, now that I'm what I call 'semi-retired,' I'm planning around four marathons a year instead of two."
Austin qualified for the Boston Marathon in November of 2011. He improved his time in November 2012. At the Boston Marathon itself, he cut his second qualifying time by around seven minutes and 30 seconds, finishing the 26.2-mile run in 3 hours, 27 minutes and 41 seconds. The average finishing time for the Boston Marathon in 2012 was 4 hours and 18 minutes.
The bombs didn't go off until nearly an hour after Austin had already crossed the finish line. His wife, Lori, had been watching from Beacon Street, away from the crowds at the finish line — people whose lives were in imminent danger.
When he finished, they walked through the downtown area of Boston Commons en route to the subway station, hoping to return to their hotel room so Austin could shower and relax after the long run. He figured the nearest station would be packed, so they opted for the next station several blocks over.
"That's when we heard the noises," Austin recalled. "My wife asked me what the noise was, and I told her it must be a cannon going off as a celebration for Patriots' Day."
He noted the booming noise sounded just like the cannon demonstrations they recently saw while on vacation in St. Augustine, Fla.
"It didn't become evident (what was happening) until we got to the subway station at Park Street, under Boston Commons," Austin said. "We were on the subway platform when the police ordered everyone out of the station, since they were concerned about the green subway line that runs under the bombing. The officer told us there had been an explosion at the finish line."
At that point, the couple didn't know the nature of the explosions, nor the fact there had been people killed. Text messages from concerned family members brought them up to speed as they walked to another subway station about a half-mile away.
"It was very confusing," Austin said. "There was a lot of confusion on the streets, and we had no idea how bad it was until we got back to our room and turned on the TV."
The contacts continued to pour in: phone calls, text messages and Facebook postings from more than 50 people, Austin said. Lori posted a message to her many Facebook friends indicating she and Jon were both all right.
They know others weren't so fortunate.
"Our hearts and prayers go out to those families that have lost loved ones or been injured due to this senseless act," Austin said. "Boston and the Boston Marathon and our country will only grow stronger in the face of this evil."
On that note, he said the incident at the Boston Marathon won't influence him.
"To alter my plans out of fears of terrorists would be to have them achieve their goal," Austin said. "My philosophy is we need to stay vigilant."
About the author
Staff Writer Andy Kozlowski covers Madison Heights, Hazel Park, Madison District Public Schools, Lamphere Public Schools and Hazel Park Public Schools for the Madison-Park News.
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RUNNERS are limbering up for the return of a much-loved village tradition after organisers announced a date for this year's Gerrards Cross Fun Run.
Held every two years, the 5k run attracts thousands of people from across South Bucks, with Gerrards Cross village coming to a standstill.
The eighth race has been set for Sunday, May 11, with registration open to participants from later this month.
And organisers are hopeful of another bumper turnout to raise money for charity to add to the £215,000 raised from previous races.
Sue Hatrick, organising committee member, said: "The fun run is a very important event in Gerrards Cross, it's 'the' event really, nothing else compares in terms of getting everyone together.
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The biennial event centres around East Common, where as well as the races, live music, food and drink and other activities will be on offer.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of the San Carlos Act, approved June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. 475-476), as amended and supplemented, be, and it is hereby, amended so as to provide that the construction charges on account of non-Indian lands in the San Carlos Federal irrigation project shall be repaid in variable annual payments, to be determined by the number of acre-feet of water stored in the San Carlos Reservoir on March 1 each year beginning on the
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Gabrielle Hasler - junior, psychology major (left) and Nicole Gilberti, senior, music therapy major (right) perform on stage.
Jealousy, betrayal and forgiveness are weaved throughout the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College's production of the Shakespeare classic The Winter's Tale. Audiences of all ages will experience the mythic beauty of a fairytale with costumes inspired by the Renaissance through the mid-eighteenth century for five performances beginning on Thursday, February 24.
Director Sharon Ammen, Ph.D., professor of theatre is known for her unique adaptation of Shakespeare's plays coupled with her respect of Shakespeare's language. Audiences will enjoy original music written specifically for the production by John McIntyre, associate professor of music and winner of numerous national awards for his compositions.
The story takes an emotional journey full of twists, turns and family secrets. These twists and turns unfold through the tragic consequences of a king's unreasonable jealousy, royalty in disguise, pastoral celebrations, the magic in the undying loyalty of true love and the escapades of the foolish nouveau riche.
Brandon Wentz, professional guest artist, who wowed SMWC audiences in Urinetown, the Musical, will star in the production. Wentz credits include performing and voicing commercials in theCincinnati area and performances with Indiana State University's Crossroads Repertory Theatre. Cast members also include playwright Jonathan Golombiecki, SMWC's faculty members Sister Rosemary Nudd and Father Bernie LaMontagne, and twenty-five SMWC students.
Among the students are Sherry Bube, music therapy major, and Ashley McDonald, biology major, who portray the wronged Queen Hermione and her staunch defender Paulina, respectively. Danielle O'Connor, theatre major, serves as the assistant director and stage manager.
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Sure, it's easy and convenient to buy Buzz Lightyear or Power Ranger costumes from a drugstore. But this year, we're honouring the parents who cater to those truly unique kid requests, the parents who stay up all night or dedicate full days to sewing, gluing, sparkling, stuffing – whatever it takes to get the job done.
Hayden Potapinski, 4, as a tractor: Hayden is a city kid with a farmer's heart. When asked what he wanted to be for Halloween, there was really only one option: a John Deere tractor. We searched for some ideas online and Hayden's Grandpa Miazga designed and created the entire thing (which took about 30 hours and cost $30). There was no swaying Hayden on his costume choice, so even though it was a daunting task, Grandpa was up to the challenge. His little sister donated diaper boxes for the main frame. Hayden is thrilled to pieces with his tractor costume. He was there every step of the way as a consultant on the project. – Amanda Potapinski, Calgary
Hayden, 3 weeks, as a pine cone: The pine cone is a play on words of a nickname my father had for me when I was little (a dimunitive from a Czech word – long story). As a sleep-deprived new mom I was somewhat delusional and I saw no problem getting it done – which I was able to accomplish between the feeds and the changes of a newborn! Actual fabrication probably took an hour, but it was spread out across a really long day. The cost was $5 five dollars or less. I think his expression in the photo sums up his indifference to it. He didn't cry, so I took that as a positive thing. – Andrea Macecek, Toronto
Neveah, 2, as a blue bird: My daughter decided she was going to be a blue bird for Halloween and nothing else. I searched and searched for blue craft feathers, when I stumbled across a blue boa. I hand plucked two boas to get the feathers, and glue-gunned them on a blue hoodie. The challenge clearly was to pluck, glue and stick without getting totally covered myself. Our cats went nuts. When I showed Neveah the costume her big blue eyes grew large and she laughed – mission accomplished. The neighbours loved it – but many had feathers in their front hallways for months to come. – Angila Clow, Ingersoll, Ont.
