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MINNEAPOLIS -- All eyes were on home-plate umpire Joe West in the bottom of the ninth.
Yankees closer David Robertson had just thrown a 92-mph cut fastball on the outside edge of the plate -- if West called it a ball, Twins first baseman Chris Parmelee would walk to put runners on first and second.
But West reared back and punched his fist through the air. The game was over, and the Yankees could rest easy after nearly blowing a five-run lead in a 6-5 victory at Target Field on Independence Day.
Robertson gave up an 0-2, two-out double to Kurt Suzuki to extend the game, but he didn't blow a second chance to put his team above .500, firing the ball exactly where catcher Francisco Cervelli wanted it.
"It felt like it was right on his glove," Robertson said. "I tried to throw it right through him, and I got the call."
Both teams' starters were swamped with offense on Independence Day, but the Yankees' lineup was able to dial up just enough power to make its lead last. The team crushed eight extra-base hits (including four from Brian Roberts) and scored all six of its runs in the first two innings.
"I really think guys are starting to swing the bat a lot better," Roberts said. "We've been able to put up a few more runs lately."
The deluge began instantly for Twins righty Kyle Gibson.
Brett Gardner slapped a triple to the left-center gap to lead off the game, and Roberts followed with a double for a 1-0 Yankees lead. Two batters later, Mark Teixeira hit an RBI double and advanced to third on a passed ball. Then Carlos Beltran hit a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0.
With Gibson on the ropes, New York added three more runs in the second. Cervelli ripped a double down the left-field line, and Brendan Ryan later brought him in with a lineout to center.
Gardner then walked, Roberts doubled again and Jacoby Ellsbury knocked a soft liner into right for a two-run single to make the score 6-1.
"It's nice for everyone involved to get some runs across the board early," manager Joe Girardi said. "The first four hitters did a really good job."
But the Twins showed a good deal of firepower, too.
Brian Dozier hit a solo homer off Chase Whitley to lead off the bottom of the first before Chris Colabello -- playing in his first Major League game since May 23 -- knocked an opposite-field solo shot to right.
Nursing a 6-2 lead in the third inning, Whitley continued to unravel. Kendrys Morales singled and then came home on an Oswaldo Arcia triple -- the third three-bagger of the game combined.
Trevor Plouffe followed that with an RBI single before Whitely finally cut Minnesota down with two straight strikeouts.
"It's very frustrating, but you've got to keep working and give your team a chance to win," Whitley said. "They did a heck of a job today. They spotted me six runs, and I did a poor job to keep that. But the bullpen backed me up and did a heck of a job, so today was a great team effort."
It wasn't the starters' day, as Gibson lasted only two innings and Whitley three. But when long-relief guys Samuel Deduno and David Huff entered the game, things began to settle down.
Neither reliever gave up a run -- Deduno lasted 4 2/3 innings, while Huff went three full to pick up the win.
"Whether [Whitley] goes eight or he goes three, we're always going to be ready for him," Huff said. "We're there to back him up."
Dellin Betances ran into some trouble in the eighth, allowing a single to Morales before plunking Arcia in the leg. Two batters later, Eduardo Nunez (running for Morales) and Arcia pulled a double steal to put runners on second and third.
But after Colabello had an RBI groundout to bring the Twins within one, Teixeira made an excellent diving play to field a grounder by Eduardo Escobar and end the threat.
"They made a couple big-time plays out there, and that was one of them," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "He hit the living fire out of that ball and it would've been a tie game, but he made a great play."
In the ninth, Robertson endured his share of drama before notching his 20th save of the season.
Alex M. Smith is an associate reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @asmiff. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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HOUSTON - New details are surfacing in a sweeping federal investigation involving gun buys from Beaumont to Pasadena, the Zetas Drug Cartel and the death of a federal agent on Mexican soil.
The investigation was spearheaded by agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' Houston office and began nearly two years ago. Local 2 Investigates reviewed court documents and spoke with sources close to the investigation to uncover details of a network of unwitting cartel recruits and the men investigators said were behind the operation.
"We heard so many different stories, but we didn't know what to believe," said Mary Mendez.
Mendez said she remembers the day she had to identify her nephew. Police said Santiago Garcia was murdered over a debt in front of this Baytown home in November 2004.
"When I saw him, I panicked. I stayed paranoid you know," said Mendez. "He was out there smuggling, bringing people from Mexico, drugs and stuff."
It took Baytown police nearly eight years, but three men were eventually charged this year with Garcia's murder: Daniel Torres Jr., Juan Carlos Barrera-Magana and Arturo Chavez Jr. But Local 2 investigates discovered Garcia's murder is just part of a larger mosaic.
Less than a month after being charged with Garcia's murder, Chavez was also charged in federal court. Documents obtained by Local 2 read Chavez went by the street name, "Veinte Uno," which is Spanish for the number 21. Federal investigators write Chavez provided money to a group of "straw purchasers." A federal criminal complaint reads the charges against Chavez "stem from his orchestration, funding of, and otherwise direct participation in a criminal conspiracy to provide untraceable firearms to member of the Los Zetas Drug Cartel in Mexico." Investigators further wrote in an indictment that while Chavez "would and did provide money for the purchase of firearms," and "Manuel Gomez Barba would and did organize the purchases of the firearms on behalf of Chavez."
Federal sources involved with the case told Local 2 that Barba recruited people he befriended in Baytown and the Chambers County area, who needed cash and had clean criminal records that would allow them to purchase weapons. Barba could not legally purchase weapons because of past criminal charges. Court records show Barba pleaded guilty to a charge of exportation of firearms and was sentenced to 100 months in prison. This sentence was on top of a previous 108-month sentence Barba received for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Chavez is awaiting trial on charges filed in both federal and state court.
As part of this investigation, four other men were charged and pleaded guilty to buying the guns. The owner of JJ's Pawn Shop in Beaumont said he remembers two of the men well.
"They were just somebody who came in the door and wanted to make a purchase," owner James Hedrick, Jr. said.
Hedrick said he remembers the day ATF agents started asking questions about Blandon Shaffer. Court records read Shaffer bought 10 guns at JJ's Pawn. While answering questions about Shaffer's purchases, Hedrick informed agents about another, almost identical, purchase of guns by Robert Riendfliesh, an Iraq war veteran. Hedrick said both men passed federally required background checks, which allowed them to legally purchase the weapons.
"It did surprise me," said Hedrick. "The entire time I've been in business, this is the only thing like this."
Federal officials wrote that one of the guns bought by Riendfliesh in Beaumont made its way across the border, into Mexico, and was found at the murder of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Jaime Zapata.
Zapata was ambushed and gunned down in February 2011 while working in Mexico. Court records read that Riendfliesh's gun purchase was made on Aug. 20, 2010. Federal sources told Local 2 they did not learn of Riendfliesh's involvement until Sept. 29. A source involved in the case told Local 2 the guns bought by Riendfliesh were "long gone by the time we knew about it." Local 2's sources said they believe within 12 hours of each gun purchase, the weapons' serial number had been removed and the guns were on the way to Mexico.
Court records show Thomas Lawson and Sergio Escobedo were also charged with buying guns as part of this group. Court records show all four men pleaded guilty and were sentenced to five years probation.
