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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
In the past, I did labs where students worked as a team and turned in one
lab report per group. It did not work. It seems that the student
interested in receiving a good grade did the work and the others just let it
go knowing that this student would do it. Now, I require each student to
turn in a lab report and it seems to be better. My students do enjoy lab,
and I usually go over the material with them first. They are very unsure
about what to do. Perhaps, if they had more experience in elementary school
with labs they wourd do better. But I remember how frustrated I was at
college because I received no lab in high school. Therefore, I consider
lab work essential for my students.
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" laboratory exercises help them ( students) relate chemistry to the real
world" I could not agree more. Labs and demonstrations are the corner
stone of chemistry. What I continue to gain from the film and activity
series is the importance to make the connection to an every day experience
the student can relate to. My students complete a separation lab early in
the year that involves separating sand and sugar. I do not give them much
in terms of directions. My goal is to have them develop a procedure and
then put it to work. As needed they make adjustments to there procedure as
they run into problems. It is a good exploration lab. I think I will
follow up with the distillation lab activity next year as presented in the
A couple of things I was concerned with was first I do not like the idea
that the students do not write the lab up prior to completing the lab. I do
a pre-lab instructions the day before and they are expected to write the lab
up ( purpose, procedure, data/calculations table(s)) before the next class
period. With my AP c chemistry students I also give them a pre-lab quiz.
The second thing that I did not agree with was to assign different "jobs" to
each student and then submit one lab report. What do you all think?
Post lab discussion is very important. Sharing observation, data and
conclusions can be an excellent tool. The idea to link what was learned in
the lab to class room lecture/discussion helps my students gain a better
understanding. I was impressed with each teacher's discussions as their
activity was taking place in the film. Keeping them on task and directing
the learning seemed to help those students.
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The most important phone call I made during the planning of the Bucks County Covered Bridges Festival was to Furia Rubel. Their plan was meticulously formulated and implemented in a logical, step-by-step process. Their expertise, professionalism, attention to detail and media contacts have been instrumental in making the event a huge success. Perhaps just as important, their dedication, willingness to "get involved" and enthusiasm for my event have impressed me greatly.
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HOUSTON - President Barack Obama came to Houston Friday for two fundraisers.
Obama was set to arrive at Ellington Field around 4:40 p.m., but stormy weather delayed his arrival about 40 minutes.
Obama spoke at a rally at Union Station where more than 600 people paid $500 to $10,000 to hear the president discuss the revival of the American auto industry, employment and healthcare. Half the money goes to Obama's campaign, the other half goes to the Democratic Party.
"We're going to use this as a rallying cry to support our president," said Lane Lewis, chairman of the Harris Count Democratic Party. "He carried Harris County last time, first time since Lyndon Johnson if I remember my history right, and he's going to carry it again this year."
The doors were not scheduled to open until 3 p.m., but people started lining up about noon.
"I want to be in line to get a good seat, hear a good speech," said Debra Emerson, and Obama supporter who drove in from Austin.
Local Republicans criticized the trip, calling it self-serving.
"This is a president whose policies have worked against Texas and specifically have worked against Harris County, so for him to come down here and ask for our money is very hypocritical," said Jared Woodfill, chairman of the Harris County Republican Party.
Obama then went to the home of Anthony R. Chase in River Oaks for dinner after the event at Minute Maid Park. The dinner charged $38,500 per person with the opportunity to add an additional guest for $15,000.
Chase, a Harvard graduate, is the chairman and chief executive officer of ChaseSource and the chairman of the board of directors for the Greater Houston Partnership. He worked in 2008 to raise campaign funds for Obama, who is a fellow Harvard graduate.
"The first thing I'm going to say to the president is thank you," state Rep. Garnet Coleman said before the dinner. "Barack Obama has many supporters, particularly here in Harris County. He won Harris County against John McCain. We're here to support him."
Obama was scheduled to leave Houston at around 9 p.m., but because of rain, Air Force One was delayed once again on the tarmac.
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The Chaser: Hamster Wheel: season finale, ABC1, 9pm
We're sad to report that tonight's instalment of Hamster is the final edition for 2012. Its ratings have dropped slightly since losing its Gruen lead-in but it has been an excellent season. An example: the brutally funny, unflinchingly pointed ''eulogies'' in which the impact and achievements of the life of a public personality such as Rupert Murdoch is examined. Indeed, the segment on Mark Scott rigorously scrutinised the career of the ABC boss. It was both unflattering and hilarious. Props also to the series' amusing dissertations on Paul Henry. There are so few others doing what Hamster does: smartly and humorously dissecting the week in politics and media. The style may be irreverent and nonchalant but this is brave, intelligent television. Hamster will be missed.
Kitchen Cabinet, ABC2, 9.30pm
AT THE beginning of the final episode of the second season of this entertaining little show, Annabel Crabb proffers a tiny confession. It's one that much of the Australian voting public can probably relate to. ''I don't know very much about Christine Milne,'' she admits. A heavily pregnant Crabb then heads to Tasmania to meet the reclusive senator, who instead of meeting at home, as is customary in Kitchen Cabinet, has requested a rendezvous at the local organic grocer store. The two repair to the senator's home (Milne's car: a Prius) and Crabb begins probing on her childhood spent on a Tassie farm. An interesting discussion point coalesces around her obsession with gun control and her father's love of shooting. Did he approve of her anti-guns stand? Not so much. She reveals that dad had it written into his will that when he passed away, his gun was not, under any circumstances, to come into his daughter's possession! It's the sort of fascinating information that's frequently disclosed in this series. More next year, please.
A Moody Christmas, ABC1, 8.30pm
THE third episode of this razor-sharp Australian comedy once again dispenses plenty of laughs and pathos. A six-part series, A Moody Christmas checks in with the Sydney-based Moody family each Christmas over six years. We're now three years in, so to speak, and it's settling into a nice rhythm. We know now, for instance, that the pool so proudly announced by dad in the first episode is unlikely to move beyond a ditch; a straightforward ride home from the airport from this family is highly improbable; and the now-tattered ''Welcome Home'' sign may never be removed. While there are plenty of subtle (and blatant) visual gags, what's so good about this series is its ability to capture the uniqueness of an Australian family Christmas. Even if your family's big day is not as tumultuous as the Moodys', any number of the broad sweep of characters - and their eccentricities - will resonate. Great stuff.
Dynamo: Magician Impossible, Channel Seven, 8.30pm
IF YOU'RE of adult age and you're contemplating watching this cheesy, late-in-the-ratings-year schedule filler, perhaps you need to get out a little more.
The Bridge, SBS Two, 8.30pm
IF YOU were worried this terrific Scandinavian crime series would wind up like season one of The Killing, don't be. The bonkers killer is accurately identified, and justice sort of done - as much as it can be in the morally ambiguous world this show has so successfully created. Its most likeable character, Martin, is also its most flawed, while the most morally upright - Saga - is compellingly strange. And while the perp is apprehended, this delivers an ending that's far from happy. But that's what makes The Bridge so satisfying. The practical attitude that seems to define Scandinavians, from their furniture to their prison system, imbues their drama, too, and while the writers of this certainly give us grace notes, they also give us a good slap of reality. Which is, of course, why we love them so.


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LOS ANGELES - California has given Universal permission to build the "Wizarding World of Harry Potter" in Hollywood, leaving many wondering if the new attraction will affect tourism at the Orlando park.
Universal hopes their new Hollywood version will cause attendance and profits to skyrocket there as it has in Orlando. While it's possible the California park might siphon away some tourists who would have otherwise traveled to see Harry Potter in Orlando, statistics show Harry Potter West won't be a major threat to Central Florida.
Most Orlando visitors are from the Southeast U.S., Midwest and East Coast, while California draws mainly from the West and Northwest. Europeans dominate Orlando's international travel market, whereas in California, most overseas visitors are from Asia, particularly Japan, where Universal happens to be building a third version of Harry Potter.
Orlando's Harry Potter attraction will have even more Potter attractions if rumors of a Gringotts bank and a Hogwarts Express Train connecting to the new area from the Islands of Adventure side of the park.
Universal has not announced when those new attractions will open in Orlando as well as California.
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WASHINGTON D.C. – The 2014 season opener for the University of Pennsylvania gymnastics team saw the Quakers finish fourth out of four competing squads in the Lindsey Ferris Inviational hosted by George Washington on Sunday afternoon.