Bridget, 8, and Emily, 10, as King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn: My sister Bridget and I were fascinated with the spooky historical tale of Henry VIII and his many dead wives, particularly Anne Boleyn. My dad worked on Anne Boleyn for several days – he built the wooden frame out of scrap lumber, then we had to go through several experiments and fittings to get the stuffing to look realistic. My mother put together the Henry VIII costume, creatively padding it with throw pillows, and painstakingly making the beard from handmade pipe cleaners and wool. This costume was slightly uncomfortable (a bulky frame on my shoulders, and no arms! Henry had to carry my treat bag) but really fun. I loved this costume – the perfect combination of being a queen and spooky! – Emily Antze, Toronto
Braden, 6, as NASA space shuttle: We were in Florida in May, 2011, and watched the launch of the second-last shuttle. We visited the Kennedy Space Centre where Braden, upon seeing the life-sized replica of a Saturn V rocket, proclaimed that was what he wanted to be for Halloween. I didn't have any doubt his grandma could pull it off. She had created some extraordinary costumes for my brother and I in our youth (and, um, even through university). The biggest challenge? There was no clear design to follow for a rocket ship costume. It's fabric, with some orange boa feathers for the thrusters and some painted recycled plastic food containers. – Glen Flint, Toronto
Amber, 4 months, as an owl: A friend knitted Amber the toque as a gift, which inspired me to create an entire owl costume. I couldn't resist making my baby's first Halloween costume – I'm a crafty mom. I don't think Amber is old enough to have an opinion but everyone else loved it. It's so fulfilling to be able to share pictures of your baby to put a smile on other people's faces. The biggest challenge was trying to take a picture of her without her trying to put it in her mouth. The costume took about 4 hours – I used scraps of old fabric lying around the house, so it didn't cost a penny. (The felt is actually made from recycled pop bottles!) – Kim Hunt , Whistler, B.C
Jonathan Demmer, 8, as a toilet: The idea came straight out of left field – it was totally my son's idea. His excitement turned to embarrassment when we went shopping for training potties – he wouldn't stand with me at the check out! The night of Halloween, though, he loved it. People often held him up at the door while they summoned people hiding out watching TV or something, with a "you gotta see this one." Everyone was keen to open the lid and put the candy in the bowl. – David Demmer, Toronto
Katie, 11, as a mailbox: Months before Halloween, Katie told us she wanted to be a mailbox. At first I thought it would be no problem to make. But then I got really into it and it became challenging – if it was supposed to be a mailbox, then it was going to look exactly like a mailbox! Creating the costume took about two weeks and the only thing I spent money on was red wrapping paper and spray glue. When she first put the mailbox on, it tilted backward and was difficult for her to walk in. I made some straps that attached to the inside of the box and went around her waist to keep the box in place. I also had to attach the candy bag to the inside of the mailbox so that when you opened the mailbox door, treats went into the bag and not out the bottom of the costume. – Janine Stener, Saskatoon
Our daughter, 3, decided she wanted to be a "piece of toast" for Halloween. After some hesitation, my mother and I decided to take on the challenge. With foam, brown spray paint, paste (tinted red as the strawberry jam) and blanched almonds (as the sesame seeds) we managed to pull off this unique costume. - Karen Jungjohann, Toronto
Zoe, 8 months, as shrimp sushi roll: "The idea came from a friend who said she looked like a little sushi roll as a baby. It took me one evening to cut up some felt into the right shapes and use iron-on adhesive to affix them to a plain onesie. I hand sewed the ginger and wasabi headband. Zoe was super happy to be a little shrimp sushi roll – it was super comfortable, since it was a plain onesie and I layered a pair of plain white leggings underneath to stay warm. Everyone thought she was so adorable! – Leslie Ng, Mississauga, Ont.
Nina Gholizadeh, 4 months, as a lion: A few years back I saw a little boy dressed up as a lion and I thought it was the cutest thing. It worked out great because Nina's first word was "cat!" I was definitely hesitant that I could pull it off since, at the time, I was a very sleep-deprived first time mom. But I was determined to start the tradition of making home-made Halloween costumes. The costume took me one full day: I spent the morning hunting down all the supplies and the afternoon sewing and putting it all together. – Michelle Gholizadeh, Toronto
Sam Lyon, 9, as a headless chef: He got a chef's jacket and hat for his birthday. It took a day of labour and $50 – I was gung-ho of course, but had to recruit my husband to help me make the torso. The biggest challenge was making sure it was light enough that Sam could manage the night without getting tired, and I was a bit worried that he'd get dizzy since you could still smell the seal-and-peel I used to glue the fruit on the tray! Trick or treating, everyone he met on the street loved it – he was stopped for photos, and a few younger kids were actually scared of him. – Ruth Hartanto, Ottawa


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Microsoft Unbundles Kinect, $399 Xbox One Model Available Starting June 9thby Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/13/2014 11:35 AM EST
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Brett Howse - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkWow this is a surprising turn of events. They've effectively killed off Kinect now for game developers. Reply
Eurasianman - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - link^ This. I am tired of Microsoft pulling 180s. Stick with your guns like a man.
Or better yet, think before you speak. Reply
nathanddrews - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkThe latter.
What's funny is that at $399 without Kinect, it's still not a compelling purchase against the PS4... not that I would personally buy either one. Reply
JeffFlanagan - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkOf course it's a compelling purchase against the PS4. It will have exclusive games that can't be played on a PS4. I'll likely get a PS4 first, but I'm not going to be playing any Halo games on a PS4. Reply
Marthisdil - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkEh - Sony has Cinavia. As long as it's part of any of their consoles firmware, i'll never buy a Sony console. Reply
Sanyo M1 - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkSo does the Xbox One...or any Blu Ray player since 2013. Reply
JeffFlanagan - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkNo they haven't. Most developers aren't interested in Kinect, and those that are will not lose interest just because the device isn't bundled, or 360 Kinect games would not exist.
It's only a subset of gamers that have any interest in Kinect. I'm in that subset, but I can still see that it was dumb to bundle Kinect and drive the console price up for people who will never use it. Reply
Brett Howse - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkThe attach rate of system accessories is historically very low. If a developer wanted to dedicate any amount of time for Kinect, it's just not worth it now.
This doesn't apply to cross platform games anyway, but for exclusives, every system would have had it so it would make sense to utilize it.
Now it doesn't make any sense. Reply
mrfunjitsu - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkIncorrect. As Jeff pointed out there's still a big market for Kinect games. The people who will buy the Kinectless console were never the target market for Kinect games. Nothing has changed in that respect. Reply
Brett Howse - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkI didn't mean dance around your room Kinect games. I meant exclusives like Titanfall that use Kinect for some purpose. I'm just not creative enough to know what that purpose may be, but for instance, Forza can use Kinect face tracking to let you look out the side window as you are driving by turning your head a bit.
That kind of integration will certainly not happen now. Reply
csroc - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkDisappointing. Any hope for there to be a major push for software to use this will likely die with a fragmented hardware base.
MS made a lot of missteps with the XBone but all the 180s are more disappointing to me than anything else. Reply
Death666Angel - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkConsidering how the Xbox One was already a just a fragment of the gaming market as a whole (PC, PS4, mobile being the far bigger fragments), I don't see how that changes anything much. Reply
csroc - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkIt mattered because at least if you were developing for the XBone and wanted to take advantage of the Kinect you knew everyone had it, so it might be worth trying. Now you won't have that guarantee so why bother taking that risk? Reply
anandreader106 - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkDeath666Angel is correct. When developing a game across multiple platforms, it doesn't matter that every XB1 has Kinect because not every platform has a camera. Therefore, there's no real incentive to spend time on Kinect features that only benefit one system.
csroc - You also make an interesting statement that I've always taken issue with:
"It mattered because at least if you were developing for the XBone and wanted to take advantage of the Kinect you knew everyone had it, so it might be worth trying."
Even if a developer was making an exclusive, they had the OPTION to develop for Kinect. They didn't have to. Even if a developer did make something for Kinect, it doesn't mean it was going to be a good implementation or fun. (I'm looking at you Ghost Recon Future Soldier!)
The consumer should have the option to purchase a Kinect camera just like a developer has the option to make use of it. Reply
mrfunjitsu - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkAgreed. Developers of cross platform games want to develop once and move on. They don't want to create unique experiences for every platform (much as we'd like that not to be the case). That is the reason accessories have poor take up. The only common denominator across all the platforms is the gamepad. Reply
csroc - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkI should add, if there would ever be a killer Kinect app, having it on all the consoles would increase the chances of that coming to be. Reply
Guspaz - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkWorse than that, Microsoft controls three of the currently available gaming platforms (PC/360/XB1).
To be honest, the XBox should never have existed in the first place as a standalone platform. They should have made the first XBox live up to its name as the "DirectX Box" and used the same operating system (Windows), similar to what Valve is doing with their Steam Machines (which are just gaming-optimized PCs running desktop Linux).
