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Our calving season is nearly complete, with nine out of our 10 cows having at least one healthy baby. Even knowing we have selected good cows for our herd, there is always a chance for problems during calving season.
With that in mind, my husband checks on the cows ever three hours or so, 24 hours a day, until they have all calved. That type of broken sleep can nearly make a person crazy, but can catch a problem in its earliest stages.
One cause for concern is that the field where the cows winter has a creek running through it. Cows, like many animals, head for water when they are feeling ill or beginning labor. It has occurred in the past that a cow will deliver her calf directly into the water, which in the middle of the night in February, is cold. Cold is an understatement actually; about five seconds after submerging your hand into the arctic liquid, you lose feeling in your fingers.
And, in fact, we had one cow this year that gave birth mere feet from the creek. When her little grey heifer stood up moments later to take her first wobbly steps, she stumbled into the icy water. She went from the 101.5 degrees of her mother's womb to what I imagine was very near the 32 degree mark in about 10 minutes. With what little energy she had left, she managed to get back onto the creek bank, which is where we found her.
Her energy reserves gone, she lay and shivered while we tried to dry her off with hay. The use of a towel, while quicker, puts a human scent on the calf that often makes a cow reject it, so we avoid it if we can. When she was drier, we attempted to bottle-feed her some milk that would both warm up her core and give her some energy to find her mother's udder and her food source. She was too tired to drink.
After some struggle, we got out the tube feeder. The "tube" slides down the calf's throat and is attached to a bag filled with milk. Once the tube is in place, the bag is opened, and the milk flows directly into the calf's stomach. The problem is if the tube is inserted incorrectly, the milk will fill the lungs, drowning the calf. I don't like to use it.
Prayerfully, I inserted the tube while my husband helped the calf stand up. I felt her nose blowing short bursts of air onto my cheek and hoped that was a good sign. I released the clamp on the tube, and the milk flowed into the calf. In seconds it was empty, and the calf was still alive.
We moved the calf to the other side of the creek onto a pile of hay. We covered her up with more so that she would have less work to do to stay warm and left. Plus, the mother needed some hay and a little grain to help her recover following labor.
When we returned to check on them a couple of hours later, the calf was standing at her mother's udder, eating. Breathing a prayer of thanks, we left them alone. It was a great moment, to know that we had helped save her life. Moments like that can make long days seem brighter, so we decided to call her Little Victory.
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I wanted a fuzz face sound, but didn't want the wild "hope this pedal sounds good in this environment" germanium fuzz face sound. This pedal is like the biggest, baddest bull at the rodeo....with a governor attached.
You want it to go nuts and ring out crazy overtones? Done. Turn the input and Haze all the way up, crank your guitar volume and hang on.
Want it to clean up? Easy, just roll back the guitar volume. Want complete insanity? Roll everything to 10 on the Jimi side and you're there.
I bought this pedal from PGS for the fuzz side. The fact it had an overdrive attached was just an added bonus. Here's the thing though, the Pete side, the OD, if you want to nail the Pink Floyd Hi-Watt sound throw it on with a Univibe clone and you're right on it. A buddy and I started playing with the Jimi side into a Univibe clone and were getting awesome "Machine Gun" style tones and accidentally hit the effect selector and ended up on the Pete side. Slowed down the throb on the 'vibe and "boom", you're now in Pink Floyd land. Nailed Gilmour style tones. Sure, it gets The Who ("Pete") type tones as well, but I'm more of a Gilmour fan and that was a HUGE bonus.
So really this is a Swiss Army knife pedal. Using just it and a 'vibe/chorus pedal you can get everything from Jimi, to SRV, to Floyd. How cool is that? Throw an OD in front (I use a Analogman 808 or an OCD) and it just goes to another level.
Get this pedal. It is no gimmick. Awesome, awesome tones. Owns spot #1 on my pedal board. (Posted on 5/31/13)
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The Analog Alien FuzzBubble-45 is a combination fuzz/overdrive pedal designed to yield classic overdrive and fuzz tones. With two discrete channels aptly named Pete (overdrive) and Jimi (fuzz), the Analog Alien FuzzBubble-45 delivers a plethora of vintage tone for the classic rock enthusiast as well as being versatile enough to deliver the sounds that so many modern players desire. The Pete channel is a classically voiced overdrive featuring a Year knob that ranges from '67- '77 to control the amount of gain and a tone switch for shaping the low end to suit different guitars. At '67 the grit barky and snappy with a great rhythm tone. Progressing in years, the Analog Alien FuzzBubble-45 delivers gets a bit more modern with great, harmonically rich saturation and at the extreme settings gives a singing lead tone. The Jimi channel is Fuzz Face based with some additional features that make this fuzz more than just a FF circuit. The In control attenuates the volume hitting the fuzz circuit and in concert with the Haze (fuzz intensity) control, the Analog Alien FuzzBubble-45 delivers anything from splatty fuzz to roaring overdrive tones. Jimi is there to be harnessed but the added flexibility of the fuzz circuit will astound any FF fan with its added versatility.