Penn finished in fourth with a score of 183.125, placing behind host George Washington (1st – 193.025), Cornell (2nd – 188.750) and Temple (3rd – 186.775).
The Quakers face new challenges this season as defending back-to-back ECAC championships, and will see a number of individuals take on larger roles, after the graduation of key contributors from a year ago.
The Red and Blue started the afternoon on the beam and saw Amber Hu (T-3rd, 9.600), Kelly Tan (6th, 9.525) and Carissa Lim (T-9th, 9.400) finish in the top-10 of the event.
On floor, senior Nicki Valenti (9th, 9.625) and freshman Rachel Graham (10th, 9.525) led Penn.
The Quakers did not place an individual in the top-10 of vault or the uneven bars.
With the season opener completed, Penn will host Illinois State on Saturday Jan. 18, at 12 p.m. The Quakers' home competitions will take place in the John R. RockwellCourt inside Hutchinson Gymnasium.
Penn Results
T-15 Woo, Amber Penn 9.525
17 Lim, Carissa Penn 9.500
20 Graham, Rachel Penn 9.400
21 DiLeo, Dara Penn 9.275
23 Paterson, Emily Penn 9.075
24 Levy, Wynne Penn 9.050
Uneven Bars
T-16 Constable, Makeda Penn 8.975
18 Woo, Amber Penn 8.800
19 Tan, Kelly Penn 8.775
21 Silver, Jennifer Penn 8.650
23 Moock, Diana Penn 8.400
24 Hu, Amber Penn 8.050
T-3 Hu, Amber Penn 9.600
6 Tan, Kelly Penn 9.525
T-9 Lim, Carissa Penn 9.400
14 Graham, Rachel Penn 9.175
T-19 Moock, Diana Penn 8.925
23 Valenti, Nicki Penn 8.475
9 Valenti, Nicki Penn 9.625
10 Graham, Rachel Penn 9.525
11 Lim, Carissa Penn 9.475
T-15 Reszkowski, Kaitlyn Penn 9.350
23 Tan, Kelly Penn 8.150
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In the 80's, our environmental snowboard efforts were often met with ridicule or confusion but today we are excited that people are much more aware of how small, fragile and interdependent we are as citizens of this earth. A few decades back Norm Nelson joined the Mervin team and became our own eco-hero and environmental process consultant. Norm has put together a short video that sheds some light on the everyday environmental materials and process efforts that help make Mervin Made boards dream boards.


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NEWLY-recruited European nurses are being given extra help to settle into life at East Lancashire's hospitals - including help to understand the local dialect.
Their English colleagues have been helping the new recruits understand typical phrases such as 'make us a brew', 'am-a-get' and 'I'm starved'.
Meanwhile bosses at the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General have launched an improved training programme, which covers everything from the hospitals' key values to cultural life outside London.
Italian Greta Veneruz, 23, who now lives in Blackburn, said: "We learnt English like how people speak in London and when we came here it didn't sound the same.
"It was difficult to understand words like 'but', 'much', 'blood' and 'bath', and there were other phrases like 'I'm starved', which means I'm cold.
"We've been trying to learn them because it's important that we understand everything, so we don't make a mistake."
Her compatriot and new housemate Giuseppe Valenzano, 24, added:
"When I came here in the first week it was very difficult with the language but now I feel more confident. The nurses and patients are good at helping us."
A national shortage of nurses has prompted East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust to draft in about 30 international staff, mainly from Italy, Portugal and Romania, having already recruited heavily in the UK.
This came after NHS inspectors identified significant gaps in the workforce last year.
Gianina Bratu, 31, is one of the more experienced nurses to make the switch, having worked for about six years in Romania.
She said: "I have been learning English for seven years and have always wanted to come here. I am a positive person and really want to make a difference."
Stephen Mahon, clinical skills tutor, said: "We have a rich history of employing international nurses here in Blackburn.
"We are aiming to dispel the assumption that these nurses will find it impossible to work here because of language barriers.
"They are competent graduate nurses who have a great breadth and depth of knowledge and experience."


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The TCCC provides enhanced infant-parent mental health services and child development services for children birth to age five, through a partnership between NCHHS Public Health and Child Start Inc.
Since March 2001 the Napa County Therapeutic Child Care Center (TCCC) has served children and families who are connected to a number of NCHHS programs. Unique characteristics of the TCCC include a focus on the emotional and physical development of infants and young children, parent-child relationships and family support. Children enrolled at the TCCC make significant gains in overall cognitive, psychological and social functioning and many families expand their relational and parenting capacities. Developmental assessments are made biannually and early intervention is provided when appropriate.
The TCCC has the capacity for 8 infants, 8 toddlers and 12 preschoolers and each group has 3 teachers. NCHHS Public Health provides the therapeutic team of a Clinical Psychologist, an Occupational Therapist and an Office Assistant. Child care, a site supervisor and a family services partner are provided by Child Start Inc. TCCC staff provide consistent, predictable caregiving that benefits children who are mastering relational and developmental milestones, and parents who are navigating increasingly complex parenting tasks.


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IF CRICKET were an equation, Mike Hussey would be a given. He came to Test cricket fully 10 years behind his contemporary, Ricky Ponting, at an age when talk of an honourable way of finishing begins to swirl around other players. Immediately, he began to make up for lost time with a couple of rasping centuries, the first on this very ground.
He has been there ever since, in every form of the game, a constant in the Australian side, a thorn in every other. Only in a lull preceding the Ashes series two years ago were there ever questions raised about his suitability, and quickly he put them to bed. Now Ponting has ridden off into the sunset, but Hussey gallops on, seemingly undimmed in eye, mind or reflex, nor bodily slowed, the eternal youth, but with no secrets. It is not so much that he has had a late career as deferred a full and complete one.
This year, Hussey's 38th, he has made four centuries. You would be forgiven for having only a sketchy recall of the other three, for all were mere hundreds, made in the shadow of gargantuan Michael Clarke scores. That is too trite, of course, for any Test century is an accomplishment in itself, and besides, without Hussey's resolution and savvy, Clarke might have found himself stranded. Time after time, they have set a listing innings upright again.
Saturday was a variation on this theme. Rain, and the threat of more, compelled in both teams more urgency from the start, meaning that something would have to give, and almost immediately Clarke was caught at slip from a seamer from Shaminda Eranga, bowling downwind at last. ''He hasn't made a hundred!'' exclaimed the ABC's Drew Morphett, involuntarily capturing the mood of the meeting. The ball was still new, and so were Sri Lanka's hopes.
Hussey, enlisting wicketkeeper Matthew Wade to the cause, took charge. While Sri Lanka still pressed, he traded in singles, 14 in a row at one stage. Hussey, the team's oldest player, is also its best runner between wickets. He uses running not just to advance the score, but as a tactic, to disrupt the bowler's rhythm and manipulate the field. He rarely misjudges. This nimbleness of foot speaks of an akin quality of mind that makes a mockery of his age. In Wade, he found a willing accomplice; they ran co-operatively, like footballers in a drill.
Sri Lanka's attack, nothing if not earnest, tested Hussey. Twice, he was rapped on his hands by Eranga and Chanaka Welegedera, and he evinced pain. Yet he would have looked on these moments as he did the vagaries of weather, pitch and light: occupational hazards. That trademark smear of sunscreen on his face tells of a preparedness for any eventuality.
His 50 took him 114 balls, par in this game. But thereafter his scoring rate pretty much doubled. Wresting the initiative from Sri Lanka, he laced the covers and both sides of point with drives, and if any bowler dared to drop his length, Hussey would swing him far to leg. These are the shots that any aficionado, if shown without other identifying feature, would recognise instantly as Hussey's, and his alone.
Wade took as a cue from Hussey the certainty that a Test batsman can be bold without being extravagant, and the scoreboard rattled along. But even in a steel-trap mind, the 90s loosen rivets. At 96, Hussey seized on Eranga's half-volley and pulled it high to deepest mid-wicket. Angelo Mathews made ground, took the catch, but was helpless to prevent his momentum from carrying him over the boundary rope. In quick succession relief, embarrassment and then joy washed over Hussey's face.
The pity is the crowd was again so meagre. Filthy weather mitigated Hobart's apathy, but did not absolve it. Tasmanians now fill out the Test team, but Tasmania stands precariously near to losing its Test place.