They're starting to move a bit more that way, at least, with support for running Windows apps on the XB1, but few people really use Windows "apps" in the sense Microsoft means (from the Windows Store). Reply
Hrel - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkXbone* Reply
Sabresiberian - Tuesday, May 20, 2014 - linkWhere do you get your sales figures from? I haven't found any reports that back up your implication that the Xbox One is somehow an insignificant part of the gaming business. Reply
GeorgeH - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkThey've also announced that they will no longer require a Live Gold subscription for Netflix, Hulu, and other media streaming services. That's a far bigger deal, as it was pretty ridiculous to position the One as an all in one entertainment device and then charge extra for access to subscription streaming services that have nothing to do with Microsoft.
It's even more ridiculous when everything from my TV to my toaster can stream Netflix etc. without added fees, but the "OMG awesome media device" that is the One cannot. Reply
knightspawn1138 - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkWhen I walked into a Costco less than 2 weeks after the Xbox 3 launched, and saw a pallet of unsold green boxes, I laughed and told my wife "I bet you that within 6 months, they're going to sell Xbox 3's without the Kinect." I've been laughing even harder since about 2 months ago when just about every retail Xbox 3 was being sold for $100 under MSRP (ie: Microsoft is trying to dump their backlog of consoles bundled with the Kinect in order to make retail space for the Kinect-free model). It's hilarious when you consider how many Kinects were just given away for free, and that the PS4 camera had been virtually sold out up until about 2 months ago. I'm so glad I bought a PS4 instead of an Xbox 3. Reply
Hrel - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkXbone* Reply
mrfunjitsu - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linklook up Post-purchase rationalization Reply
Hrel - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkXbone* Reply
Bateluer - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - link> We'll likely see Xbox 360-ish performance out of mobile silicon in the next 12 months.
We've had that for a while. We'll likely exceed the Xbox One silicon performance by 2016. Reply
anandreader106 - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkYa, I'm not sure what Anand meant by that. I thought mobiles were supposed to be indisputably faster this year with Adreno 420 and Tegra K1? Reply
smartypnt4 - Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - linkI believe his point was that you can't buy either of those in an actual device right now. However, it'd have been more accurate to say "within the next 6 months" because we know that's the launch time frame for Tegra K1 and the Snapdragon 805 (with Adreno 420). Reply
Hixbot - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkThis should make the Xbone actually $50 cheaper than PS4 in Canada. I'm starting to consider actually buying one, as Xbox exclusives interest me more. I'm still disappointed the Xbone is so underpowered. Reply
JoyTech - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkHave you considered moving to a PC? I have a PS3 and was initially tempted to get new-gen consoles, but it seemed like a waste of money...given their average performance vs. latest PC. So, I am off to building a machine this summer! Reply
yhselp - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkHere's hoping that Kinect support wouldn't suffer, although it probably would which is disappointing. Kinect functionality and its potential was a major differentiating factor for XBO and now it's gone... Reply
andrewaggb - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkyep kinect support will suffer. I still think it's the right move, they need to move more units and increase their market share to remain relevant. They held out as long they probably could.
I would have bought kinect separately, I suspect many people will continue to buy it with kinect or buy it later. Having kinect was the main reason I got an xbox one in the first place, it's a unique experience you can't get anywhere else. It's not always the greatest experience, but I support it because my kids like it and I hope that one day stuff like kinect and VR will change the way the world works. Reply
JoyTech - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkNot buying Xbone or PSmore, have a PS3 and assembling a gaming machine this summer. Reply
hpglow - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkAnnouncing this so far in advance is a poor move on MS behalf. Now all the buyers on the fence will wait for the price drop and Sony has time to formulate a response (possibly a small price drop). I'm not sure price parity will help MS as much as they think. A mid range pc with a budget gpu for $400 just doesn't excite me. I'll just skip this gen unless they suddenly cut the price to $199 or less. Reply
mrfunjitsu - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkSony won't want to create a price war. It would be a slippery slope. Reply
mrfunjitsu - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkThis is all because there is a new head of the Xbox division, Phil Spencer. He's come in and put his stamp on things. Good move to be honest. He's addressed a market who have absolutely no interest in Kinect games, which is significant. But that doesn't mean there isn't still a big market who do want those games. It just so happens that they're not the kind of people who generally post on tech blogs. Reply
purerice - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkmrfunjitsu, every one of your posts is apologetic to the XB1... and you talk about others' rationalization. Let's face it. Microsoft made mistakes with the XB1 from the beginning.
Ever since features and price of XB1 were announced, existing XB360 fans were outraged.
Kinect was one of the key points of differentiation for XB1 and the marginal cost for MS is a few bucks per machine. They would have been better off financially and fanancially to do a combination of smaller price drop and game bundle than mere price cutting. Otherwise in terms of accounting, cutting Kinect essentially involves either a writedown of development costs or a lowered IRR of development costs as it will take longer to sell the units with Kinect to cover development.
I have not purchased a console in over 12 years and don't plan on purchasing one any time soon, so let me say this objectively, Microsoft needs to stop what it's doing and start listening to consumers before angering more potential and existing customers. Nothing about this $100 off Xbox One is a good move. Stop trying to shill for others' mistakes. You just look bad. Unless of course you're getting paid to spew this in which case you're getting paid too much. Reply
BadCommand - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkShould have been called the XBox180. Always connected to the net- no no we didn't mean that. Restrict used games- limited restriction. Must have kinect, no kinect. I wonder what tomorrows flip of the coin will bring. Reply
TWolfe - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkIt may be a 180, but I at least like the fact that they are listening to their customers! Reply
jimjamjamie - Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - linkIf the Xbox team wasn't so out-of-touch during development of the XBOne, none of these reactionary changes would have been necessary at all. Reply
Colin1497 - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - link"The real tragedy in all of this is that both Microsoft and Sony appear to have hedged their bets a little too much with the Xbox One/PS4. I get the feeling that neither company felt the market for ultra high end consoles was all that solid to begin with, and instead aimed lower on the performance ladder than they did last round (relatively speaking)."
Interesting. My take is that what they have done is set it up so that they can do more incremental upgrades while retaining backwards compatibility for the catalog. By keeping acquisition cost down, and keeping backwards compatibility, they make it easier for people to get on an upgrade treadmill. You could even see games that have a different render target on PS4.1 And XBOne.1, but are otherwise the same game, thinking something like this:
PS4 games, play on PS4 and forward
PS4+ games play on PS4 and forward but have features turned on with future consoles, release of these games can precede PS4.1 release, perhaps even some games out today would become PS4+ with an update. Most games at PS4.1 release would actually be PS4+ to hit the biggest target market, but this would be easier than developing PS3 and PS4 versions is at present since the platform is similar.
PS4.1 games cannot be played on PS4, but everything moving forward.
PS4.2, etc.
Make it 3 years between consoles instead of 7. The "plus" game concept keeps the old hardware around as the entry level and all of this is enabled by basing everything on what is essentially PC hardware. PS4.1 could essentially be Puma (or some Puma derivative) and GCN 1.x with more ROP's enabled by a smaller process node. Essentially AMD could push out new silicon this year that would be a nice step up from the PS4/XBone SOC's at the same cost. Push that update out to Christmas 2016 and it is still a $399 box for the hard core guys that maybe can drive 4k TV's, even if the render target for the games isn't 4k and scaling is involved like we're seeing for 1080p on so many XBone games.
Executed properly with the right developer plan and compatibility, a 3 year cadence could work. Reply
hero4hire - Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - linkI like the idea of a 4k upgrade in 3 years. The challenge is how to improve resolution without differences in hardware that would compromise the experience (esp multiplayer) between half generations. If you could get people on board to buy into the additional + features or segment games into 2 camps you'd be ok. That said consoles aren't pc gamers and a better system for some playing the same game would likely get far far far more backlash. As a pure resolution jump to 4k alone I think you could avoid this, create a halo product, and get high end early adopters.