When contacted at his home in Liberty, Riendfliesh would only say, "I had no idea who the guns were for."
When Local 2 tried to speak with Shaffer at his home just outside of Baytown, he declined to comment.
Lawson also declined to comment and Escobedo was not reached for comment.
"People will do things for money, not thinking of the long-term consequences," said Hedrick.
Federal sources involved in the case told Local 2 other so-called "straw purchasers" from the Baytown and Chambers County areas were involved in purchasing guns, but those individuals' level of cooperation in the case appeared to help them avoid criminal charges. Local 2 tried to speak with one of these individuals but only received a text message reading, "I can't talk to you because it will put my family in danger. I can't take the chance."
Beyond the charges filed, Local 2 also examined the timeline of this investigation. Sources involved in the case told Local 2 they first received a call from a clerk who wanted to report a suspicious purchase at a gun show in Pasadena in June 2010. However, Local 2's sources said when federal agents questioned the clerk, the individual recanted, but agents kept the name of the supposedly suspicious buyer in their notes. Court records show that same month ATF agents launched an investigation into Katy Arms, a licensed firearms dealer in Katy. Court records read the investigation into the business involved "maintaining unlawful records, conducting illegal sales and making numerous sales to individuals who provided the firearms to prohibited individuals." An affidavit filed in federal court shows agents raided the business in August 2010 and seized more than 1,500 guns kept in inventory. The owner of Katy Arms, Lazaro Gil, was never charged with any crime but the seizure of the weapons shut the business down. Gil denies ever making an improper sale and believes he is the victim of an over-zealous government coming down on him for what he terms paperwork "mistakes."
"You make mistakes like anybody else," said Gil.
"You didn't seem to fight this -- seized all your weapons and essentially put you out of business," Local 2 investigator Robert Arnold said.
"Why am I going to fight a fight I'm going to lose?" said Gil, who claimed he sought legal advice and was told fighting the seizure would be expensive and very difficult to win. "If you lend me the money, I'll fight it."
During a review of records seized at Katy Arms, federal sources said they came across the name of the person who supposedly made that suspicious purchase at the Pasadena gun show in June 2010. By the end of August 2010, agents found and interviewed that person. Local 2's sources said that person admitted buying the guns at the behest of an acquaintance and Barba. Sources told Local 2 agents then questioned that acquaintance, who also implicated Barba. Neither of these individuals was criminally charged. During a deeper search of seized records from Katy Arms, court documents read Shaffer, Escobedo and Lawson also purchased weapons from Katy Arms. During September 2010, agents interviewed numerous individuals connected to gun purchases and on Sept. 29 questioned clerks at JJ's Pawn. Federal sources tell Local 2 they were following gun purchases made by Shaffer at the Beaumont pawn shop. Sources involved in the case said it was during this meeting they learned Riendfliesh's name. During the first eight days of October 2010, agents interviewed Riendfliesh and served a search warrant at a Baytown home were Barba was living at the time. Sources involved in the case told Local 2 that Barba was not home at the time the search warrant was executed and items seized during the search were not particularly fruitful to the overall investigation. Federal sources said in November of 2011 agents came across another suspected "straw purchaser" who also implicated Barba. Agents continued to interview and re-interview those suspected of being involved in gun purchases and on Feb. 8, 2011, Barba and four "straw purchasers" were indicted by a federal grand jury.
Barba was arrested on Feb. 16, coincidentally one day after the murder of Zapata in Mexico. Federal sources tell Local 2 the ATF's Houston division was informed on Feb. 25, 2011, that the gun purchased in Beaumont by Riendfliesh was found at Zapata's murder.
"The drug cartels operate on both sides of the border," U.S. Rep. Ted Poe said. "People who think drug cartel crime stops at the border really are living in Never Neverland."
Poe said this entire investigation highlights a point has been trying to impress upon some of his colleagues in Washington for years.
"It is more than a border security issue," said Poe. "It's a national security issue. That's what this is all about, the drug cartels coming into the United States any way they can."
Poe said he will continue pushing for more federal resources to be devoted to the southern border.
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President Obama is expected to sign an executive order that would require private companies that operate critical infrastructure to get their cyber defenses in order. Congress has tried, and failed, to pass legislation aimed at voluntarily creating a system of national standards, and all manner of cyber exploitation and attacks keep coming. Though virtually every actor in the debate believes that some sort of legislation is necessary, corporate America is split in two about how much risk they ought to be required to assume. Within most companies, IT teams push for more elaborate defenses and for disclosure of problems; general counsels counsel silence, and customer service executives complain about cyber architecture that is too costly and would put them at a competitive disadvantage.
The news reports about these executive orders suggest that the system will be "voluntary," but in effect, it won't be. The government can easily require that any company that wishes to do any business with it must comply with the new regime. No pay, no play. By identifying and defining just what counts as "critical" infrastructure is also a way to compel participation.


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I have put together a few classes and a cmd.Cmd instance that works as a basic engine for interactive fiction/text adventures. The code is available on my Xenomind website as usual. The zip file that link goes to contains the p_machine package with the engine and elevator.py, a short sample adventure made with that engine.
Let me be clear about what this is and is not meant to be. This is not meant to be a full featured interactive fiction engine. It needs a lot of work before it can be anything like that: it's own interface, a broader and more flexible lexicon, a simple and embedded way to deal with doors, vehicles, group objects, at least a way to plug in a combat system, and who knows what else. Maybe I'll get around to writing something like that, but not today.
What this is meant to be is an answer to a common question. We are often asked "What's the problem with my text adventure?", and the answer is buried somewhere in a morass of 200 nested if statements. The usual answer is "learn classes." While that answer is correct, it's a bit short on details. We now have three brief tutorials on classes, and by the end of the week I hope to have a explanation here of how I wrote this program. Then we can give the more detailed answer of "read these tutorials on classes and the description of this program." So this is just meant to be a basic interactive fiction engine that a bright beginner could wrap their head around.


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We've been working with New York-based designer, Cara Araneta, to upgrade the interiors of our Balam Suites, King and Queen Casita Suites. Her vision was to combine Belize's colonial heritage and indigenous crafts with expedition influences, scattering antiques like vintage binoculars, cameras, telescopes, and old, military medals. Also, placing English colonial portraits adjacent to local artists' artworks and using warm, local textiles and patterned accents. Each suite is personally styled. "I wanted every room to tell a story – and feel personal." Here are some work-in-progress snapshots.
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Tony's big break came in 1949 when comedian Bob Hope noticed him working with Pearl Bailey in Greenwich Village. As he recalls, "Bob Hope came down to check out my act. He liked my singing so much that after the show he came back to see me in my dressing room and said, 'Come on kid, you're going to come to the Paramount and sing with me.' But first he told me he didn't care for my stage name (Joe Bari) and asked me what my real name was. I told him, 'My name is Anthony Dominick Benedetto,' and he said, 'We'll call you Tony Bennett.' And that's how it happened. A new Americanized name, the start of a wonderful career and a glorious adventure that has continued for over sixty years."
His initial fame came via a string of Columbia singles in the early 1950s, including such chart-toppers as "Because of You," "Rags To Riches" and a cover of Hank Williams' "Cold, Cold Heart." He has placed two-dozen songs in the Top 40, including "I Wanna Be Around," "The Good Life," "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" and his signature hit, "I Left My Heart In San Francisco," which earned him two Grammy Awards.