Clarke made an astute declaration, appreciating that time already had been lost and more would be, perhaps also that Sri Lanka had fallen flat. Initially, Australia's bowlers could not coax the ball to move from the line of leg stump, but a teatime clinic on the ground helped, and quickly they took three wickets, including both pillars of Hercules. Only Tillakaratne Dilshan defied them. Nathan Lyon, with high bounce, put a full stop to the day.
Of course, Hussey took a sharp catch in gully. If this Test match can be thought of as Australia's Christmas party, Hussey is the bloke who can be relied on absolutely to be there every year, and to bring an extra slab just in case, to make sure the intern doesn't feel left out, and to help clean up a little before he goes home.


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Campaigners handed over a 13,000 strong petition to medical chiefs yesterday calling for A&E, children's and maternity services to stay open.
Sally Kenny of the Lower Morden Residents' group, Save St Helier Hospital, joined dozens of others to hand over the petition before the Merton Clinical Commissioning Group board meeting.
The failed healthcare review, Better Services Better Value (BSBV), was axed in February after twice recommending the hospital's A&E, maternity and children's services be closed.
However, a consequence of the review is a £219m redevelopment of St Helier Hospital, promised in 2010, is unlikely to go ahead due to the uncertainty it has faced under BSBV.
A group including Mitcham and Morden MP Siobhain McDonagh, Merton Council leader Councillor Stephen Alambritis and campaigners from the Save St Helier Hospital residents group turned out to the handover on The Broadway in Wimbledon.
The petition, with bundles of paper wrapped in red ribbon, was given to Eleanor Brown, chief executive of the Merton CCG.


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Winona State, the first school for education west of the Mississippi, has a lot of history. It is a school that is always changing. The university can feel separate from…
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The town is wonderful and although there isn't much to do, simply being outside is plentiful. The beautiful bluffs give a breath of fresh air every day I look outside my window, and biking around the lakes will always remain one of my favorite pass times here. If you're not one for nature, going to WalMart in the middle of the night is always interesting and fun! There aren't too many distractions around so it's great to be able to focus on what's really important, and frankly the whole reason you're here--school! I have met some incredible people and made some amazing friends, and the best part is that I continue to do so as I grow! Everyone is really friendly and it's not a rare occurrence to walk by a stranger and hear a friendly greeting.Read More
Winona is a beautiful town with lots of things to do if you go out looking for them. There's a great movie theater, a club, an aquatic center, the lake, hiking the bluffs, and many other places to explore in town. The only downside, I felt, was that there's no transportation - so you either have to know someone with a car, or get ready to hike around town. I fell into the second category. The school also is great at organizing events and providing things to do.Read More
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Cardiff Blues v Connacht - RaboDirect PRO12 preview
Cardiff Blues have named full-back Chris Czekaj in their side for Friday's RaboDirect PRO12 clash with Connacht.
Last Updated: 21/02/13 2:34pm
Czekaj makes his first start for the Blues this season having recovered from a foot injury, suffered against Worcester in pre-season.
The Blues take on a Connacht team that beat Ospreys 22-10 in Round 15 but have not won back-to-back contests in the tournament since April. The Irishmen's only away win in the PRO12 this season remains the win at Zebre in Round 2.
Cardiff's last three games in the PRO12 have remarkably all been won by the away side on the day but they have a strong record against the Irish side with Connacht having won just two in their 19 previous matches with the Blues, both in Galway.
Meanwhile, Connacht have made four changes to the team that beat Ospreys last week.
While Robbie Henshaw remains in Ireland camp, fit-again skipper Gavin Duffy, who earned his 150th Connacht cap last week, will start at full-back on Friday.
Fetu'u Vainikolo is named on the wing, replacing Tiernan O'Halloran who suffered a knee injury against Ospreys.
With centres Dave McSharry (groin) and Kyle Tonetti (shoulder) both unavailable, 27-year-old Brian Murphy will start at inside centre.
Meanwhile, there is just one change up front with Andrew Browne replacing Mick Kearney in the second-row.
Recent returnee from injury Denis Buckley is named on the bench as well as replacement back-rower TJ Anderson.
Cardiff Blues: 15 Chris Czekaj, 14 Owen Williams, 13 Richard Smith, 12 Gavin Evans (c), 11 Harry Robinson, 10 Rhys Patchell, 9 Lewis Jones, 8 Robin Copeland, 7 Rory Watts-Jones, 6 Michael Paterson, 5 James Down, 4 Macauley Cook, 3 Benoit Bourrust, 2 Kristian Dacey, 1 Taufa'ao Filise.
Replacements: 16 Rhys Williams, 17 Nathan Trevett, 18 Scott Andrews, 19 Luke Hamilton, 20 Thomas Young, 21 Liam Davies, 22 Ceri Sweeney, 23 Jason Tovey.
Connacht: 15 Gavin Duffy (capt), 14 Danie Poolman, 13 Eoin Griffin, 12 Brian Murphy, 11 Fetu'u Vainikolo, 10 Dan Parks, 9 Kieran Marmion, 8 Eoin McKeon, 7 Willie Faloon, 6 John Muldoon, 5 Andrew Browne, 4 Michael Swift, 3 Nathan White, 2 Jason Harris-Wright, 1 Brett Wilkinson.
Replacements: 16 Ethienne Reynecke, 17 Denis Buckley, 18 Ronan Loughney, 19 Mick Kearney, 20 TJ Anderson, 21 Paul O'Donohoe, 22 Miah Nikora, 23 Matthew Jarvis.
What they said...
Cardiff Blues Director of rugby Phil Davies
"It was good to get the result up in Scotland last week against Edinburgh. We played well and our defence was strong.
"We've built our performances and had some good results since the start of the year.
"We want to continue building on that and gather some momentum.
"I'm sure that Connacht will be a tough encounter for us.
"They are a good team; a very direct side who kick well and run hard.
"Our defence will have to be up to the mark and our back three I'm sure will have a busy night.
"Former Blues fly half, Dan Parks, I'm sure will be a threat. He is a quality player and I know him well, being the first coach to bring him to the UK when I was coaching Leeds.
"He came over for eight games and did an excellent job. He was a great distributor and a running fly half. He was always a good goal kicker and his game has evolved a lot since he arrived."


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (February 4, 2012) - After scoring just 10 points by halftime and falling into a 30-point hole, Rollins mounted a furious comeback but came up short, falling to Eckerd 71-57 on the road Saturday.
Jeremy Sharpe had two points at the half, but netted 18 in the second stanza to lead Rollins (14-7, 7-4 SSC) with 20 points. Myk Brown went a perfect 6-6 from the stripe and added 15 points.
Darrien Mack poured in 21 off the bench to pace Eckerd (15-5, 8-3 SSC), who took over sole possession of first place in the SSC with the win. Wayne Sears, Jr. added 12 point sand seven rebounds while Woody Taylor chipped in 11.
Rollins suffered through its worst half in recent history, shooting just 3-of-25 (12 percent) from the field and 0-of-11 from 3-point range.
Offense was hard to come by for both teams from the onset as jumpers by Dave Diakite and Jeremy Sharpe knotted the score at four with 15:57 to play in the half.
Rollins, however, missed its next 15 shots and went scoreless for nearly 12 minutes, allowing the Tritons to build a 21-4 lead. A pair of Ian Scott free throws at the 4:15 mark stopped the bleeding for the Tars, but they would go another minute before a field goal on a Jeff Dirkin put back.
Rollins' struggles continued as Eckerd took a commanding 32-10 lead into the break.
The Tritons started the second frame on a 13-5 spurt and took a 30-point lead with 16 minutes to play. Brown hit Rollins' first 3-pointer of the game on the Tars ensuing possession and started their slow climb back into the game.
Rollins began to get stops on defense and found its shot on the other end, eventually closing to within 55-46 after a Sharpe triple at the 6:17 mark.
Sears quickly answered with a 3-pointer for the Tritons to push the advantage back to double-digits. Rollins closed the gap to 11 twice more, but key baskets and free throws down the stretch kept them at bay as they fell for the second consecutive game.
The Tars shot 53 percent in the second half and ended the game 19-of-55 (35 percent) from the field, including 5-of-23 from long range. EC shot 23-of-50 (46 percent) from the floor and outrebounded Rollins 35-34.
Rollins is idle Wednesday and will look to get back to its winning ways on Saturday, Feb. 11 at home against Saint Leo. Tipoff is slated for 4 p.m. Fans can follow all the action live on the Tars Sports Network at RollinsSports.com and locally on 91.5 FM WPRK.