I'd like it to happen as we should see and know if 4k takes off by then and BOTH consoles could cash in. Reply
dew111 - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - link"In speaking with NVIDIA prior to the Tegra K1 launch their viewpoint is that the clock is ticking for when mobile SoCs can equal the performance of the new consoles."
Uhh, if you want a 363mm^2 chip in your phone or tablet, go right ahead, nvidia (ok, they could probably cut that significantly, but multi-hundred mm^2 is still ridiculous). Unless consoles become wireless, they will always have the advantage of being attached to the power outlet and having plenty of room to dissipate heat. The Tegra K1 isn't even up to last generation consoles yet; it's pretty cocky to be talking about parity with this generation. As that clock ticks and mobile SoCs get smaller, so do console SoCs. Then they release a new generation of consoles and Poof! are faster again. Reply
jimjamjamie - Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - linkNvidia's Shield is already running Half-life 2 and Portal on a £200 gizmo that's not much bigger than a console controller. Old games? Sure, but the Tegra 4 isn't the fastest mobile SoC anymore and it is clear that the mobile SoC space is evolving faster than x86 is.
I think it would be short-sighted to dismiss the thought of console-quality visuals on mobile within the next few years. Even if the consoles can outpace the mobiles considering the fact that consoles are not so space and power restricted as you said, a portable device which near-console-quality visuals would surely be very appealing. Reply
ruthan - Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - linkMy hearth is bleeding, i didnt expected this mobile performance is almost console performance crapp from Anand.
Its simply not true and will not in 12,24 months.. Xbox360 is still ~200Watt device and even todays power efectivity is much better, mobile up to 10W device, realy arent 20x more power efective than 7 years old Xbox, they are far from that.
If someone will tell me something else, i want to see numbers, all number, not only particular ones, which are on same level, but as results of some tradeoffs. From my developers experience, are mobile SOC pretty limited, for example in draw calls count, texturing speed. CPU side is generally better, but still not on same level, even in 12 months. Good example is Xbox360 / PS3 vs. Xbone/PS4, on CPU side is next gen 2-4times faster with similar 200W power consumation. Reply
Manch - Monday, May 19, 2014 - linkThats just it. Not everyone had a kinect so developers wouldnt make anything where kinect was integral to the experience. It was always just a gee whiz ooo thats neat feature. Never would it become a standout feature. Only 25% of 360 users have a kinect. As a developer I wouldnt make the experience integral because then only 25% of the userbase could play the game. With the one, by bundling it into the system that guaranteed that the entire XB1 userbase had this feature so developers if they decided to make use of it and make it integral to the experience that was OK. Now that MS has done this, they just shafted their own product. @ $399 it may have price parity but it's down a notch performance wise. They should have just knocked it down to $399 with the kinect and took the hit. This would have made it competitive sales wise. Both consoles have exclusives so that is a wash. It's getting the console into the consumers hands and the games attach rate that matters.
PS3 started to lose me when they started dropping features that i liked. MS if they keep gong down this road may lose me and other customers too. Reply
mcbowler - Tuesday, May 20, 2014 - linkready for next next gen already. Reply


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The Cable Chronicles: Win7 Digital Cable Advisor Releasedby Ryan Smith on 11/9/2009 12:00 AM EST
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fMF - Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - linkRunning WMC on my Windows 7 Ultimate x64 system I do not get the Extras Gallery feature. Under Extras I see only the Extras Library and the Internet TV beta. Forcing a download of updates per the article makes no difference. Anyone else seeing this issue? Reply
Alphafox78 - Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - linkNetflix FTW!!!
I used to care about digital cable but when you can watch movies and older tv shows for $9 a month with no commercials, who needs cable?? Reply
Lerianis - Monday, November 16, 2009 - linkInstead of this Cablecard bull. You know that I have a tuners for my laptops but.... no Cablecard slot in them! Both my laptops tested as Cablecard-Ready today, but don't have any Cablecard slots in them..... and neither do most external tuners I have seen!
What we really need is for Cablecard to be BUILT INTO THE TUNERS when they are sent out. Then, the number is just taken off the tuner and activated and BOOM! You are ready to go! Reply
Casper42 - Saturday, November 14, 2009 - linkHey Ryan, if you have any contacts at MS in the MediaRoom division, ask them when they are going to release (I know it would be to providers and not directly to me) a Win7 IPTV Client for MediaRoom (aka AT&T U-Verse).
My U-Verse DVR can record 4 concurrent shows, 2 of them being in HD, using the following crappy specs:
300Mhz CPU as part of a SoC
128MB of RAM
PATA Hard Drive
100Mbps Ethernet
All managed by Windows CE 5.0
I have also read some PR from MS that said they have released a MediaRoom client package for the Xbox360, which means you can turn it into a STB.
I find it laughable that MS has not released a Windows client package for MC when most decent PCs these days have at least a 2Ghz Core2, 2GB of RAM, SATA3Gbps and a large number would have a Gigabit NIC.
Packets are Packets, how hard is it to let my PC grab them rather than my DVR/STB? Reply
initialised - Thursday, November 12, 2009 - linkWill this work on VirginMedia in the UK? Reply
ViRGE - Friday, November 13, 2009 - linkNo, CableCard is a purely Yankee thing. Reply
457R4LDR34DKN07 - Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - linkI hope that what you say is true about more manufacturers rolling out cablecards but what about the tuners compatibility with tru2way? Any news about ati making a updated cable card tuner using the theater 750 or a single slot 2 cablecard version? Reply
mcnabney - Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - linkI have a better solution.
HD HomeRun
Hulu Reply
Roland00 - Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - linkSadly this is the truth Reply
Visual - Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - linkI am very confused.
Things seem like a mess to me even without involving a PC, for watching cable channels on a TV - without an external box, that is.
A lot of new TVs come taunting "digital tuner" stuff, which often turns out to be useless.
I don't understand a lot of the terminology when it comes to digital television, so not everything I ask may make sense. Please accept my apologies in advance.
I get the impression that the whole CableCard deal should not concern me at all, and I should be looking for a DVB-C (probably also DVB-T, DVB-S) tuner with CI slot instead. But I am still posting this as I want to be sure.
I am not in the USA, and have no clue what CableCard is. Here in Bulgaria we of course do have some digital cable television, and it is protected by some encryption requiring an external receiver box with a smart-card thing to decrypt it... but I wonder, is it the same thing? Or are there many different standards for this and CableCard is just one of them? Is it used outside of the USA? Why are you focusing your articles exclusively on this standard and not write something more general?
Is DVB-C and Common Interface (CI) a different standard for the same thing and are they compatible to some degree? Or is it the same thing entirely? Or can one be using the other, for example can there be a CI-slot CAM module for CableCard? Or what's what?
What other standards are there?
For which of these standards will the mentioned ATI tuner work?
For which of these standards are there already other PC tuners available?
On and one last thing, what happens when you insert a CableCard module (or a CI-slot module, for that matter, as they are both physically the same slot) into a normal PCMCI slot that most any laptop has? Can you at least theoretically use it to decrypt a signal that you get from a standard digital tuner card that was meant to be used with unencrypted channels only?
DeesTroy - Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - linkCable Card is strictly a USA thing. Our government saw fit to require our cable companies to come up with some method to allow other devices to be used to watch cable TV besides the crappy boxes that they shove down the throats of most people.
To others, some general statements:
Centralized recording of TV with whole house distribution is where it is at and where the future of DVR should go. Having one interface, guide, and list of recorded shows is exceedingly nice. You should be able to record your shows and watch them on any TV in the house without having to fuss with anything. Media center provides this functionality, but it only works well with extenders. If you have 2 computers, you can watch unprotected TV on the second computer, but the second computer can't watch live TV shows or tell the first computer what shows to record. Total PITA and there's no reason Microsoft can't implement it, but they won't and won't tell us why. You won't be able to watch any protected shows on another computer, but you can with a Xbox or other extender. Other DVR software allows this functionality such as Sage, Media Portal, GBPVR, Myth, or Beyond TV. Unfortunately, those programs do not work with cable card, so if you want cable card, you must use Media Center and extenders.