Tony Bennett is one of a handful of artists to have new albums chart in the 1950s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, and to this day. He has toured the world to sold out audiences, winning rave reviews whenever he performs. In 2006, Tony's NBC prime-time special, "Tony Bennett: An American Classic" received 7 Emmy Awards making it the most honored program of that year. With worldwide record sales in the millions, dozens of platinum and gold albums to his credit, fifteen Grammy Awards including the prestigious Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Tony Bennett will surely give you a night to remember …only at the Sunrise Theatre.


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Saturday, September 15, 2012
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The Master's College men's soccer team (3-4) came up short 2-1 in a double overtime loss to the Mariners of Marymount College (4-2-1) Saturday evening at Long Beach City College.
After a scoreless first half, TMC's Brett Croft (Hesperia, CA) notched his first goal of the season with an assist from Kenny Gardner (Palmdale, CA), putting the Mustangs up 1-0 at the 59:11 mark.
Just over five minutes later (64:41), the Mariners tied the match in heartbreaking fashion as Marymount's Scott Smith put a penalty kick past TMC's young defense and goalie Andrew Bussell (Bakersfield, CA), knotting the score at 1-1.
Both squads held their own and played to a draw in the first overtime, forcing the second extra session. However, just 3:30 into the second overtime, Marymount's Emil Erickson put the decisive goal past Bussell, securing the Mariner victory.
The Mariners outshot TMC 8-7 and also topped the Mustangs 6-4 in shots on goal. Bussell had four saves for TMC while Croft led the Mustangs with two shots and one goal.
The Mustangs will return to Reese Field on Friday, September 21 at 3:00 PM and look to end their two-game losing streak against La Sierra.


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HOUSTON - Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst is staying out of the public spotlight following the release of a potentially damaging phone call he made to the Allen Police Department.
Dewhurst placed the call after finding out that his niece, Ellen Bevers, was arrested and accused of stealing $57 worth of merchandise from a Kroger in the Dallas area.
At the very beginning of the call, the second highest ranking elected official in Texas identified himself to the dispatcher who answered.
"This is David Dewhurst, the Lieutenant Governor of the state of Texas, and I want to talk to the senior officer who is there at your department right now," said Dewhurst.
Dewhurst's campaign spokesman, Travis Considine, released a statement Thursday afternoon saying, "David acted as a concerned family member in an attempt to acquire information on how to post bail for his niece while reiterating multiple times in the full conversation that law-enforcement follow their normal protocols and procedures."
The Lt. Governor is up for re-election and some of his fellow Republicans who plan to challenge him in the primary were quick to criticize his actions.
"This blatant abuse of power would be stunning from any elected official. However, it is particularly disturbing coming from the Lt. Governor of Texas," said a statement from State Senator Dan Patrick (R-Houston), who says he plans to challenge Dewhurst in the primary.
However, the chair of Rice University's Political Science Department doesn't believe the Lt. Governor crossed any ethical lines.
"From a political perspective though, it wasn't a good idea because it creates and image of somebody trying to utilize their political position for a personal benefit and that's never a good idea in politics," said Mark Jones.
Listen to the complete audio recording here.
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ENTHUSIASTS from across the north of England will be making a beeline for Otley this weekend to take part in the town's 2014 Walking Festival.
The annual event begins on Saturday, June 21 and will feature 50 different activities, including a saunter with a minstrel, a Troll Stroll and walks ranging from gentle town strolls to strenuous moorland hikes.
Wild food, bats, a Christian pilgrimage route, literature, and ale will also feature amongst the many themed walks during the festival's nine days.
Otley Walking Festival organising committee chairman Ruth Blackwell is hoping everyone will have a go as there are events to suit all ages and abilities.
She said: "With a choice of 50 walks and events, there really is something for everyone."
The festival's busy programme will start with a nine and a half mile trek from Shipley to Otley, meeting at Otley Bus Station at 9.15am to travel to the starting point, on June 21.
The nine-day event will go on to include Morris dancing, a musical mystery pub tour featuring the Otley Ukulele Orchestra, and children's attractions including a Teddy bear stroll.
Other likely highlights include a 12 mile bacon buttie walk, a brewery walk which takes in WharfeBank Brewery at Pool-in-Wharfedale, and a 16 mile Three Crags Walk, for serious hikers.
Those who enjoy combining refreshments with the great outdoors, meanwhile, are invited to go Walking with Wine at Farnley Hall - an eight mile walk with impressive views followed by wine at the hall.
And a fresh insight into a landmark many in the town already know well, Otley Chevin, will be given when Dave Robson leads a three mile exploration into the forest park's lesser known paths on Thursday, June 26.
The festival will wrap up next weekend with a social walk and barbecue on Saturday, June 28, followed by a grand finale and raffle at the Manor Pub on Sunday, June 29.
Festival programmes are available from Otley Courthouse, local libraries and businesses, and the festival office at Chevin Trek, off Gay Lane. Details can also be found online at www.chevintrek.co.uk.


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OJJDP seeks to identify training providers to serve the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force program. The state and regional ICAC task forces work collaboratively as a national network of law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies that prevent, interdict, and investigate technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and Internet crimes against children. This program furthers the Department's mission to provide training and support in this area of constantly evolving technology.
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At first this looks so promising. Volumes of spam are down nearly 70 per cent from last year according to a report from Symantec, the IT security company. In June, there were 39.2bn unsolicited, "spam" messages in circulation each day, compared with 121.5bn a day in June 2010. This echoes findings earlier this month from rival McAfee, which suggested spam levels had halved in the last year.
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The boondocks of Iowa along state highway 92 aren't exactly where one might expect to find barbecue, but on the southern outskirts of the small town of Ainsworth is where John's Shamrock BBQ is located. Yep, right behind the co-op grain elevator.
I didn't peek inside the shed without permission but it sure looks like a smoker setup to me!
The dining room has a fair amount of space; I was in the back corner.
I'd actually finished lunch in the Quad Cities not too long before so I wasn't really that hungry, but I felt obliged to try the brisket. It had a little bit more chew than I expected, but the beef and smoke flavors were very good.
John's has several different sauces (there were 2 others on the back side of this carrier) and I decided that a mixture of the sweet and spicy was what I liked best.
I'd found John's on Google Maps and after doing a little online research I knew I wanted to check it out, even if for a light snack, and I'm glad I did. Ainsworth is 30 minutes or so south of Iowa City off of US-218, and worth the drive.


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COLUMBIA COUNTY, Fla. - Three men and a woman were arrested Sunday night in a meth lab bust, according to the Columbia County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies said they were conducting a neighborhood patrol just before 9 p.m. when they saw a suspicious vehicle parked at 317 N.E. Double Run Road. While investigating the vehicle, the deputies said they could smell a chemical odor in the area that was consistent with the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine.
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While deputies made contact with several people in the yard of the home, two suspects were seen running inside of a camper trailer located on the property. Deputies said they made contact with the two in the trailer and found materials consistent with the clandestine manufacture of methamphetamine. They said they also found additional paraphernalia in a burn pit on the property.