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Qualcomm's Next-Gen Krait 400 & Krait 300 Announced in Snapdragon 800 & 600 SoCsby Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 1/7/2013 9:53 PM EST
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pugster - Monday, January 07, 2013 - linkNot much bump of GPU power compared to their precessor, unlike Nvidia's Tegra4 Reply
akmittal - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkNvidia jumped from 40nm to 28nm and cortex A9 to A15 so this results into bump. While Qualcomm was already using latest 28nm technology and Krait was very close to Cortex A15. So we can call this performance increase huge. Reply
varad - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - link"Krait was very close to Cortex A15":
You might want to back that up. Here are some numbers measured by Anandtech:
And the bump in Tegra 4's GPU perf is independent of the process transition. They seem to have bumped the number of GPU cores to 6x in Tegra 3. Reply
akmittal - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkfrom close to A15 ,i meant much better than Cortex A9 Reply
Activate: AMD - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - link"And the bump in Tegra 4's GPU perf is independent of the process transition. They seem to have bumped the number of GPU cores to 6x in Tegra 3."
What? Its directly related. By moving to 28nm nV was able to fit A15 AND more shaders in the same die area as their 40nm process. They couldn't have used that many shaders without ballooning die size and TDP. So actually, the bump in Tegra 4's GPU perf is hugely dependent on the process transition Reply
Assimilator87 - Monday, January 07, 2013 - link"Qualcomm tells us that the Adreno 330 will offer roughly 50% more graphics performance over Adreno 220, and an almost 2x increase in compute performance."
Did you mean "over Adreno 320"? Reply
akmittal - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkYup they mean Adreno 320 not 220.. Reply
Brian Klug - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkOops that's right, fixed!
-Brian Reply
deltatux - Monday, January 07, 2013 - link@pugster: unlike NVIDIA, Qualcomm's Adreno is one of the leading mobile GPUs out there, they don't need to play catch-up like NVIDIA does. NVIDIA's GeForce ULPs found in Tegra 2 and 3 were rather lacking for a while. Qualcomm can keep the 800 series very competitive by just improving graphics by 50% to compete with NVIDIA. Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkWith the Adreno330, can they beat PowerVr in Apple SoC's ?
2013 is definitely going to be exciting for ARM SoC's . We have Exynos 5xxx, T4 and Krait 300.
And of course, Apple. Reply
akmittal - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linktill now only Adreno was able to challenge Apple Soc but this year Mali 658, Nvidia GeForce and Adreno 330 all Challenge Apple Soc. So this will be great.
pyaganti - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkThe current Exynos5xxx is using T604 right? Are they releasing Quadcore Exynos with T658? Reply
Mike1111 - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkWell, in terms of graphics performance(!) the announced SoCs are a bit disappointing. 50% more graphics performance over Adreno 320 doesn't even beat last years Apple A6X. And the Tegra 4's graphics performance is probably also not higher than the A6X's, or Nvidia would have said so it in their presentation (not a single graphics performance comparison...). Unless Rogue is a huge disappointment, Apple has nothing to worry about in 2013, at least from Nvidia and Qualcomm. Reply
jeffkibuule - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkDoes it matter? If you want an iPhone, you're going to get an iPhone. No one cross-shops iOS and Android based on SoC performance. That's exclusively an Android thing (and even then, you pick phones, not SoCs). Reply
Chloiber - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkWhen will they be released? Reply
akmittal - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkQ2 this year, likely with Galaxy S4 Reply
amdwilliam1985 - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkNope, Galaxy S4 will be made with Exynos 5 with and without LTE. Reply
karim128 - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - link"Also being announced today is the Snapdragon 600. This part integrates two Krait 300 cores running at up to 1.9GHz."
According to their website, it actually has 4 Krait 300 cores, which BTW makes it even more impressive for a mainstream offering !
http://www.qualcomm.com/media/blog/2013/01/07/snap... Reply
Activate: AMD - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkI swear, they just implemented this new "S" architecture (which was kind of stupid) and now they're changing the branding scheme again? Jeez, the only people who actually care about the brand/model name of their SoC still refer to them by the MSM/APQXXXX naming scheme, so they should just cut the crap Reply
phoenix_rizzen - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkThe S naming made sense, as well as any model numbering system can.
S3 was the Scorpion CPU-based SoC. S4 was the original Krait CPU-based SoC. And having multiple levels in each made sense as a way to differentiate performance levels (S4 Play, S4 Pro, etc). They should have continued with it, and these new SoCs would be S5 (for Krait 300-based SoCs) and S6 (for Krait 400-based SoCs).
That would have made sense, and provided continuity across at least 3 years of SoCs.
Switching from S1-S4 to S200-S800 is just plain old marketing "biggar numbars whar!". :(
Unfortunately, Qualcomm has a deep hatred for anything resembling logical part numbering. Gotta love how you can have Scorpion and Krait-based SoCs with the same MSM8xxx part number. Or how lower MSMxxxx numbers can be newer than higher MSMxxxx numbers.
Maybe, eventually, they'll figure this all out. But I'm not holding my breath waiting. Reply
The_Rex - Wednesday, January 09, 2013 - linkThey introduced "S" numbering system because they incorporated many older SoCs too in the main fold and hence wanted people to know which one is an older generation. (like S1 is oldest and S4 is newest). And they have changed to this strategy now because it allows them to classify newer chips based on the performance and not on the year they were made available to customers. This will also allow them flexibility to use mid-way numbers like 250, 300, 350 etc. which may aim at both noting the performance boost and also the launch year. Reply
iwod - Wednesday, January 09, 2013 - linkThose improvement numbers sounds like Swift level of performance. Wondering which one will be faster clock per clock. Reply


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The Mets have had little shortage of offense so far this preseason as they keep belting the ball for high-scoring games.
Today's 11-2 win over the Marlins was the fifth game the Mets have played in which they scored six or more runs. In addition to winning all of those games, they also had a 4-2 decision over the Braves in the first game of Spring Training. In three of those games, against St. Louis, Washington, D.C. and now Florida, the Mets have scored 11 runs or more.
If those aren't positive signs of a power resurgence, I don't know what are. Yes, it's still Spring Training. Yes, a lot of minor leaguers are playing so the quality of the pitching isn't great. But a lot of those making noise are the ones who have little or no shot of making the Majors roster.
Last year's starting catcher Omir Santos had an inside-the-park grand slam against the Nationals on Sunday when Willy Taveras couldn't grab the ball from under the outfield padding. Say what? His chances of making the team are pretty much nil as long as nothing happens to Rod Barajas or Henry Blanco.
Chris Carter, who was sent to the Mets in the Billy Wagner trade with Boston, capped it off today with two home runs in the same inning. The outfielder really has little chance, unless he can do that more often.
Ike Davis continues to impress, even if he did have an error in today's game. He had two more hits and two more RBI. Davis now has 10 hits and eight RBI, with a .588 batting average. The only other player who comes close is Fernando Martinez, who has amassed eight hits and five runs batted in. He also has a .588 batting average. The future looks bright with these two.
Meanwhile, the Mets have a good news/bad news situation as Francisco Rodriguez is rejoining the team. However, Kelvim Escobar is being shut down due to the loss of strength in his pitching shoulder.


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MCS officers inspect commercial motor vehicles, and operators, and ensure that both meet all federal and local requirements for safety, licensure and certification. These officers are authorized to enforce Virginia law and the Code of Federal Regulations as it pertains to commercial vehicles. MCS officers also investigate crashes that involve commercial motor vehicles on the roadways of Fairfax County.
What do I do when I see a commercial vehicle operating in an unsafe manner?
- Report the truck to 703-691-2131.
Some Members of the FCPD Motor Carrier Safety Squad
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Motor Carrier Safety (MCS) Officers from police agencies across northern Virginia joined Fairfax County MCS in a massive joint truck inspection in an effort to make roadways safer on May 31, 2012. Out of the roughly 110 trucks that were checked, officers placed 40 of them out of service for serious violations involving brakes, licensures, lighting, steering components and other infractions.
Officers from Fairfax County, Virginia State Police, Fairfax City, Prince William, Arlington and Loudoun Counties, and the Towns of Herndon and Manassas pulled trucks over along route 28 and surrounding roadways and conducted the inspections at the E.C. Lawrence Park in Chantilly between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. The Fairfax County Fire Department Hazard Materials unit was also on scene to lend assistance.