Wireless networking rarely works with HDTV. If you plan to use wireless, you best go with N and with a router that can put the N network on its own 5GHz band separate from the B/G traffic. Reply
darkslyde - Friday, November 13, 2009 - linki really like the idea but that would mean implementation of a server of some sort. if MS would implement a media center server version for their win home server, that would really be a good way to realize that idea.
anandtech, is there anyway y'all can do some sort of htpc revisited slash how-to in regards to a cetralized A/V home experience?
thats been my project since day one.
a "main" htpc in the living room that is capable of backing up/grabbing all media files from "satelite" computers (which WHS can already do). this main htpc must be able to run win media center (music, videos, tv, blu-ray/dvd, online content and 3rd-party wmc add-ons). as stated, the "satelite" computers or extenders has the ability to access a centralized guide; schedule shows that can be recorded (all satelite pc's will know which shows are already slotted, and let everyone know about show overlaps). the satelite pc's will be allowed to watch protected contents, but not be able to copy it (similar to itunes+appleTV). ofcourse, all shared media can be accessed according to DRM.
why go through all the trouble? i call it house clouding. centralizing = savings. all media in one location (granted WHS allows sync/share/etc options on backing up), one 1 cable-connection (vs 5 cable cards for 5 pc's that are all recording the same shows). only 1 pc needs to stay on 24/7 (recording/backups/etc). also, the benefits of WHS utilities.
anyone know of something like this that isnt linux? and before you give me the linux speech, try teaching my computer inept gf then maybe... thank you dual booting. Reply
NKnight - Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - linkVery useful news. My HTPC just passed using an Nvidia GeForce 9400 integrated video chipset outputting over HDMI to my Kuro. I think I may just pull the trigger on a tuner now. Reply
DigitalFreak - Monday, November 09, 2009 - linkFYI - I just ran the advisor on my PC that has a Geforce 8800GTX and Dell 2405 monitor connected via DVI. The 2405 is NOT HDCP compliant, but the advisor said that I met all recommendations and enabled CableCard support. I don't actually have a CC tuner, but it looks like it will work. Reply
xp3nd4bl3 - Monday, November 09, 2009 - linkMine also says I'm "already" configured for CableCARD. Sweet. Reply
Zero110 - Monday, November 09, 2009 - linkBeen waiting for this for what seems like an eternity, but any word on two-way communication and VOD with this? It's been a long time since I researched DVR's, but my understanding is that Tivo still can't do VOD. It's the last niggling reason not to replace my hideous Comcast box. Reply
SloppyG - Monday, November 09, 2009 - linkYeah, I would be interested if this would support VOD.
I currently use a HD PVR and DVBLogic to get HD into my HTPC. Works great but having to grab a second remote to work the VOD menu (with a 3-4 second delay between presses) is a little tiring.
Added a 360 recently as an extender and am amazed by how well it works. Streamed HD fine over wifi but I went ethernet to reduce some menu latency I was experiencing. The fan (jasper chipset) is still a little on the loud side, however.
Great setup... Reply
Ryan Smith - Monday, November 09, 2009 - linkSorry guys, no VOD. For that you need True2Way, which is a whole new can of worms. Reply
jav6454 - Monday, November 09, 2009 - linkYay! Finally I can a card that can do what my DVR already does /sarcasm. Now, in all seriousness, although it's a good thing I find it hampering having to deal with ecryption on many channels.
jav6454 - Monday, November 09, 2009 - linkForgot to mention any of those cards can carry quite the tag. Reply
erple2 - Monday, November 09, 2009 - linkThat seems to be a bit excessive for the ability to watch CableCARD protected content. A fully paid for TiVo HD costs 700 dollars. That also buys you the TiVo service, however. I suppose a valid argument can be made that the TiVo can't do as much as a full-blown PC (built in Blu-Ray player, streaming "other" streams from the intertubes, surf the intertubes, etc), but the cost of entry is now quite a bit less of a difference for the PC HT.
I think that I might be willing to pay 250 for a multichannel capable tuner card, not 500 for "equivalent" ability (plus the potential headaches of installing 2 such tuners in my PC). As a minor cost, my cable provider (Verizon FIOS) charges per card, not per stream, so the multistream card costs me "half" per month as 2 single stream cards. Reply
Colin1497 - Monday, November 09, 2009 - linkExactly. I stream you-name-it from my PC to my TiVo already. I guess this product is basically for those who just have to have something to tinker with. Reply
numberoneoppa - Monday, November 09, 2009 - linkhttp://www.cetoncorp.com/ProductsWMC.php">http://www.cetoncorp.com/ProductsWMC.php
TV Tuner card on steroids. Reply
mckirkus - Monday, November 09, 2009 - linkInteresting tidbit from the FAQ:
"A: The Ceton Multi-Channel Cable TV Card takes advantage of standard Media Center Extenders including the Xbox 360 to distribute live and recorded programs to multiple TV sets in the home. No special installation or configuration of the extenders is required by the Ceton card.
Depending on which versions of Windows 7 and the Ceton card you have, you will be able to distribute either 2, 4 or 6 live TV channels around the home with a single CableCARD installed and using a single RF connection.
So in a typical 4-tuner home installation, you could have 4 different TV sets in 4 different rooms, each watching or recording (or some combination of watching and recording) a different show in HD at the same time."
I plan to buy one and use My XBox 360 as a cable box / DVR in my bedroom. That'll save two cable boxes which works out to $22 a month or ~$250 a year.
My only concern is bandwidth to my bedroom, I can't currently stream hi-def MKV files via wifi to my XBox 360 extender without buffering. Also, Xbox 360 chokes if you have a lot of content. Reply
numberoneoppa - Monday, November 09, 2009 - linkI would highly recommend just wiring your house for ethernet using a roll of cat6 or 5e. It comes out to be around 125 bucks for everything needed during the project (1000 ft cable, connectors, crimper, wall gangs, covers) and it's totally worth it in the long run! Reply
glugglug - Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - linkDon't know how you are getting that it is $125. I wired my place myself a few weeks ago. 500 ft cable was bundled with a bag full of connectors, a crimping tool, and a cable tester for $35. If you search online there are some good deals on this stuff.
But yeah, wireless is way too flaky for media streaming. At a minimum if you are going to go wireless you need to go wireless N instead of wireless g to have enough bandwidth, with dual band routers & access points set on 5GHz instead of the default 2.4GHz band so they don't get interference from microwaves, bluetooth devices, legacy wireless g networks & devices, etc. HD streaming requires 10MBps. Yes, I am aware wireless G stuff is marketed as 56MBps, but that is only theoretical when you have no interference, your signal doesn't need to go through any walls, etc, and is very far from reality. Reply
dagamer34 - Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - linkIt's not just the speed you have to think about when going wireless, but the potential of data packet loss. When streaming HD video, lost data packets are going to cause stuttering like you'd never believe.