While searching the property for additional evidence, a man was found hiding under a trailer on the property. The man, identified as Christopher Abbott, was determined to have a fugitive arrest warrant from Pennsylvania, deputies said. He was arrested.
Dustin Doles, 28, Wendy Parker, 44, and James Roberts, 36, all of Lake City were also arrested on drug charges.
The hazardous materials were collected from the scene.
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Part of Speech: Verb, intransitive
Meaning: (Slang) To moderately desire, to want; to long for.
Notes: Today's Good Word is an intransitive verb, which means that you cannot hanker anything. Rather, like most intransitive verbs, hanker must be used with a preposition, in this case for or after: we hanker for or after something. Even though it is a borrowing (see Word History), this word behaves like a native English verb: hankers, hankered, hankering, with the last serving also as the noun (to have a hankering for).
In Play: Hankering implies a moderate desire: "I can eat broccoli, but I don't hanker for any right now." While this word does not imply a strong or persistent desire, we can make it into one with the right modifiers: "I could still get into my high school bikini if I didn't have this chronic hankering for chocolate ice cream."
Word History: Today's slang word appears to have come from a Dutch dialectal verb, hankeren, with the same meaning. The Proto-Indo-European root underlying it is konk-/kenk "to hang", also the source of English hang and hinge. The meaning shift from "hang" to "hanker" might have come by way of the concept "to have a hang-up", though a hang-up is a much stronger desire than a hankering. This root turns up most frequently in Germanic languages like German, Dutch, and English, but there is evidence of it in Latin cunctari "to delay", the origin of English cunctation "delay, procrastination". (I am sure we have no hankering to delay expressing our gratitude to Tonia Koularia, author of Aerobic Poetry, for suggesting today's Good Word.)
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The dictionary in which I looked this up gives its meaning as something that causes a delay or other form of interference: a hang-up in our plans kind of idea. I can see how this would lead to the expanded meaning of something that causes difficulties in life. Another dictionary puts forth the idea of: "his hang-up in life is trying to be better than his brother."
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I have the great pleasure of introducing you to Apple, the creator of the Apple's Tree blog, a family history blog where Apple shares records, photos, and stories of her ancestors.
Apple (a nom de plume) became interested in genealogy when she was just in her teens but at that time, she didn't have any idea how to discover more information. In the mid-1990's, Apple purchased her first computer and a program to help organize information, sparking her interest even more. Once Apple was connected to the Internet and discovered how much information was really out there, she was hooked. Apple started as a name collector and gradually shifted to finding the stories behind the names.
Apple started a wonderful series on her blog in November of 2008, entitled the "Camfield Letters". One year later, Apple had transcribed and posted 226 letters in that group. These letters spanned over a 35-year period, starting in 1875 and on through to 1909, giving readers an idea of what life was like for her ancestors during those years.
Apple's Family and Her Blog
Apple's family follows her personal day-by-day blog but has little interest in her genealogy blog. Apple's sister is the only family member that subscribes to Apple's Tree blog. Apple's mother doesn't have a computer but loves to hear of new discoveries Apple has made. From time to time, Apple may print out articles from her blog for her mother to read.
How Apple Follows the Rest of Us
Apple prefers Feedly to Google Reader, but does use Google Reader occasionally to follow other bloggers. Apple will often use Readability when visiting blogs.
Apple doesn't have a certain number of blogs that she follows regularly but it's not unusual to have more than 1,000 items in her reader. Apple loves reading the many great stories and helpful hints that others are writing on their blogs. Some days she has more time to read than on other days.
Apple's Thoughts on Blogging
When Apple started blogging in 2005, she would write about whatever was on her mind, work, family and genealogy. Because she was posting photos of her family and sharing about work, Apple thought it best to keep a certain amount of anonymity. It hadn't occurred to Apple at first to start a blog specifically for family history. In 2006, Apple discovered the Carnival of Genealogy and other genealogy blogs.
Since Apple has been writing about her family history for so long, she feels she no longer remains anonymous but is very careful about what she posts about her family. In Apple's own words, "There are also a few relatively recent skeletons lurking about my tree and while I will record those stories for future generations, I won't share them with the world".
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Please stroll on over to Apple's blog, leave a comment letting her know you stopped by. It's great to have you here Apple!
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Are you a genealogy blogger who would like to be interviewed for the "May I Introduce To You . . ." series? If so, contact Gini Webb via e-mail.


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So, Spec Ops: The Line was... interesting? I mean in terms of gameplay it was basically your standard on-rails shooter, but the twist was great. Watching your guy's appearence deteriorate to reflect his own psyche, the loading screens gradually getting weirder and more abusive, the moment of deja vu and visions hinting something is not right. I would've loved to have gone into this thing totally blind, but if I had then I would've quit by the third chapter never knowing what it had in store. In fact when the game first came out, I imagine the only gamers who did see the message were the ones big on Call of Duty and such who thought they were buying one thing and instead kinda got another. Wondering what the reaction was there!
Is it just me or is Arkham City's Wonder City supposed to be a full Bioshock reference? Thanks to the unreal engine it even looks almost identical. It's... strange.
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Dawn of War: Dark Crusade. Fuck Chaos
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Just finished Bioshock Infinite and starting Tomb Raider.
Played some Killing Floor on a LAN party recently. Pretty fun with 6 people, though you probably don't want us when the mutants/zombies arrive... We always start with a solid plan and strict jobs for each role. Then we end up in chaos, get separated, waste ammo or fail to get to the trader... On Normal difficulty... Yeah. Dying's fun too though :)
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Just killed the emperor in Avernum. Now I have to make the tough decision to wait until the remake of Avernum 2 comes out (which should be 2015?), or go straight to 4,5,6.
I absolutely loved the game. He captured the essence of exploration, and I highly recommend it to any who are interested. Next time I play I might use cheats to max out cave lore and tool use at level one.
Kronus has now been cleansed from the Chaos scum. Finally.
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Playing Serious Sam 1st and 2nd Encounter. The main difference seems to be that the 2nd Encounter does not take great pains to screw you over by spawning monsters for every single item. You'd pick up a flask of health or some ammo, the monsters would spawn, and by the end you'd find not only did you lose what you picked up, but you're actually worse off! This practically forced you into the bizarre strategy of saving before picking up any item to see if the end result was worth it.
Finished Batman: Awesome Cabbage and it was rather fun. Ending I did not predict, kinda shocked me as well. "They... they cant do that!!!" etc... Maybe I'll go back in to finish the Riddler stuff, maybe not. Also have some Catwoman stuff to finish.
Can see what the fuss over her was now. Before I knew she was slightly over-sexy, but playing her made it all the more silly. Why did she have a visible panty line sewn into the outside of her suit? She has nice breasts, great, now why cant you do your top up? I want to walk over there... NO WALK! Stop wiggling stupidly. I find it kinda odd though as if it were some Japanese Anime / general Japanese "boob armor" type stuff I simply think "It cant be helped", but in Western games? Really irritating for some reason.
Finished Offspring Fling, which was gifted to me by RPS user Stirbelwurm through steamgifts (huge thanks!). It's pretty fun; it requires both puzzle-solving and fast reaction skills and it's quite charming. I thoroughly recommend it if you're a fan of the genre.