Participating Officers in 2012 MCS Enforcement Day Scene from 2012 MCS Enforcement Day
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Lundqvist: The New Richter?
Since the offseason began, it seems that New York Rangers pundits and fans alike have focused on the following topics and questions: line combinations; prospects; who is going to be the club's No.1 center?; how will Marian Gaborik play in his first season on Broadway?; what will head coach John Tortorella be like for a full season?
While these topics are great fodder around the water cooler and for countless numbers of Ranger blogs, I would like to go in a different direction and may be spark a debate with the following question: Is Henrik Lundqvist the new Mike Richter?
It's a question that has probably been going through Blueshirt fans' minds ever since the "King" burst onto the scene in 2005-06 and had one heck of a rookie season in posting 30 wins, 2 shutouts, a 2.24 goals against average and a .922 save percentage, good enough to place him among the finalists for the Vezina Trophy Trophy as the league's top goaltender, something he would also do in 2007 and 2008.
The following seasons, Lundqvist consistently put up good numbers, got his club into the playoffs, won a few playoff rounds and won the hearts of Ranger fans, bringing his chant to tri-state area locales such as the Nassau Veterans Coliseum (a.k.a. the Mausoleum) and the Prudential Center (a.k.a. MSG 2). And not only has he won the hearts of the fans due to his on-ice play, but he's won it due to his contributions off the ice with his charitable work for organizations such as the Garden of Dreams.
Doesn't this come close to sounding like another star Broadway athlete that played between the pipes on Broadway for many years, one that put up solid numbers on more than a few sub-par clubs, won a Stanley Cup with a nearly perfect team, did a ton of charity work and was an all-around good guy? In my eyes, and may be yours, right now at least, Henrik Lundqvist is almost equivalent to the all-time winningest goaltender in Rangers' history that starred for the Blueshirts for 14 seasons.
So, you might ask, what's the debate here? Well, for one thing, there is on-ice play. In his 14 years in the National Hockey League, Richter put up pretty solid numbers, especially considering the fact that he played on several non-playoff teams (1998-2003):
Regular Season
– 301 wins
– 24 shutouts
– 2.89 goals against average
– .904 save percentage
– Stanley Cup in 1994
– 41 wins
– 9 shutouts
– 2.68 goals against average
– .909 save percentage
– Played in the 1992 All-Star Game in Philadelphia
– 1994 All-Star Game MVP at Madison Square Garden
– 1996 World Cup Champion and MVP
– Played in the 2000 All-Star Game in Toronto
– 2002 Winter Olympics Silver Medal
– Member of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame
– Has number up in the rafters at Madison Square Garden
Obviously, pretty impressive numbers over a career that may end up in the Hockey Hall of Fame one day. On the other side, you look at Lundqvist and see that he has posted stellar numbers in his first four seasons in the NHL:
Regular Season
– 142 wins
– 21 shutouts
– 2.31 goals against average
– .917 save percentage
– 14 wins
– 16 losses
– 2.66 goals against average
– .907 save percentage
– Won the 2002 Gold Medal as the goaltender for Sweden in the Inline Hockey World Championships (Interesting, right?)
– 2006 Olympic Gold Medal with Sweden
– Named to the NHL All-Rookie Team in 2006
– Finalist for the Vezina Trophy as the league's top goaltender in 2006, 2007 and 2008
– Played in 2009 All-Star Game in Montreal
As you can tell, Lundqvist has done a lot in his first four seasons between the pipes for the Blueshirts and chances are is that he will continue to have success. However, will he be as successful as Mike Richter and lead them to a Stanley Cup like Richter did back in 1994?
More importantly, is Henrik Lundqvist the new Mike Richter on Broadway?
I'd like to say a big thank you to Rick Carpiniello for allowing me to post here and hope that I will get another chance to do it during the season. You can also visit my blog over at Kukla's Korner.


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STUDENTS are being taught in decaying classrooms and almost a third of Victorian government schools have buildings that need urgent repairs.
A scathing report by the acting Victorian Auditor-General, Peter Frost, said the federal government's Building the Education Revolution and former state government's Victorian Schools Plan had poured $4.5 billion into the state's schools, but many could not afford extra maintenance costs.
He said the programs had more than doubled excess school space but the new classrooms required ''additional maintenance funding to remain in good condition''.
He said schools received less than a third of the funding they needed to keep buildings up to scratch and $420 million was needed to fix the state's decaying schools.
Mr Frost found 2042 buildings across 505 schools needed urgent work to stay safe.
He said the Department of Education was not managing school buildings efficiently or cost-effectively and schools were chronically underfunded.
Australian Education Union Victorian president Meredith Peace said parents had the right to send their children to a safe and modern school.
''Schools don't have the resources required for the maintenance so use Band-Aid solutions to fix problems,'' she said.
''Principals are left with the difficult decision of figuring out whether to fix the heater or fix the leaking roof.''
She said a number of schools had closed off old buildings because they could no longer afford to maintain them.
Melba College, which opened this year, might be one of Victoria's newest high schools but its campuses still have buildings from the 1950s.
Principal Terry Bennett said the new school, the result of a merger between Croydon and Maroondah secondary colleges, was intended to be virtually rebuilt under a $100 million regeneration project promised by the former government.
''The assessment was made that there was not much worth keeping,'' Mr Bennett said.
There were serious holes in some of the floors and cupboards were missing doors, he said.
''This is true of a lot of schools - there just hasn't been the funding and infrastructure available to get us up to speed.''
Greensborough College principal John Conway said cladding was falling off and floorboards had collapsed three times. ''The building is slumping, we have had floors collapse,'' he said. ''It happened once when students were at school. We lost a school bag down there - but no students.''
Education Minister Martin Dixon said on Wednesday he would move forward $51.5 million of funding for repairs at more than 200 schools.
He said a new capital works model would ensure the BER did not leave schools with unsustainable maintenance costs. But federal Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Bill Shorten said the BER had given Victorian schools a share in $3.8 billion of investment in first-rate infrastructure.
Mr Shorten said the Baillieu government had cut half a billion dollars from education funding and had ''no sustained, long-term plan for Victoria's schools''.
Opposition education spokesman James Merlino said the state government had neglected schools.
''They've ripped up the Victorian schools plans, which was a plan to upgrade every single government school across the state.''
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The outlook for wireless networking keeps getting brighter as more devices — some as large as automobiles — become connected. Megatrends also drive wireless growth with the single most important being the conversion of electricity grids into Smart Grids, which in turn creates markets for smart meters and smart homes.
Although many very substantial niche markets are well-served by proprietary technologies perfectly aligned with their target applications, the lion's share of growth will still be in standards-based technologies such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and ZigBee.
The networking installed base created by the existing ecosystem of Bluetooth Smart devices in smartphones and laptops will create a fertile field for hardware and software developers. The emphasis in 2013 will be on wearable devices, including fitness and quasi-medical devices such as smart T-shirts integrated with cardiac sensors and a heart-rate monitor with GPS tracking. Bluetooth Smart technology will also extend its reach into remote control for consumer electronics and home automation.
ZigBee RF4CE will give Bluetooth stiff competition in the handheld A/V market. With smartphones becoming commonplace – seemingly all of which are Bluetooth wireless technology enabled – the Bluetooth ecosystem should give it an edge in attach rates over RF4CE. Smartphones will also boost Bluetooth technology in the Smart Home market. For example, using Bluetooth Smart technology the phone can set thermometers and turn appliances on as soon as the owner comes home.
Nevertheless ZigBee probably has the Smart Home edge because of its near-perfect alignment with the Smart Grid standards being developed. The utility meter is the gateway to the Smart Grid – and conversely the Smart Home – and the ZigBee Alliance's gateway strategy seems to be working. The heavy-hitters of the semiconductor world are also trending toward ZigBeeA number of silicon suppliers are offering development kits that include a wireless energy harvesting switch and ZigBee/RF4CE remote control.
The respective strengths of ZigBee and Bluetooth Smart technologies will drive developers toward choosing Bluetooth technology for point-to-point applications and ZigBee for more complex systems with high node counts because Bluetooth technology has support for a limited number of nodes.