Though I don't how you got the price down to $35. You're at least going to need to get a gigabit switch to route all your cables, and that'll swallow your $35 whole. Reply
mckirkus - Monday, November 09, 2009 - linkForgot to mention... Anybody want to bet that the next generation games consoles are going to have cable card slots built in? Reply
gcannon - Monday, November 09, 2009 - linkCannon PC (www.cannonpc.com) have the internal and external versions of the ATI Digital CableCARD tuners available ($249) Reply
Spivonious - Monday, November 09, 2009 - linkI'm glad to see the restrictions lifted. Now we just need something worth watching on those encrypted channels. Reply


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USB Flash Drive Roundup - 10/2005by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/4/2005 11:28 AM EST
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BJL - Monday, October 16, 2006 - linkDo the read and write speeds change for the 1gb and above models? Would I get the same performance, or should I stick with the 512mb? Reply
NeoZGeo - Monday, October 17, 2005 - linkwhat kinf of benchmark are you guys using? How come some of those drive write speed is sooooo low!? Like Trenscent, OCZ Rally, i've seen some reviews out there which says other wise. Reply
NeoZGeo - Monday, October 17, 2005 - linkhere's the review by tom's
if you look at the trenscend jet flash, it actually has the highest write speed average out at 23.3 mb/s vs anandtech's 8.7 mb/s !? what the hell? Reply
NeoZGeo - Monday, October 17, 2005 - linkhaha oops, forgot about the link :D
http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20050520/usb_f...">linky Reply
quanta - Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - linkIt looked like Tom's test is testing the write speed between USB host and flash drive's controller's memory buffer, instead of actual write speed, which can only be verify by doing a read after writing is completed. There are also reports that http://www.auphanonline.com/articles/view.php?arti...">cluster size may affect the write access behaviour. BTW, Tom's http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/08/10/two_fast_an...">later review has simultaneous reads and writes benchmark, which slows Memina Rocket to a halt. Reply
quanta - Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - linkIn addition, even when using buffered write in SiSoft Sandra, it is extremely unlikely that Transcend Jetflash 110 can write anywhere near 23.3MB/s. http://www.oc.com.tw/article/0510/readparticle.asp...">This benchmark shows that when doing random write with Kingston DataTraveler ELITE, write speed dropped more than a half compared to sequential write. Reply
TrueWisdom - Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - linkI'm the in-house support for a university building and I've had absolutely horrible luck with Lexar drives. Lexar often fails to detect entirely on somewhat older machines (the Latitude C840, for example) and has also displayed a relatively high failure rate for me. I don't have any positive or negative impressions of Kingston drives, so I can't say anything there, but I will say that I've had by far the best luck with Sandisk drives. I've never had one fail on me, and I've seen them go through wash cycles, get run over by a car, and get left out in the rain. Compatibility has been universal as well. They may not be the fastest drives but they really are the only ones I've ever trusted. Reply
pendrivethis - Friday, October 07, 2005 - linki work for a flash memory controller maker and in all honesty the most meaningful performance test is random write. and no one really advertise that since sequential read speeds seem much more appealing and marketable. i can get a dual-channel & interleaving enabled usb 2.0 pen drive with micron or samsung nand-type flash to go up to 34mB/s in sequential read, but the engineer who designed this still tells me that he'd rather use and-type flash from renesas (formerly hitachi) since and flash has a better random write than nand flash.
and knowing what i know, if you use your pen drive very often, and i suspect some of you may be in that boat, i'd check out some of the burn-in testing results especially since companies are not entirely using only samsung nand flash. certain new flash whether nand-type or ag-and-type and even some high-density samsung flash seem to be displaying a need for extra care in ecc. data-verify errors are fatal, especially if it's the only copy you got...
anand, perhaps a little visit to some of the design houses for these controllers the next time when you're in taiwan is in order. computex is only 9 months away. Reply
sprockkets - Thursday, October 06, 2005 - linkAlthough not reviewed here, I got the A Data key from newegg.com simply because they say it works with Linux on the package. I know any key will, but they are the only ones to have the guts to say it. Thanks for admitting Linux exists. Lifetime warranty too. Reply
jgh - Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - linkhere is a link for another link, to an app that can make many (but probably not all) usb drives bootable and a couple of other hints/tips.
O.T. - for some reason i get a message that says i do not have permission to access this forum when i tried to create a new login with my e-mail address. did i get banned or something? i have only posted once (it was about the gta:lcs website). i also cannot log in with the origianl user name and password.
p.s. - it is o.k. to post links like this right? Reply
Toolsac - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkI just wanna say thanks to anand for bring us all so much info on every nook and crany of computing. When ever I am getting ready to upgrade or have a problem with my computer, Anand can help me. THANKS GUYS YOU ROCK!!! Reply
GameManK - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkalso curious about the memorex drives like the m-flyer Reply
hoppa - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkCool article, and a nice summary of the market (the intro stuff), but seriously, who really cares that much about the perfomance of these things when the entire thing can be written or read in <1 minute anyway. I do love benchmarks though (born and will die a stat-whore)!
I have a suggestion for the article: can you post a single picture of all the drives (preferably with a key). I'd like to see what they all look like but I wasn't too crazy at all about clicking through 20 pages. In fact, I only made it through 4.
-andy Reply
vexingv - Friday, October 21, 2005 - linkits an iomega 256mb and claims to be usb2, but is ridiculously slow compared to a generic 64mb drive i have. i've tried transferring about 20mb worth of portable firefox on the two drives side-by-side and the iomega drive took close to 5 minutes while my other drive took less than a minute.
these benchmarks are really useful for that purpose of finding drives w/ faster flash memory controllers. Reply
Souka - Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - linkREad the article....less than 1 min? Read it....not happening.
Write times had the biggest delta....upto 20x speed difference....
So would you rather watch your drive write data for 3.5mins, or almost an hour?
Far as "clicking through 20 pages" Click once on the "Print this Article"....then you just use page down(or equivalent button) to scroll through
Chriz - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkThis was a good roundup, but I was also curious on some other drives that can be found on Newegg. Mainly interested in the Apacer drives and also the Memorex M-flyer...which got a good review in Maximum PC because of the retractable USB connector which seems convenient to me, but I am really not sure on the performance compared to other drives. Reply
intellon - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkAnd why was iPod Shuffle excluded? Is it cuz of security matter/ bigger size/ higher cost? Cuz I use half of my shuffle for transfering files to and from - work, home and school. Reply
jkostans - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkBecause its an mp3 player. There are plenty of ipod shuffle type players out there which aren't included, some smaller and more compact. I'm sure they would be with the slowest of the slow. Reply
LightRider - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkPage 22 Shikatronics Manhattan
The drive ships with a lanyard and a USB extension cable, which makes the cap issue less of a hindrance
USB Extension Cable Included No
Data Encryption No
LightRider - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkOf course I make an error in my post pointing out an error...
Lanyard Included No
USB Extension Cable Included No
phisrow - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkI'm glad to have some idea about real world performance specs, to the degree that the volatility of the market allows that, of these drives. Any chance that this, or future, reviews of this kind could test making the drives bootable. Some are easy, some are impossible, and some need some real voodoo to get them working. I'd love to know which is which these days. Reply
johnsonx - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkPage 13:
"although, neither is obviously full-proof."
yacoub - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - link"From top to bottom, a AA battery, Kingston DataTraveler II drive, Kingston DataTraveler Elite."
No, not even close.
Elite is on top, DT2 is next, AA battery next, and 9-volt battery on the bottom. Reply
TheInvincibleMustard - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkC'mon, I soooo posted that before you!
-TIM Reply
yacoub - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkWhat's with all the scratches on the Corsair Flash Voyager's USB connector? Reply
TheInvincibleMustard - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkI was actually wondering that, too ... what did you do to that poor thing to take the cover off???
All in the name of science, eh?
TYPO: Pg 13 ... the caption for the "battery" picture doesn't correspond to the actual picture ... oh ... and just how OLD is that 9V Eveready? It looks like something out of the stonage in comparison to the other things in the picture ...
-TIM Reply
SpaceRanger - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkStonage?? Sorry.. Couldn't help pointing out a typo in a "typo informative" post..
/em hides now. Reply
TheInvincibleMustard - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - link:p
And that's all I hafta say about that.
-TIM Reply
sxr7171 - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkTime to get a Lexar JumpDrive lightning. This may not be important to a lot of people, but a USB drive IMHO needs to have a loop for a keyring. It is the most convenient way to carry the thing and always have it with you no matter what. I guess this applies more to people living in the city and not needing a car and the big bulky car keys/remote that come with that. Reply
TheInvincibleMustard - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkSpeaking of, is there some reason the Lexar isn't on the RTPE? I mean, it did just win an Editor's Choice and all, so you'd hope it would be one of the drives listed in the newly-announced Flash Storage section ... :(
-TIM Reply
Pete84 - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkBummer, OCZ's dual channel USB stick didn't get in. Reply
jkostans - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkSomeone didn't read the article...... Reply
SpaceRanger - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkAre USB drives able to be made Bootable?? I know that systems can recognize USB Floppy Drives, and boot from those, but I was wondering if you could take a USB Flash Drive and make it a bootable device. Reply
Phantronius - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkdepending on the flash drive and the motherboard BIOS, yes you can do it. Reply
Phantronius - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - link1st!!!