I also finally beat the first level of Super Hexagon (60.39 seconds). Took me 3 hours :P.
Playing some more Batman: Asheron's Call. It's... kind of boring, really. The plot is interesting for about thirty minutes, then the Joker takes over and it seems like I'm doing side quests ever since. Then I get to beat up various Batman villains that have no significance to the plot. Strange then counts down the in-game hours between the levels and it feels like the game is deliberately wasting my time.
The gameplay also suffers from Assassin's Creed syndrome. It's 95% identical to Arkham Asylum but you only get more gadgets and more enemy types. Most of them are fairly useless and if variety in combat didn't give extra XP I think I would never even use anything but the basic combat moves. It's very gimmicky. I shudder at the thought what the next game will bring. Batman will probably breath fire from his mouth and shoot lasers from his eyes.
The biggest disappointment is probably the Riddler puzzles. I don't like at all what they did with this. It's less of a sidequest and more of a collectathon. It makes the flag collection from the first Assassin's Creed look reasonable. Does every game need to have one of those nowadays?Immersive Sims on Steam WIP
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In Batman: Accentuated Chest I generally find that the riddler puzzles are fun, but if they are annoying you just blank them it wont hold you back at all. It has lots and lots of optional content, and honestly if you feel like you are wasting your time maybe just blitz the main plot and try again in new game plus? There it really raises its game in terms of combat opponents and the need to use variety.
Edit: Catwoman is pretty dull, I wouldn't even bother, she cant even fly whoooosh!I am once again writing a blog, vaguely about playing games the wrong way
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Whaaat ... and I thought Batman: Anxiety Copulation was the rare case that did collectibles right. I mean, sure, there were a lot of them, but ... most of 'em felt challenging to get, they were mostly well hidden and there was a system in place that helped you to locate them. And about a dozen or so were really challenging.
As opposed to AC's flags which just ... were there.
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I don't know, maybe I just expected too much from Batman: Ace Combat. It feels more like a Brotherhood than a real sequel, that's all.Immersive Sims on Steam WIP
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What about those pigeons in GTA4?
Nothing says "wasting time" than trying to find a hundred tiny objects in a massive city. Seems to say a lot about game design these days. Too much of it seems to be geared towards "wasting your time" rather than showing us something interesting or giving us a sense of accomplishment. *sigh*
Edit: That being said, I'm off to go play GTA4 and Spec Ops: The Line.
I've heard mixed reviews about SO:TL, in that it's a mostly bland shooter with a fairly poignant story and surprisingly decent writing.
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I would highly, highly recommend Avernum and Geneforge. The games have a great focus on exploration, and some really interesting thematic stuff.
Geneforge has a Baldur's Gate 1 style of exploration. You load fairly large, fairly freeform maps, and different exits lead to new fairly large maps. They have the benefit of being very open (particularly the first 2 games), and it's something where you discover the story rather than being dragged along by it, which is nice. The writing is decent (I enjoyed the writing better than recent Bioware games). It's a fascinating struggle that revolves around the amount of control wizards need to exercise over a society with genetic engineering (when they fuck up they make plagues), and has some eugenics commentary in it. I'd say geneforge has slightly more satisfying combat, because you can play as a shaper and make and remake NPCs to your desires. Since your creations gain experience / share experience with you, you frequently are faced with a fairly significant choice about whether you want to unmake an experienced low tier creature to get an inexperienced high tier creature. The answer (and optimal creature) changes with each game. Also it just makes you feel badass to walk around with two dragons (mine were Brutus and Cassius). You also have to deal with losing control of your creatures when they're terrified.
Avernum (or the one one I've played) is peerless in its understanding of the joys of exploration. About 1/3 to 1/2 of the game is played on one monolithic overworld map that is 90% open from the start (if you can avoid the monsters). It even has three separate win conditions, and lets you go back in the same playthrough to do all three. You're slightly too cash-strapped in it, but it's right on that edge where it keeps you constantly hungering for equipment upgrades. It has a wonderful system for hidden objects (the buttons are on the walls, you just have to be constantly looking for them), that also aids a sense of exploration. I would say combat and leveling are far more tactical in Avernum, with a greater emphasis on positioning.
The graphics are utilitarian at best. I'm not a bleeding edge / max out settings person, so I find them serviceable if not desirable. The interface is a bit annoying; no grab all button on chests, you have to manually open your inventory and add items from the floor rather than just clicking on them, but they're minor irritants that you quickly ignore. In both games he's good to add addendums to standard dialogue when you've accomplished something noteworthy, so the plot feels more reactive than games with ten times the budget.
As you can tell, I'm quite a fan of the games. I just finished Avernum so I have a propensity to value it higher, but I'd list their quality as Geneforge 2, Avernum, Geneforge, G5, then G4, and G3 is the weakest of the set by far. I don't know why I bounced off Avadon when I liked the other games so much, but I really do like the other games.
Best part, they have huge demos (Geneforge has about a 1/3 of the game), so you can try and see if you like them.
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TORONTO — Doug Flutie summed up the foolishness and unpredictability of sports gambling perfectly.
Flutie was quarterback of the 1996 Toronto Argonauts and I was a terrible public relations man whose main chore was carting the grumpy quarterback around from one media outlet to another in a vain attempt to sell the CFL in Toronto.
That Argos club was very good with Flutie at the helm and they eventually won the Grey Cup. But along the way they went into Vancouver and lost to a vastly inferior B.C. Lions club. This was a long time ago and I wasn't taking notes, but the conversation is easy to recall.
"You never know what's going to happen. It's why you should never bet on a game. There are no sure things," said Flutie. "No one knows if the quarterback is going to get in a fight with his wife over breakfast. Or which player is going to get messed up the night before. You can prepare all you want and most often the best team wins, but there are so many variables. It's impossible to predict." Truer words on the subject have never been spoken. With that being said, the Calgary Stampeders will win the Grey Cup today. Bet on it. Or don't.
There's not much science to this pick. It's Kevin Glenn's turn. The Stampeders defence is underrated but efficient. Finally, Stamps coach John Hufnagel and his staff are the better group and will find a way to outwit the Argos.
Edge: Toronto
Argos pivot Ricky Ray has been on the mark the last four weeks, throwing 11 touchdowns and just one interception. He's tough to rattle and deadly at short range. His level at this moment is the highest of any quarterback in the league all season. Kevin Glenn has found his stride with the Stamps and the combination of offensive co-ordinator Dave Dickenson and Hufnagel has worked wonders for his game. Glenn has cut down on his interceptions, throwing 16 this season against 25 touchdowns. There's lots to like about both quarterbacks and while Ray gets the slight edge in performance, Glenn will be the story of the season if he gets a win.
Edge: Calgary
Jon Cornish led the CFL in rushing with 1,457 yards on 259 carries. The Stamps are 10-0 when Cornish has 15 carries or more.
Toronto's Chad Kackert had a solid season collecting 638 yards on 100 carries, and his average gain of 6.4 yards per carry is slightly higher than Cornish's 5.6. Cornish is the more experienced back and the most patient in the CFL, allowing his line to work for him.
Edge: Calgary
Stamps rush end Charleston Hughes was second in the league with 11 sacks. The Argos defensive line has grown old and slow this season. Both secondaries are average.