Judging by the broad swath of applications it serves, Wi-Fi will remain the 800-pound gorilla of the wireless networking world. From Wi-Fi DirectTM for smartphones to gigabit Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11ac) to 60 GHz multi-gigabit point-to-point wireless, its reach just keeps expanding.
Not as sexy as gigabit data rates, but more potent in the long run is the Wi-Fi Direct peer-to-peer connection capability. Already in wide use in smartphones and tables, it will also dominate in automotive applications such as in-car hotspots, wireless screen duplication, tethering, wireless car diagnostics, and wireless software upgrading.
Jack Shandle is a freelance writer specializing in a range of electronic technologies including wireless, smart grid, and semiconductors. Jack has been chief editor of several electronics publications including Electronic Design and ChipCenter. As a freelancer, he has written hundreds of articles for publications such as EE Times, EDN, CommsDesign, and TechOnline, as well as company sponsored journals such as ARM's IQ Magazine, Xilinx's Xcell Journal, and Mentor Graphics' EDA Tech Forum.
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Plextor M3 Pro (256GB) Reviewby Kristian Vättö on 7/1/2012 1:45 PM EST
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Chaitanya - Sunday, July 01, 2012 - linkI associate names like plextor and lite-on with optical discs. now they are into solid state media as well. wondering whats next. Reply
DaFox - Sunday, July 01, 2012 - linkPlextor was amazing back when optical drives were relevant. Reply
iamkyle - Sunday, July 01, 2012 - linkYou mean, before they stopped manufacturing their own drives Reply
lexluthermiester - Sunday, July 01, 2012 - linkQuote; "back when optical drives were relevant."
Last time I checked, optical drives are still in very common use for a wide variety of purposes. How are they not still relevant? Reply
HisDivineOrder - Sunday, July 01, 2012 - linkThere was a time when a new CD-ROM or DVD-ROM would have people scouring the web for reviews because the new drive would offer greater and greater speeds.
Nowadays, people just buy whatever's cheapest or goes good with their case. They MAY look at compatibility with discs beforehand, but often don't if they're looking at a $20 DVD-/+RW. If they do, that's a few user reviews and then bam, bought. If it's crap, they throw it away and buy another.
This is far from the ancient times when a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM would warrant a full-on review with technical read-outs, minor speed differences against other models, etc. There's no point now because they're so cheap and there are no new advances being done in the field because USB storage (flash and hard drives) became so damn cheap along with the proliferation of online with digital storage.
There's a new hotness in town and we should all queue up the Toy Story sad music for ODD's. I imagine all my ODD's talking in the dusty, plastic bin of forgotten tech. They scramble out and reminisce about the times I used to have with them. The old Lite-On DVD-RW chatting with a Plextor CD-RW. A 2x DVD-ROM by Creative talking to a Pioneer DVD-slot. Every now and then, a Zip drive crying, "Hai guyz! Im hear two!"
And them all looking at him, patting him on the head, and saying, "Adults are speaking." Then lil' Zip drive'll look down and mumble something about how he used to be awesome. Meanwhile, my Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster 16, Sound Blaster AWE, Audigy, Audigy 2ZS, Aureal, Diamond 3dFX Voodoo, Voodoo 2 SLI, Matrox G200, they all chat amongst themselves about the days back when PC's were actually hard to build, compatibility was a shot in the dark and a prayer bound by McGuyver's chewing gum, and when installing Windows involved starting it and wandering away for 10 minutes (or less).
The best days are behind us, I think. Strange how the easier things get, the less awesome they feel. Reply
erple2 - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkIf these posts were rated, you sir, would receive a +1 from me. Trips down memory lane are always fun to do now and again. I remember amber buying my first Texel drive in the very early 90s because they were so Mich more reliable, and faster.
Those were truly the halcyon days... Reply
speculatrix - Monday, July 02, 2012 - link+1
So much of what used to be hard is now trivial, and the young generation really don't need to understand how computers work. Sure that's no bad thing for productivity, but means we're raising new generations who are unable to design the next generation of hardware.
Here is Cambridge England I see the average age of engineers rising all the time. Companies struggle to find truly gifted embedded skills. Reply
StevoLincolnite - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkAh, the good old days of setting individual jumpers for a CPU's FSB, multiplier and voltage... Needing a dedicated cable that goes from your optical disk drive to your sound card JUST so you can play Audio...
Setting IRQ's in the bios/windows... Fun days for the tinkerer.
Now everything is just plug and play pretty much. Reply
versesuvius - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkLet's see an Apple (McIntosh) user go down the memory lane. I suppose theirs turns out to be 1 centimeter in length. Something like:
"It was always like this. We paid triple the amount a Windows user did. Then again we were always better than them. Steve Jobs may be gone, but we are still better than them. We are just better. Long live Steve."
Just joking, of course. Reply
tjoynt - Monday, July 02, 2012 - link+1 Internets to you Sir or Mam! Thank you for bringing me down memory lane and reminding me how difficult and exciting it used to be. :) Now that everything pretty much Just Works, much of the fun and mystery is gone.
Sure I follow the next hotness too, but building a computer today is like building with legos: just follow the pictures and snap it together. No more IRQ conflicts or DMA errors. RAM incompatibility is still a source of "fun" but that has always been annoying rather than interesting.
Sure, we can focus on actually Getting Things Done now, but so can everyone else. Being a hardware geek is not as special anymore. Of course the complexity and flakiness of software will keep us well-rounded geeks well entertained (and employed) for quite a while to come. :) Reply
tjoynt - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkOT: another +1 Internet for the Lexx reference in your name. :) Reply
plext0r - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkYou guys remember MITSUMI drives? I remember they were the most sought after for a long time. I still have a Plextor SCSI CD-RW drive sitting in my parts bin. :-) Reply
Belard - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkYep... but it was more than JUST about speed back in THOSE days... it was about reliability of the drive and its burns.
My first optical burner was from HP, it was $600 *USED!* and each blank disc was $10 each. Since I already had a SCSI controller for my $1000 HP scanner (snif - it was bad-ass) it was easy to plug and go.
The failure rates of burns on a 166mhz Pentium was about 60%... very EXPENSIVE. Doing burns required making sure NOTHING was going on in the back ground, no internet, no screen saver. A full disc burn took about 30 minutes... and yes, the drive and discs were hot.
It was years before good IDE burners came out and they were priced at about $200. Even around 2000, it made a difference to buy a $120 SONY burner vs a $75 no-name brands some of my friends would buy. ie: my burners lasted until I upgraded, vs their drives lasting months.
Nowadays, only 3-4 companies actually make burners. They have various labels on them... all of them costs about $15~24.
And yes, optical drives are STILL important and useful.
A REAL WindowsOS DVD is better than a DL version... And this is especially true with MS-Office. A disc version allows 2-3 system installs. The online version at about the same price only installs onto the PC you download it to. When that PC dies or you upgrade... well, that Office is STUCK on that computer. Reply
rarson - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkOptical drives are an order of magnitude cheaper than they used to be, and for the most part, far less finicky and more reliable. If you buy decent media, you're pretty much guaranteed a perfect burn even at the highest speed setting (which is also an order of magnitude faster). Capacity has greatly increased. Heck, I was just thinking about how disappointing it is that I can't fit more data on a DVD when I realized that 12X+ Blu-Ray burners are less than a hundred bucks. That's cheaper than the first CD-R and DVD-ROM drives I owned... and they read and write over a dozen different optical formats.
Forgive me if I don't wax nostalgic about "the good old days." Technologically, there is no better time than the present. Reply
Sufo - Tuesday, July 03, 2012 - linkHah, agreed. Add to that people reminiscing about when it was still "difficult" to build PCs. It didn't require more skill, just more patience and time. I get it, you want to feel like you're actually creating your PC, not just fitting the parts together, but honestly, that all you were ever doing. There are still great hardware challenges - if anything there are more now than ever with the lowered cost of FPGAs and other integrated circuits.
I'm glad that I no longer have to take risks with my expensive PC hardware - I want it to be as trouble-free and reliable as possible and I can't wait for the day when I can look back at this current gen of hardware and laugh at how slow SSDs were. Reply
davepermen - Thursday, July 05, 2012 - linkThere was a time where you could not have pc's without them. Software delivery was only trough cds, os installation, again cds. music: cds.
Nowadays, you can life without them. Which i do since years. And as we go more and more mobile, they will get even less "the default source to get data from".
There was a time when 650MB was considered huge, and one could store and share everything on cds. Nowadays, not really.