I love my OEM made from some pretty lady in china USB 2.0 stick, its saved my ass so many times for my work, especially in data reterival and spyware removal. Reply
Souka - Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - linkI've had the Memina Rocket for a couple months now....before they even announced it (thanks to NewEgg)....write spead defintly kinda bite with small files especially, but usually I put drivers and stuff there once, then read mutliple times....so its a good match for me.
PQI's I got over a year ago, and completely made everyone jealous.... for once, mem were bragging theirs is smaller than someone else's. :D
I still use a SanDisk Titanium.....only a 512mb module, but still works well.
Souka - Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - linkoopsss...typo
meant to say...
PQI's I got over a year ago for my office, and completely made everyone jealous.... for once, men were bragging theirs was smaller!! :D Reply


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PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team fought back valiantly Tuesday night at The Palestra, overcoming a late 15-point deficit to tie Lafayette. However, the Leopards were able to make the plays in the final minutes, and escaped with their first-ever win at The Palestra, 85-83.
The loss dropped Penn to 2-12 on this season, while Lafayette improved to 7-10 overall.
For the first time this season, Penn's offense seemed to click on almost all cylinders -- the Quakers shot 59.6 percent from the field and had four players score in double figures with two more scoring eight points. Only one problem: Lafayette bettered the Quakers in both categories, shooting a sizzling 61.2 percent for the game and placing six different players in double digits. Penn went 6-of-14 (42.9 percent) on three-pointers; Lafayette was 7 of 15 (46.7). To the naked eye, the Leopards seldom looked troubled on offense.
Despite that, Penn had a chance to tie or win with the game's final possession. Down two, and with 7.6 seconds to play, the Quakers inbounded in front of their own bench. The ball came to Tony Hicks, whose momentum was sending him into the lane. A Lafayette defender got in front of him to try and take a charge, but Hicks pushed a pass out to Steve Rennard who was open on the left wing. For the win, Rennard put up a three-pointer - and it fell off. The ball ended up in Dau Jok's hands, but his desperation shot was blocked by a Leopard defender as the horn sounded. The crowd called for a foul, but it was probably the right call for the ref to swallow the whistle on the play.
It was an unfortunate ending for Penn, which lifted itself from oblivion over a span of less than five minutes. The Quakers were down, 75-60, with 7:47 left after Joey Ptasinski hit a pair of foul shots out of the eight-minute media timeout. However, the Red and Blue went on a 21-6 run and tied the game before the next media timeout, which came with 2:29 to play.
Hicks played a key role in the run, scoring six points and dishing off a pair of assists. However, there were plenty of role players in the streak -- Jok had eight of his team-high 18 points, Darien Nelson-Henry scored four, and Rennard knocked down a trey. Camryn Crocker had three of his six assists for the game in that span.
Nelson-Henry actually had a chance to give Penn the lead out of that final media break, as he went to the line for two shots. He missed both. Lafayette came down, patiently worked the ball around, and eventually freshman Bryce Scott hit arguably the biggest shot of the game, a three from up top that pushed the Leopards back in front, 84-81.
Nelson-Henry missed a layup in traffic, but Lafayette's Tony Johnson missed his own layup that could have pushed the Leopards in front by two possessions. Hicks got the board, streaked down the court, and fed Henry Brooks for a basket as the clock went inside a minute.
Scott took another trey, but this one missed, and again Hicks landed the board. After a timeout, Hicks got the ball near the top, drove into the lane and took a shot at the left elbow that circled the rim before falling away. Levi Giese got the board for Lafayette and was fouled by Hicks. He made the first but missed the second, setting the stage for the Quakers' final possession.
The offense came a little too easily for both sides in the first half -- Lafayette was a sizzling 16-of-23 from the field in a half-court game (4-of-6 on three-pointers), while Penn pushed the play and was 17-of-28 from the field. The result was a half that saw seven lead changes, and the largest lead anyone had was when the Quakers jumped out to a 32-26 advantage. However, Lafayette used a 10-4 run to tie the game at 36-36, and gained its first lead of the game with the final points of the stanza, a jumper by Bryce Scott that made the score 41-40.
Lafayette continued its hot play to open the second half, hitting its first four shots and going 6-of-8 to be up, 55-47, at the first media timeout. At that point, the Leopards were an incredible 22-of-31 (71.0 percent) from the field for the game.
Nelson-Henry finished the game with 17 points, while Hicks had 12, Greg Louis had 10, and Miles Cartwright and Brooks scored eight apiece. Jok had a game-high seven rebounds to go with his 18 points. Cartwright also finished the game with eight assists, while Crocker had six. As a team, Penn's shooting percentage was easily its best this season, and the Quakers tied a season low with just 11 turnovers.
For Lafayette, Johnson finished the game with 25 points while Dan Trist had 17 and Scott had 11. Ptasinski, Giese and Seth Hinrichs had 10 each. While the Leopards shot just 18-of-26 from the foul line in the game, they were 7-of-8 down the stretch -- the only missbeing Giese's finalfoul shot --and 13-of-16 in the second half (in a game with a two-point final, Penn was 11-of-16 in the period).
Penn opens Ivy League play in its next game, traveling to Princeton to play the preseason favorite Tigers Saturday. Tipoff is slated for 6 p.m. at Jadwin Gym, and the game will be televised to a national audience on the NBC Sports Network.
Game Notes: Penn is now 0-3 in games decided by two or fewer points this season, and that does NOT include its overtime loss at Wagner (which the Quakers lost by five) ... Penn lost despite setting season team highs in points (83), shooting percentage (59.6), three-point field-goal percentage (42.9), field goals made (31) and assists (22) and tying a team low for turnovers (11) ... The 22 assists tied a team high for the Jerome Allen coaching era (also 22 against Marist last year) ... Penn's shooting percentage was its best in nearly two years, when the Quakers shot 62.8 percent against Dartmouth on Feb. 4, 2011 ... Penn's 22/11 assist/turnover ratio was by far its best this year; in fact, it was just the second time this season the Quakers have had more assists than turnovers ... Penn also had nine steals, giving the Quakers 32 in the last four games (8.0 per game) ... Penn got more points from its bench players (51) than its starters (32) for the second straight game; the bench players have outscored the starters87-53 in the last two games ... Junior Dau Jok scored18 points, not only a career high but also his first double-figure scoring game at Penn ... Jok became the fifth different player to lead Penn in scoring in a game this season (also Cartwright, Hicks, Louis and Dougherty) ... Jok has scored 26 points in Penn's last two games; the junior entered last Saturday's La Salle game with 37 career points ... Jok also had a game-high seven rebounds, giving him 18 boards in the last two games ... Freshman Darien Nelson-Henry's 17 points were more than double his previous season/career high, which came last Saturday at La Salle (8) ... In his last five appearances, Nelson-Henry has 44 points (8.8 ppg) ... Freshman Tony Hicks hit double figures for the third straight game (12.0 ppg in that span) and fifth time this season ... Hicks also had a season/career high in rebounds (5) and tied his season/career best in assists (4) ... Junior Miles Cartwrighthad eight pointsandtied a career high with eight assists ... Sophomore Greg Louis had10 points, his second double-figure scoring performance at Penn ... Sophomore Camryn Crocker tied his season/career high in assists (6), which he previously set in the Quakers' last game, Saturday at La Salle ... In the last two games, Crocker's assist/turnover ratio is 4.00 (12/3) ... Sophomore Henry Brooks had eight points, giving him 36 in the last four games (9.0 ppg) ... Penn played for the fourth straight game without leading scorer Fran Dougherty, who is out due to mononucleosis.