Edge: Calgary
Calgary allowed 1,786 yards on the ground this season while Toronto gave up 2,000.
Calgary's front seven does a better job than the Argos.
Edge: Toronto
The Argos were best in the league at plus-10 while Calgary was minus-4.
Edge: Calgary
Stamps kicker Rene Paredes was good on 40 of 43 field-goal attempts this season for a 93 per cent success rate. Toronto's kickers, including today's starter Swayze Waters, were good on 47 off 66 attempts for a 71.2 percentage. Toronto's Chad Owens is dangerous but so is Calgary's Larry Taylor.
Edge: Calgary
Hufnagel set the tone for the week when during the coaches press conference he put his hands on the Grey Cup while Argos boss Scott Milanovich did not. When asked about their choices, Milanovich said he was deferring to tradition. Hufnagel smiled and said, "I think my name's already on it." Hufnagel has the experience and has surrounded himself with the best coaching staff in the CFL.
The final word
Calgary has been the better team all season and they knocked off the champ to get here. Toronto has made a nice surge but I'm not convinced they're at the level of the Stamps. Kevin Glenn doesn't have to win this game alone. He can rely on Cornish to eat up ground and the clock. Mistakes will be key, but with Cornish carrying the load, Calgary will minimize its opportunities for error. Ray will make it interesting and if he has a perfect day could steal the game. But I like Calgary to grind it out and win 35-31.


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The "Comment Is Free" web site of the daily the Guardian, one of Britain's main dailies, carried an article on 29 May, 2007. This, written by Brian Whitaker, who has been the Guardian's Middle East editor and is currently an editor on "Comment Is Free," examined the growth of Islamic creationism and made the following comments regarding Adnan Oktar's works on the fact of creation:
Islamic creationism, as an organised movement, is relatively new and small, though well funded and apparently growing in influence. It is centred in Turkey, and particularly around the well-funded Foundation for Scientific Research (BAV), headed by Adnan Oktar. Oktar, who has written dozens of books under the pen-name Harun Yahya, is described on his own website as "a prominent Turkish intellectual" who is "completely devoted to moral values"…
… "Darwinism is dying in Turkey, thanks to us," according to BAV"s director, Tarkan Yavas. But it also has bigger ambitions, claiming to be the creationism centre of the world, and looking ahead to Turkey"s possible future membership of the EU. In Yavas"s view: "Darwinism breeds immorality, and an immoral Turkey is of no use to the European Union at all."
One of BAV"s latest publications, the Atlas of Creation, was sent free of charge to scientists and schools in Britain, Scandinavia, France and Turkey earlier this year. The books are also available free of charge on the internet - which makes them a ready source of material for … student essays anywhere in the world.


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I have to admit, I get a wry grin on my face when I see these market share numbers....not too long ago the apple haters hung their hat on the fact that Android had a huge, insurmountable lead in market share.
What now, suckazzzzzzz?
And the fact most Free phones are android
That's some fair race; Andriod has dozens of phones, a lot of them free and they're on 4 major networks and Apple is only on 3
Ahh...this graph is per-month purchases and not the cumulative numbers. Wonder what the overall looks like.
Interesting. I thought Android would just continue to pull away. I wonder how much of this surge is due to the older models that are cheaper/free vs the 4S on its own.
In a way I'm glad Apple is offering cheaper options to shore up it's market share and keep the competition lively, but I'm also concerned how this will effect development of future apps and capabilities or future versions of iOS. I don't want to be handicapped by older handsets.
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Of course, as has been pointed out, this only represents purchases in the last few months. It will be interesting to see if the trend continues, and if so how long it will take Apple to take the overall lead in market share.
Having done no research whatsoever, I'm guessing Android built that huge lead because the iPhone was only sold through AT&T. Now that Verizon and Sprint users have that option the gap will narrow, as it already has in the past 3 months.


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With Michal Rozsival (facial injuries) in question for tonight, the Rangers have made the unexpected decision to call Bobby Sanguinetti up from Hartford. The New Jersey native and first-round draft pick frm 2006 would make his NHL debut if he plays.
Have to say I'm surprised by this. I know Sanguinetti is Hartford's leading scorer with 20 points in 39 games, but I always got the sense he needed more time. Then again, why not if he's played well? He could even be an option for the power play.
The other part to consider: what does it say about Corey Potter that they've given Sanguinetti the nod ahead of him?


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It was when she noticed large clumps of hair in her hairbrush, and in the bath, that Amy Johnson knew something was wrong. The turning point came when she woke up one morning and there was a lot of hair left on her pillow.
Reaching to the back of her head, she felt a patch of cold, bald skin. "It felt like a forehead – that was the first shocker moment," says Amy.
Until then, at the age of 26, she'd had thick, shoulder-length hair and, like most women, took pride in keeping it looking good. But now her hair was thinning, with bald patches appearing.
When Amy went to the doctor she was told: "It's alopecia. It might grow back."
Five months later, she had hardly any hair left. "I felt depressed. I'd worn bandanas and headbands initially but it got to the point when they didn't cover the bald patches," says Amy, now 30, who is from Ilkley. Deciding to raise funds for a friend with cerebral palsy, she had the rest of her hair shaved off.
"That was in July 7, 2010. By then I just had a few strands at the back of my head and was bald on one side," says Amy, a pensions scheme manager. "I felt quite relieved having it shaved, but the mind plays tricks – I kept thinking 'It'll grow back now'. It didn't, and a few weeks later I lost my eyebrows and eyelashes too. I was at my lowest ebb. There were days when I didn't want to get out of bed."
The support of Amy's boyfriend, Gavin, (now her husband), and her parents, friends and colleagues helped her cope with the devastating condition, and now she's helping other alopecia sufferers.
Amy has set up a support group, which meets every two months at the Queen's Hotel in Leeds. "It's the only one in Yorkshire, it's for people from Bradford, Leeds, Calderdale and surrounding areas," she says. "It's a chance to share experiences, advice and support. When diagnosed with alopecia you feel completely isolated, that's how I felt. It's something you don't hear much about.
"The biggest comfort I've had is being with other women the same age as me with alopecia. I knew I wasn't on my own."
Amy adds: "People with alopecia are overlooked, it's not taken seriously enough by the medical profession. It's complex and little is known about it. You can't compare it with cancer, but it can be devastating to live with. It's not life threatening, but it's life changing.
"It can cause depression; some people with alopecia won't leave the house. Your hair is your identity – it shatters your confidence to lose that. I felt totally alone and scared at first, I couldn't believe it was happening to me. I remember thinking, 'How am I going to cope with this?' "I had odd looks from people in the street, and when my eyelashes fell out I couldn't see in the rain, and I'd get grit and flies blowing into my eyes. When my eyelashes initially fell out my eyelids inverted twice, which was terrifying. And anyone with alopecia will tell you that, without nose hair, your nose is like a constant dripping tap, especially in cold weather!
"But most people just think of alopecia as baldness. One doctor said, 'It's only hair'. If it was another part of the body it'd be taken more seriously. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy."