Windows installs much faster from usb stick.
Software typically, when fitting on cds, gets downloaded. If it doesn't, well, still dowdnloading is the way to go, as cds don't matter then anymore anyways.
So no, they are not relevant at all anymore. They where the nr1 way to distribute data at some point in history. That point is gone. Reply
iceman98343 - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkkristian:
when are you guys going to re-review ocz vertex 4? FW 1.5 is out. Reply
jwilliams4200 - Sunday, July 01, 2012 - linkFinally the M3P review is posted! Thanks for the review, but hopefully Anand can get reviews posted in a more timely manner in the future (I understand that Kristian had the review done weeks ago, but Anand's policies or whatever delayed the posting of it)
By the way, rumor has it that the soon to be released Plextor M5S will use the same Marvell 9174 controller, but will change to IMFT ONFi flash so it will be slower than the M3P (but presumably much cheaper).
I am hoping that Plextor is working on an M5P that will use Toshiba toggle flash and the new Marvell 9187 controller, but that is just a hope on my part. I have NOT even heard a rumor whether that is true. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Sunday, July 01, 2012 - linkM5S is no longer a rumor: http://www.plextoramericas.com/index.php/ssd/px-m5...
ONFi seems likely as sequential speeds are lower (due to less bandwidth between the NAND and controller) but random speeds are slightly higher. There is no press release about the M5S so I'm not sure if the product page has just slipped or something. I'll contact Plextor and ask what's the deal and what is the difference between M3(P) and M5S. Keep your eye on Pipeline for updates ;-) Reply
magreen - Sunday, July 01, 2012 - linkThere are only two Toolbox features I ever use for my Intel SSDs: Manual TRIM, b/c I use XP and Vista, and secure erase.
Plextool doesn't do manual TRIM at all. And its secure erase is almost nonexistent b/c you need an external enclosure.
That defeats the whole point of having a toolbox, in my mind. Reply
Coup27 - Sunday, July 01, 2012 - linkI agree. I welcome another SSD toolbox into the mix, but with its current feature set, it is largely pointless. Manual TRIM for a toolbox utility is essential.
I presume that Samsung make Toshiba's NAND for them? I did not know that. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Sunday, July 01, 2012 - linkSamsung and Toshiba both make their own NAND. Toshiba does have a joint venture with SanDisk though (similar to what Intel and Micron are doing). Reply
Coup27 - Monday, July 02, 2012 - link"The NAND is once again from Toshiba and there are a total of eight NAND packages on the PCB. These are 32GiB quad-die packages and are manufactured using Samsung's 24nm process"
I don't understand this then? Reply
Kristian Vättö - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkThat's a typo/error. Fixed now :-) Reply
csroc - Sunday, July 01, 2012 - linkAt least the author knows who Plextor is this time! Reply
pheadland - Sunday, July 01, 2012 - linkOCZ also has an SSD toolbox, and it more functionality than the Plextor one. Reply
Belard - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkLast time I checked... its just a ROM/FIRMWARE upgrade tool.
Hence, I buy and tell friends to get Intel drives. I'll gladly pay the extra $20~30 for the reliability, support and upper-class performance. Sure its NOT #1, but I'll take a slight performance hit over BSODs and full out failures.
I had to explain to a client his SSD that Dell installed in his high end Dell is a Samsung that doesn't support TRIM... its new enough to be SATA3/6Gbs - and yet its performance is already SLOWER than my own intel G2 M25 drive (SATA 2).
The Intel tool box if full featured. 3.0x is quite nice. Reply
KAlmquist - Sunday, July 01, 2012 - linkI ask because the write performance of SSD's can vary a lot depending on how full the drive is. The Vertex 4 even uses a different block allocation algorithm if the drive is less than half full. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Sunday, July 01, 2012 - linkStorage Bench is run on a clean drive. Reply
KAlmquist - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkSo it measures how the drives perform when they have a lot of free space. Thanks. Reply
fausto412 - Sunday, July 01, 2012 - linkI am almost settled on Samsung 830 but even the capacity becomes an issue.
256gb is what I want but that price is more than I want to pay.
Can someone explain how TRIM works?
My windows drive is fine with Battlefield 3 and Bad Company 2 installed...it is the media files that need relocation. I have read I can change the my pictures and my videos system folder locations. Reply
jwilliams4200 - Sunday, July 01, 2012 - linkCan someone explain how to use google to find the answers to basic questions? Reply
Belard - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkgo to your browser, type in G O O G L E . C O M (each letter is a key) and press enter key.
Faustso: buy a smaller drive for your OS and work Apps (MS Office) and use a HD for your games and videos and porn. Also use the HD to store an image of the SSD in case of failure. Reply
iwod - Sunday, July 01, 2012 - linkLooks like we need 12Gbps ASAP. The Firmware design are starting to bring in less improvement %. And Idle / Active Power consumption needs to stay low as well. Reply
Belard - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkPCI-e Drives are for that. But its stupid that none or most are non-bootable. Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkcan you do a re-review of vertex4 120GB with the newly released 1.4 firmware? Reply
macuser2134 - Monday, July 02, 2012 - link+1. You absolutely need to do this ASAP. Vertex 4 with the latest firmware update needs to be re-tested and updated in the AnandTech storage bench. Reply
iceman98343 - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkyou are late. vertex 4 1.5beta was released on Friday. Reply
casteve - Monday, July 02, 2012 - link"I find it to be more hassle to put the drive inside an enclosure than to simply secure erase the drive with other methods."
Buy an eSATA bracket with power for $10 from your favorite e-tailer. Reply
NCM - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkBased on the previous favourable review of the Plextor I bought and installed a 256GB M3 (plain) as the boot/app drive in a new Mac Pro workstation a couple of months ago, with TRIM turned on for this non-Apple drive via the Trim Enabler freeware utility. Most files are stored on our server, so capacity isn't really an issue. However I've found that our 128GB drives stand to run somewhat full, so 256GB gives plenty of storage headroom.
It's been running very satisfactorily, with the responsiveness you'd expect of an SSD machine.
Just last week I bit the bullet and bought a 512GB M3 Pro for my own 13" MacBook Pro. The slight extra cost of the M3 Pro isn't meaningful in an almost $700 drive, so I saw no reason not to get the better version. I preferred the Marvell controller over Sandforce due to the incompressible data performance, and chose Plextor over a Samsung 830 due to lower power consumption in the laptop application.
My original 500GB conventional drive contains over 300GB, and while it might have been possible to prune that enough to squeeze into a 256GB, the SSD would then have run very full, affecting SSD garbage collection/TRIM. It's also necessary to leave enough free space for the hibernation RAM image, as well as for VM pages. So the 512GB version it was.
The process is straightforward. I used Apple's Disk Utility to clone the existing drive to the Plextor mounted in a Newer Tech external FW800 dock, test booted, then installed it in the MBP. TRIM is enable as above.
Performance improvement is as you'd hope, particularly since the original drive was only 5400 rpm. Another upside is the shock resistance of an SSD for mobile applications.
The only real downside is the hole-in-the-wallet effect! Reply
NCM - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkThree things I forgot to include in my post above:
- The Plextor needs to be reformatted for the Mac. You use Apple's Disk Utility to handle that, as with any other drive.
- Cloning the original drive using DU's Restore function will also automatically clone Lion's hidden Recovery partition.
- Absolute SSD performance is limited by my 2010 MBP's 3 Gb/s SATA interface, so I could have bought a cheaper last generation drive. However I hope to be keeping this pricey SSD long enough for it to see at least one more host computer, and that will support faster transfers. Reply
Belard - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkPretty much ALL new SSDs are SATA3.0 / 6GB/s... so its not really an issue.
Its older tech or mix tech models that are SATA2. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkNot with the regular updater at least. In theory, someone could modify the installer and make it possible though. Reply
Kyanzes - Monday, July 02, 2012 - link"relatively unknown brand" :)
Okay. Reply
bobsmith1492 - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkYes they are relatively unknown. Yes they used to be more well-known but only for optical drives. Reply
eanazag - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkI would like to see a 2.5" HDD at 5400 rpm and 7200 rpm sample data for a baseline included in the reviews. I don't care if they ever get updated after that. I would just like to be able to quickly see where the mechanical drives chime in.
Performance would data would be icing, but power data is nice.