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Topic: I don't understand the bloodwork
My liver tumor burst and I have spots in my abdomen so no surgery. I don't understand my blood work and I won't see the dr for a few weeks to ask him. My bilirubin is .1,
CA 19-9 is 3. How can this be with cc? Does anyone else get numbers like this? My liver panel is also normal and I have no obstruction of the bile ducts. Yet, I am Stage IV. Does anyone else have a situation like this? I had my second chemo treatment today.


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Creative Writing
Students may obtain a Bachelor of Arts (A. B.) in Creative Writing and Literature. Courses in the major include a wide selection of poetry, fiction, playwriting, creative nonfiction, and performance. Students may undertake advanced work in one genre or multiple genres. Graduates typically pursue MFA degrees, or careers in teaching and publishing, and many win Fulbright and other prestigious fellowships.
The Creative Writing and Literature major is selective, yet creative writing workshops are open to all students regardless of major. The limited size of the creative writing workshops and the intensive individual attention from full-time faculty members make the creative writing courses ideal for those with a genuine commitment to the literary arts. Students can hone their craft with visiting writers, run the literary magazine, perform their work in public, and much more.


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A9 TV, 31 March 2012
(Mr. Adnan Oktar interprets verses from Surat al-Isra')
In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful
Verse 1 "Glory be to Him who took His servant on a journey by night from the Masjid al-Haram to the Masjid al-Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed,"
A blessed place means one that belongs to Muslims. Allah will not give somewhere He has blessed to unbelievers. "in order to show him some of Our Signs. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing."
Crossing time and space, our Prophet went there in a single night. This is proof there is no space in the Presence of Allah. Our mother says, "His bed had not even grown cold." The Prophet (pbuh) was not in his bed. He came and went before his bed grew cold, she says.
Verse 2
"We gave Moses the Book and made it guidance for the tribe of Israel: 'Do not take anyone besides Me as a guardian'."
Verse 3
"Descendants of those We carried with Noah. He was a grateful slave."
Look, you are the children of Noah, He says. And the children of Ada. Separate since the time of Noah.
Verse 4
"We decreed in the Book for the tribe of Israel: 'You will twice cause corruption on the earth and you will rise to a great height."
You will have pride and you will be elevated, Allah says.
Verse 5
"When the promised first time came, We sent against you servants of Ours possessing great force, and they ransacked your houses, rampaging right through them." Allah says that He gives rise to wars. "It was a promise which was fulfilled."
It is something that was destined, says Allah.
Verse 6
"Then once again We gave you the upper hand over them and supplied you with more wealth and children and made you the most numerous group."
Allah says He has strengthened the Jews.
Verse 7
"If you do good, you do it to yourselves." Allah, does not say you will be destroyed unless you do good. But if they are cursed, then no good can be done them. "If you do evil, you do it to your detriment. When the next promised time arrived, it was so that they could injure you and enter the Temple as they had entered it the first time, and in order to completely destroy what they had conquered."
Almighty Allah says there will be another attack.
Verse 8
"It may well be that your Lord will have mercy on you. But if you revert to what you did, We also will revert." The bigot says He will have no mercy. But Allah says He will have mercy. "We have made Hell a prison for the unbelievers." These people are Jews, followers of Moses. Allah says He will have mercy, so long as they do not spread corruption.
Verse 9
"This Qur'an guides to the most upright Way and gives good news to the believers who do right actions that they will have a large reward." Allah says He will bestow much merit.
Verse 10
"But as for those who do not believe in the hereafter, We have prepared for them a painful punishment."
Now, not to believe in the hereafter is a violation of good conscience. In other words, it is the result of rebellion against one's conscience. Our natures are in any case created such as to believe in Allah. One can easily have faith if one does not strive against one's own conscience. But one can enter unbelief through malice and devilry, through immorality and cruelty and through lack of conscience. The conscience tells us to "Believe." But such people say, "No, I will not believe." Some people imagine they are sincerely irreligious. Not so. They are so despite their consciences. That means that everyone's conscience accepts faith. So there are no people who genuinely have no faith. There are no unbelievers in the pure sense. Allah says that they have no faith because of their immorality and cruelty, because they strive against their own consciences. But there is no need to strive and fight against oneself in order to have faith. Left to ourselves, do we have to make a conscious effort in order to breathe? We have deep faith in the same way. People have to work very hard not to have faith. They come by lack of faith only with great difficulty, striving against their own consciences. And then they deserve punishment. For example, Darwinists say; "One day, there was a collection of atoms in some muddy water. And a carbon atom spoke to an oxygen atom. It suggested they come together to produce a protein molecule." That is scientifically impossible. You have to have protein already there in order for protein to form. But they insist that it formed spontaneously, in some way.
The system needs a seeing soul to use the eye. The soul waiting there ready to see says it has found the electric signal it was seeking and can now begin to see. But how can a sightless atom with no awareness know of the existence of such a seeing soul and prepare an eye for it as the result of evolution? How does it know that the soul will remain for millions of years. In the same way, the soul that hears without ears has to be ready and waiting so that when the ear produces sound from electric current and vibrations can tell the soul that the sound consisting of electricity is ready for it. Come and hear this sound make up of electricity, hear it in three dimensions, it says. How do you know that such a soul is ready and waiting? Our Darwinist friends say this all took place very smoothly by chance. But they will not speak so easily when questioned in the hereafter. They only come by that through fighting their consciences. And people who fight their consciences will be punished accordingly. Because they refuse to believe, out of pride and cruelty.
They imagine that when classes in the Qur'an begin being held, everyone will fall in love with the Qur'an and start praying right away... That is out of the question. If people became Muslims the moment they read the Qur'an, millions of copies have been handed out, and there is no question of that happening. Show me one man who does not have a copy of the Qur'an in his house. The internet resolves the issue by itself. Classes on the Qur'an are provided day and night on the television. And on the radio. Most people listen but are unaffected.
The Qur'an is recited day and night in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, but there are still plenty of hypocrites and unbelievers. In Iraq, the Ba'ath party is the most powerful communist party. The communists are the most powerful movement in Syria. Communists are very powerful in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria. It was the same in Libya. Gaddafi was a communist. He founded a communist system. Palestine was a communist bastion. They used to go there for training. Our well-known old communists all went there for training. They underwent military training in the communist terror camps. Therefore, nothing will come from telling people about the Qur'an unless Darwinism and materialism are defeated. If it did, Islam would already long since have come to reign in all Islamic countries.2012-04-20 21:35:11


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K.Brat, Boundaries collection
K.Brat is a young, indulgent womenswear fashion and accessories label, handmade in the UK. Founded in 2007, K.Brat derives its name from the designer Keren Brat. Keren's goal has always been to pursue self-expression through novel methods and the highest quality materials. Her deep fascination with anthropology is also keenly and subtlety reflected in her designs. The labels' 2010/11 'Boundaries' collection of handbags and belts boasts exquisite leathers - skins from shoulder patent leather to soft calfskin, different lambskins, and fully grained goatskin. For an original finish there is also the inclusion of pony-hide with retained hair. Employing extraordinary skill and care, the leather panels are cut, stitched and edge-coated by hand. The 'Boundaries' bags play with colours, textures and shapes. The bags are dramatically constructed with uncompromising yet flattering sculpted bodies. The beautiful 100% Tibetan silk linings, all hand picked, are one of the collection's signatures. Each is stitched and tied with a mix of Czech glass, solid brass, wood and bone beads. 'Boundaries' belts are equally superlative - constructed from 2 or 3mm shoulder calfskin with solid brass hardware. The bags and belts have a daring edge, yet are practical for everyday use by women who want to stand out and be noticed. There is an intentional mix of hard against soft, traditional against modern - united in harmonious composition. The collection is now presented to exclusive boutiques and department stores in London, Paris, Berlin and Tokyo.