While Amy made the decision to go bald, for other alopecia sufferers a wig is essential. "There's a shortage of wigs, and choice is restricted. A lot of people come to the group with questions about wigs, it's a big concern," says Amy. "Wig provision on the NHS is basically a postcode lottery. The only wigs available are synthetic and don't last long – a lot are the wrong size too. Wigs should be seen as a treatment option, not something cosmetic.
"With alopecia, wig referral comes not from a GP but a dermatologist, and the waiting list to see one can be eight weeks.
"I decided not to wear a wig – my attitude was "to hell with it" – but that's down to personality. Some people won't even answer the door without a wig on."
There is no cure for alopecia, but there are some treatments. "You can be offered steroid injections, although my bald patches were too extensive for that," says Amy. "I used a steroid cream for two weeks but it didn't help. She adds: "There's not enough research into alopecia, but it's been linked to infection, virus, depression, emotional stress, food intolerance and physical trauma. It can also be hereditary, although I'm the only one in my family with it.
"There are misconceptions. People say it's caused by stress, but that annoys me because there's already shame with alopecia and it's unfair for people to think they've brought it on themselves worrying about work or whatever.
"I think mine was down to physical pain. I first had hair loss patches in 2007, after I'd been in hospital with a bad ear infection.
"When I had patches again, in 2010, I was meant to have a routine filling that went into the root, leaving me howling with pain. I have alopecia areata, there's a theory that it's linked to the immune system."
While most of those seeking support are women, alopecia affects men too. "Male hair loss is more socially acceptable, but it can be just as difficult to deal with," says Amy.
"I've heard of men walking into the shower with hair and walking out without hair! Alopecia also affects children; parents get in touch to say their child is struggling."
Over the last two years Amy's hair has been gradually growing back. "I've got 70 per cent re-growth but still have bald patches," she says. "I had permanent eyebrows tattooed on, which was a huge confidence boost, and I've now got about a dozen eyelashes on one eye and two dozen on the other. I went a while without having to shave my legs, but not now! Some people's hair grows back, but for others alopecia lasts forever."
Amy formed the support group after getting involved with Alopecia UK, set up by the family of a 19-year-old girl with the condition.
"In 2012 I went to an exhibition by photographer Daniel Regan called The Alopecia Project. It was the first time I'd been in a room with other alopecia sufferers, it was a turning point and helped me to deal with it," says Amy. "Now I channel my energy into helping others."
Earlier this month Amy organised an information day and a fundraising 'March Mad Hair Walk' which involved people with alopecia wearing wacky wigs.
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Weekly Buyer's Guide: Overclocking System - April 2004by Evan Lieb on 4/8/2004 10:47 AM EST
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stoneranger - Thursday, July 22, 2004 - linkI built this, and I luv the thing. I used a gig of mushkin instead of 512, also used a 9800pro. and a asus deluxe rev 2 board. I have an abit nf7, but I really wanted to keep it quite, and wanted the dual net. So I used the asus. I spent about the same thing, well withen 20 bucks of what was posted. I built it to run quite, but I have run it up to 2.5mhz. and my scores are fantastic. I now have it tuned down to 2.2 mhz, at the lowest voltage my board will register. And I am still getting well over 17000 on the 3d2001 mark. I love flight sem, halo, and far cry. And its quite till I crank the sound. Actually one of the quitest I have ever built.
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gimper48 - Thursday, June 03, 2004 - linkWhen are we going to see the new Overclock guide? Are we going to get into 64-bit overclocking like the DTR or mobile? Reply
Kittcg - Friday, May 07, 2004 - linkWhat alterations would you make to this current setup if you were to optimize it for gaming? Reply
Etacovda - Sunday, April 18, 2004 - linkWow, im surprised actually. The FIRST motherboard ANYONE with knowledge will recommend for a mobile is either a DFI lanpartyII B or a DFI infinity board... 270fsb is nothing to sneeze at with active northbridge cooling.
Whats with the 9600pro again? the 5900XT totally destroys it in 90% of tests, its obviously a better card... in saying that, the gainward ultra 5900 isnt much more and has 2.2ns ram, the card is known to go over 5950 speeds. Take it one more step and you've got the 9800pro etc... im sure an overclocker will not be happy with a 9600pro, thats for sure.
Its always nice to see reviews/suggestions like this, good work :) Reply
ceefka - Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - linkYes indeed, #23 and #24, that would be nice. It would clearly show the bang for your buck factor. Maybe a nice idea for the closure of each cycle since this looks like a monthly thing. Reply
ceefka - Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - linkA rather late post, that I intended to put here much earlier. Well let's hope people still read this.
This is a very helpful topic of course in getting an idea of what to buy for a such and so PC. The thing I am missing here is the qualification in terms of use.
Wouldn't it be an idea to specialize a machine for say DAW purposes, Video Editing, Gaming and maybe other demanding tasks. This makes choices in hardware rather different, I assume. Is that something that can be done here on AT or does anybody know sites where they do this. I am especially interested in DAW and Video editing. Reply
timebecomes - Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - linkI agree, I think that benchmarks between the guides would be helpful. I would like to see how the overclocking system stands up to the athlon 64 system specifically. Reply
gimper48 - Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - linkI would like to see benchmarks as well between the 3 guides.. Reply
Dantzig - Monday, April 12, 2004 - linkWhy recommend the Athlon XP-M 2500+ over the 2400+ and 2600+ parts? The 2400+ is a good deal cheaper and only spec'd for a few MHz below the 2500+, and the 2600+ is spec'd for a full 2GHz with only 1.45v and is only $10 more than the 2500+. I'd say that the 2600+ is definitely the best overclocking buy right now since many people are getting ~2.5GHz @ 1.65v and 2.6-2.8GHz with higher voltage. Reply
DannyOcean - Sunday, April 11, 2004 - linkJeff7181,
That was the same comment I meant in reply to timebecomes' reply on the 2.4A's 533 FSB - which, with half-decent cooling, can go above 800 FSB. Reply
Jeff7181 - Sunday, April 11, 2004 - linkOh, and DannyOcean... you say the mobile Athlon XP's only have a 266 Mhz FSB. So what? Mine's running on a 432 Mhz FSB right now... just cause at stock speed they run at 266 Mhz doesn't mean you HAVE to run that at that speed. Reply
Jeff7181 - Sunday, April 11, 2004 - linkMuzzy... no, you're not missing something, newegg is... they're wrong if they have it listed at 1.83 Ghz... it's not, it's 133x14 which is 1862 Mhz. Reply
DannyOcean - Sunday, April 11, 2004 - linktimebecomes,
The mobile Athlon XP's only have a 266 FSB, what's the point?
Evan Lieb,
A Northwood P4C certainly does run faster clock-for-clock, but I would argue that you will not find 2.4C-2.8C P4's (which all clock quite similar) clocking higher on average then a 2.4A Prescott. The 3.0C-3.4C P4's are a differant story, though, and they do clock quite high. They also cost more then $75 over a 2.4A. Reply
timebecomes - Saturday, April 10, 2004 - linkI was just saying that it may drop the price of the existing cards out there such as the 9800 pro that was rated as an alternative at about $200. Reply
Evan Lieb - Saturday, April 10, 2004 - linkTrogdorJW,
Yeah, I think we'll include an "Alternative" chart next time. As far as your other comments go, I agree to a point that we should include benchmarks. However, this is a still a "guide" and not so much a "review". Certain guides demand testing (mostly just the overclocking ones). Still, we'll give this more consideration. :)
The 2.8C is a better overclocking processor and isn't that much more. The 2.4A is slower per clock and draws considerably more power at high overclocks. Plus, the 2.8C actually overclocks better.