If I upgrade my users to a drive off this list, which is very likely. I'd like to be able to tell them if they are going to take a hit on battery life or a boost. Reply
Belard - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkThey stopped doing that some time ago because it messes up the charts somewhat. Basically, they just don't compare... and that was before the SATA 6Gbps drives came out.
Here is a early 2011 review with a WD VelociRaptor (The fastest HD money can buy for a consumer drive). And yet, its a sliver. Only SSDs that perform almost as slow are the bottom end SSD. And keep in mind, the Raptors are 2-3 times faster than a 5400RPM drive.
RANDOM READ (MB/s)
00.68 = Raptor
58.10 = Intel X25-M G2 (still a very good drive)
93.50 = Crucial C300 (early 6Gbps drives)
Sequential READ (MB/s)
145.30 = Raptor
226.30 = Intel X25-M G2 (still a very good drive)
307.20 = Crucial C300 (early 6Gbps drives)
392.20 = Intel 510 SSD (6Gbps)
A modern high end SSD is about 100x faster in random R / W operations over any HD.
Oh, here is a GOOD older 2010 review which includes a Seagate 5400 RPM 2.5" drive. OUCH!
See how the chart becomes somewhat meaningless? And thats with 3Gbps drives!
Imagine looking at a chart comparing a 16mhz 286 to a quad core 3400mhz i5 CPU. Reply
hechacker1 - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkProbably, assuming there isn't some checksum that can't be cracked to flash the drive.
In my experience, almost all drive firmwares can be flashed. Reply
sulu1977 - Monday, July 02, 2012 - linkSpeed and performance of such a device is important, but not as important as reliability. Reliability is hands down my top priority. Just wanted to mention this. Reply
octoploid - Tuesday, July 03, 2012 - linkThere is already an unofficial tool available that can transform a normal M3 into an M3-Pro:
http://bbs.pceva.com.cn/thread-47279-1-1.html Reply
etamin - Wednesday, July 04, 2012 - linkNot sure if anyone mentioned this but the Vertex 4 (now firmware v1.4) can really use an update in both the charts (on newly reviewed SSDs) and in the SSD bench. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Thursday, July 05, 2012 - linkJust spoke with Anand, he promised that the updated results will be in Bench later this week. I'll also do a quick article about the results, should be up early next week or so unless something comes up (hint: I have a package coming from Plextor which needs urgent attention ;-) Reply
etamin - Thursday, July 19, 2012 - linkAwesome! just saw the updates in the Plextor M5S review! Reply
SSD_Privacy - Monday, July 09, 2012 - linkIn the review you explain the features of Plextool,, but you do not say whether you actually used it and whether it actually erases data. This is very important as a study done at UCSD www.usenix.org/events/fast11/tech/full_papers/Wei.pdf showed that some SSD drives do not erase data even when they report that they have.
This is a subject that this site has never addressed or even acknowledged. Reply
msawyer91 - Thursday, August 30, 2012 - linkAs a freelance software developer of a tool called WindowSMART 2012, which assess the health of hard disks and SSDs, and alerts you via email and on Apple and Android mobile devices, I had a need for SSDs.
Since each SSD controller manufacturer (i.e. Marvell, SandForce, Micron) implements SMART attributes differently, I had a need to acquire SSDs (at quite an expense). I trolled the waters looking for the best deals. Some SSDs I looked to buy, knowing I would be selling them on eBay once I was done testing them. Others I was electing to keep, choosing to upgrade laptops to boost their speed. Throw in a caddy from newmodeus.com and I instantly had a dual-drive laptop--SSD for the OS and hard drive for the data. Talk about breathing some new life into a computer!
A few months ago I found this very SSD, the Plextor M3 256 GB, on Newegg. It was on sale for $199.99, and I couldn't pass it up. It had a solid 5/5 egg rating from over 300 reviewers, and finding an SSD at less than a dollar per GB? I was sold. I installed it in a laptop that's functioning as a SharePoint 2010 test server. With the SSD alone, I was easily trimming 10 seconds off of initial page loads. SharePoint is a beast, and a laptop isn't exactly the best suited machine for SharePoint. But for testing and tinkering, it suited my needs.
And this Plextor SSD made that laptop (an HP G60-230US) a whole lot faster. Well done Plextor! You've got a winner in this SSD.
If you want to check out the WindowSMART 2012 tool I put together, you can find it at http://www.dojonorthsoftware.net/TBM/WindowSMART.a...
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Sweeteners: Artificial Varietiesby Dana Angelo White in Food News & Trends, February 6, 2009
Everyone knows these little pastel packets you find at restaurants and coffee shops — the artificial or no-calorie sweeteners. We see descriptions like "substitute," "natural" and "made from sugar" attached to these food additives, but what does it all mean? There is more to these "sweets" than meets the eye.
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Aspartame (a.k.a. Equal or NutraSweet) was the next sweetener on the scene. Only 200 times sweeter than sugar, it is commonly found in beverages, gelatin desserts and frozen desserts. The research on this product is spotty, but there are some links to cancer. The best advice is to avoid long-term consumption. Children should also avoid eating lots of aspartame-containing foods.
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Even newer than Splenda is Stevia (a.k.a., Truvia or Purevia). About 100 times sweeter than sugar, Stevia was previously sold as a "dietary supplement" until recent FDA approval. We'll probably see Stevia added to most food you can shake a sugar bowl at (and this has some food industry watchdog groups freaking out). Stevia is derived from a plant, but that doesn't guarantee its safety. There is some research that says it's safe and others than support having caution; until more research is done, the jury is still out. (Read more about the Stevia controversy.)
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EDMONTON -- At an event where you have to win all the games you should -- and one or two more that you shouldn't -- if you're going to take down a national title at week's end, Jeff Stoughton got a win over the hometown favourites on opening day that seemed to fit a little into both categories.
Playing the Alberta juggernaut skipped by Kevin Martin in the first game for both teams of this 2013 Canadian men's curling championship on Saturday, Stoughton got extra end misses in succession from both Martin and Alberta third John Morris to author a steal and an unlikely 5-4 victory over the reigning Olympic gold medallists.
The loss infuriated Martin, who stormed off the ice muttering under and blowing right past waiting reporters, before returning moments later to face the music.
It was uncharacteristic behavior for the normally even-keeled Martin, who laughed off his behaviour by saying that he simply needed to urinate after the game before he faced reporters. Martin did admit, however, that the loss was upsetting, coming as it did after what he said was a pick on his extra-end miss.
"You hate to give one away early, you know. That's all," said Martin. "But like I say, it's a long week."
To the degree Manitoba got the win thanks to misses by their opponents rather than great shots by their own team, it was a victory that they probably didn't deserve. But on a night when both teams made uncharacteristic mistakes and struggled at times to adapt to green ice conditions and what are a brand new set of rocks in use at the Brier for the first time, it was also a win that either team could have rightly laid claim to.
"Sure -- why not," Stoughton replied when asked if his team deserved the victory. "We had a couple of chances early on, they had a couple of chances -- it was one of those games... It was the type of game we thought it would end up to be -- really close and a miss here and there and fortunately he missed his last one."
Manitoba recorded the victory despite a boisterous and partisan Alberta crowd -- which was expected. But as the game wore on -- and the liquor continued to flow -- some in the crowd also took to chanting deprecating comments during the deliveries of the Manitoba players, something that isn't expected crowd behavior at major Canadian curling events.
But the Manitobans said they had no problem with the crowd doing a little heckling.
"I don't mind the noise. You know what -- people pay their money, we're fortunate to play in front of these crowds. I think it should be fun," said Manitoba third Jon Mead. "If it gets to you, good for them -- they did their job."
Manitoba plays twice today, taking on Nova Scotia's Paul Flemming (0-1) this morning and another of the favourites -- Ontario's Glenn Howard (1-0) -- tonight.
Howard -- the defending world champion -- is coming off a bit of a scary debut Saturday night, as his team quickly fell behind 3-0 after just two ends to B.C. Brier rookie skip Andrew Bilesky before finding his groove and going on to a comfortable 8-4 win.
"They played better than us in the first few ends," said Howard. "I kind of mis-read the ice early and cracked a couple of guards... But give my guys credit, we didn't get down and came back."
LOOSE HAIRS -- Newfoundland's Brad Gushue is the only team at 2-0 heading into today after wins over Nova Scotia and P.E.I. on opening day... Alberta second Marc Kennedy won Saturday's pre-event skills competition and the two-year car lease that goes to the winner.