Yes, but you can always say there is something around the corner. Plus, with video cards, sometimes you just never know with a new core how good initial driver support will be, among other early issues that arise with new products. Reply
timebecomes - Saturday, April 10, 2004 - linkMay want to also hold off on the vid card if Nvidia and ATI are expected to release new cards in a week or two. It may dump the price of the 9800 pro enough to make it worth it. Reply
timebecomes - Saturday, April 10, 2004 - linkYea... but it only has a 533 FSB... Reply
DannyOcean - Friday, April 09, 2004 - linkAnandTech should consider placing the Intel 2.4A (533 FSB) Prescott w/ 1MB L2 Cache CPU as an Intel alternative to the Mobile Athlons. The 2.4A (not to be confused with the earlier 2.4A that had a 400MHz FSB) has shown excellant overclocking headroom for a $150 Intel CPU. With decent air or water cooling it's capable of reaching 800 FSB (200MHz x 18 for a 3.6GHz overal speed). It's costs less then a 2.4C and offers a high multiplier that allows users to use low-latency DDR400 without needing a 5:4 or 3:2 ratio. Reply
TrogdorJW - Friday, April 09, 2004 - link#11 - and also to Evan and the rest of the AT crew....
What we really need are the *benchmarks* from these systems. What many people fail to understand is that an Athlon XP at 2.5 GHz is much faster than the Athlon XP 3200+. I would wager that the overall performance of the AXP 2.5 GHz is going to be the same if not better than the A64 3000+ (2.0 GHz and 512K cache). In fact, the 1 MB of cache on the A64 3200+ really only helps a few applications, so AXP 2.5 GHz could very likely equal that as well.
So when are we going to get a set of benchmarks for all of the systems that are being recommended in the Buyers' Guides? I'm thinking that a five week cycle would be nice, unless you can just put the benchmarks into a chart for all the systems. Ideally, what you would have would be one set of pages that would automatically update with all the latest results from each of the systems. That would be pretty slick. Put a link to that in each guide, and we could just go check out the results for the current "recommended configurations". I for one am very curious to see how the OC system compares to the high-end system!
And if it's not too much to ask, how about the total cost of the "Alternative" configurations? The "Alternative" is almost always higher performance, I think, so just have two tables at the end of the articles, one with the recommended setup, and one with the alternative. (And include the alternative setups in the benchmarks, if those are ever done.)
Wow, I'm such a demanding twit. Sorry. Great job on these guides, though! Reply
pgx - Thursday, April 08, 2004 - linki don't understand the why anyone would want to oc currently to save money unless i'm missing something. a 3000+ amd 64 is only just a bit more($90) but it is guaranteed to work. the savings in ocing just doesn't seem to be very good when compared to the added risk. instead of the system listed you could get an amd 64 3000+ w/ 1GB 3200 ram, and basically similar quality components for practically the same price. you could even oc it a little for even more performance. Reply
Evan Lieb - Thursday, April 08, 2004 - linkDoormat,
3.0C is more of a crapshoot, not to mention more money than a 2.8C. The overclocking difference between the two is no where near 400MHz, either. Look at our 2.8C overclock as just one example.
Spending well over $100 more for less storage and only occasionally noticeable access time increases just isn't reasonable. At least, IMO. :)
I disagree. We're not claiming this overclocking system will meet everyone's needs. However, we make an attempt to fit as many needs as possible. It's impossible to please every buyer's (or in this case, overclocker's) needs. Some people will find this system perfect, while others won't. Not a whole lot we can do about it.
Newegg listed the incorrect speed. It's 1.87GHz.
Muzzy - Thursday, April 08, 2004 - linkHum, I went to newegg. I found that the mobile 2500+ is clocked at 1.83, not 1.87 as suggested by the article. Am I missing something here? Reply
Doormat - Thursday, April 08, 2004 - linkThe 3.0C isnt that big of a price increase from the 2.8C, $30 according to the chart at the bottom of that page. Especially since the guys at the overclockers.com forum have bought several and shown that average overclocks are 3.7G. One guy bought 4, one ran at 3.65, two ran at 3.75, one ran at 3.9+ (P95 stable, all on air). Those are pretty favorable numbers when you look at it. If a 2.8Cs averages at 3.35, and the new 30 cap 3.0Cs average 3.7, the $30 is worth it for the extra 400MHz. At least to me. YMMV. Reply
PrinceGaz - Thursday, April 08, 2004 - linkI spose the XP-M 2500+ is really what this article recommended and everything else was just padding.
Unless you're talking high-end overclocking in which case water-cooling is only the beginning and peltiers aren't far behind, then the typical overclocker is looking to save money by getting something that stands a good chance of performing reliably at higher than rated speeds. Thats what the XP-M 2500+ offers as its almost a dead cert to overclock like a trooper when set to normal non-Mobile voltage, and all without needing to worry about extra cooling as you're not really overclocking it (you're just setting it to what is in effect its default voltage on what would otherwise be an underclocked chip). Stick it in your mid-range system of two weeks ago and you've got something a lot closer to what a typical cost-driven overclocker would probably consider and they'd save quite a bit of money too by avoiding certain premium components that give relatively small returns in terms of how high the CPU will go.
The problem is theres all types of overclockers and an article which attempts to target a mixture of them usually ends up missing the mark on most counts. Reply
TheDigitalDiamond - Thursday, April 08, 2004 - link*Gasps in horror at the case reccomendation*
Anyways... Guys, the majority of overclockers do it to save money when getting higher performance, not to get higher performance at all costs. 3.0GHz P4C's, Raptors, those are all touchy expenditures when you're lookin' to save a couple hundred bucks. Reply
Jeff7181 - Thursday, April 08, 2004 - linkI still don't agree with the Raptor being the 2nd choice... I still think if you're concerned about speed at all, which overclockers are, you have to get a Raptor. Then you get a larger slower drive for storage.
But hey... it's your article and your website =) Reply
solsys - Thursday, April 08, 2004 - linkIf you happen to be an NVIDIA fan, its worth taking a look at the 5900XT. Most of the people I have seen with the card can overclock it to within spitting distance of the highend 5900 or 5950 parts. Kinda nice for a ~$200 card. Reply
Scwarzenegger - Thursday, April 08, 2004 - linkThe radeon 9800 se should be mentioned, through drivers it can have all the hardware pipes enabled to perform as fast as (if successful) a 9500 pro (128bit mem) and even a 9800 if it has a 256bit memory bus.
If this is incorrect let me know!
Doormat - Thursday, April 08, 2004 - linkOops....
Anyways, I'm surprised the 3.0Ghz C chip wasnt recomended for the intel overclocking system. A lot of people have had great results, most get to 3.6, many can get to 3.75 on air, and water and better cooling get to 3.9, 4.0 (though it doesnt seem many get past 4Ghz). The ones that have 30 caps on the bottom, those seem to provide the best OC regardless of scode. Reply
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