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CHARLEROI – Prosecutors have withdrawn a count of bringing a weapon onto school property and will pursue other charges against a Charleroi Area High School senior who faces accusations he was making pipe bombs in his home.
Assistant Washington County District Attorney Darren Newberry said investigators lacked evidence proving Ryan Pfrogner, 18, of Lower Speers, had taken a pipe bomb to school Nov. 16, other than his own admission he had done so.
"No one saw it," Newberry said Monday.
The investigation led Charleroi Regional police Nov. 20 to Pfrogner's home at 136 River St., where they said they found two small pipe bombs in his bedroom, and that's where police will focus their case, Newberry said.
The initial criminal complaint filed Nov. 27 was withdrawn Friday, and a new one was expected to be filed Monday charging Pfrogner with a misdemeanor count of making offensive weapons and a felony charge of risking a catastrophe.
School officials called police after receiving information Pfrogner and an unnamed boy might have possessed homemade explosive devices on school property, police stated in the affidavit. A search of the school was conducted, and no weapons were found there.
Pfrogner, when questioned Nov. 20 by school administrators, allegedly confessed to bringing a live pipe bomb to school and leaving it in his Ford Mustang parked in the student lot, the court record indicates. Pfrogner reportedly told the administrators he detonated that bomb somewhere in Speers Borough after school.
Police said Pfrogner told them he had two additional pipe bombs at home. Police said they then seized from his bedroom two live PVC pipe bombs, gunpowder and a fuse and turned the items over to the Allegheny County Bomb Squad.
Pfrogner had yet to be arraigned in the case Monday. It was not immediately known if he had hired an attorney.
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A collision that closed Interstate 70 near the south junction with Interstate 79 in South Strabane Township Saturday morning claimed the lives of two people and injured four others.
According to state police, those killed were traveling east in a Dodge sedan when a westbound tractor-trailer crossed the median and collided with the car, driving it through a guardrail and over a hillside.
The driver of the sedan and a passenger in that vehicle died. The Washington County coroner withheld their identities pending notification of their next of kin.
"All I heard was a big boom," said Sunni Martin, who lives on Vance Station Road, which runs along the eastbound lane of I-70. "It was loud. It shook the entire house."
Another car struck the tractor-trailer in the eastbound lanes, according to police. The driver of that vehicle, Darlene Gray, 59, of Washington, sustained a moderate injury, while two passengers, Brandy Lynn Gray, 33, of Scenery Hill, and a child, were seriously injured. A fourth child in that car sustained a moderate injury.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, Yevgeniy Bugreyev, 44, of West Sacramento, Calif., was arrested and charged with two counts of vehicular homicide. He was arraigned before District Judge Robert Redlinger and is being held in the Washington County jail on $1 million bond pending a preliminary hearing.
The state Department of Transportation reported about 6 p.m. Saturday that the accident had been cleared from the travel lanes.
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Arroz con pollo, or chicken and rice is the ultimate one dish meal for my family. So many people ask me about my favorite dishes I make at home for my family, well this is certainly one of them! We like to serve this with hot sauce or Colombian aji picante and a simple green salad on the side.
I make many versions of this dish depending on my mood or what's in my refrigerator, in fact you may have tried my Mom's recipe, if so, I know you're going to love my version!
For some variations, you can add olives, use a few threads of saffron instead of the sazon, or use boneless chicken breast. So there you have it, go get some hot sauce and dig in!
Arroz Con Pollo, Lightened Up
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 8 • Size: 1 cup rice plus 1 thigh • Points +: 8 pts • Smart Points: 11
Calories: 311.1 • Fat: 4.6 g • Protein: 17.9 g • Carb: 48 g • Fiber: 0.6 g
- 8 skinless chicken thighs
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 2 tsp sazon (I use Badia Sazon Tropical)
- about 1/2 tsp adobo powder
- about 1/2 garlic powder
- 3 tsp olive oil
- 1/2 onion
- 1/4 cup cilantro
- 3 cloves garlic
- 5 scallions
- 2 tbsp bell pepper
- 1 tomato, diced
- 2 1/2 cups enriched long grain rice
- 4 cups water
- 1 chicken bouillon cube
- salt to taste (about 2 tsp)
Season chicken with vinegar, 1/2 tsp sazon, adobo and garlic powder and let it sit 10 minutes. Heat a large deep heavy skillet on medium, add 2 tsp oil when hot. Add chicken and brown 5 minutes on each side. Remove and set aside.
Place onion, cilantro, garlic, scallions and pepper in mini food processor. Add remaining teaspoon of olive oil to the skillet and sauté onion mixture on medium-low until soft, about 3 minutes. Add tomato, cook another minute. Add rice, mix well and cook another minute. Add water, bouillon (be sure it dissolves well) and remaining sazon, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot. Taste for salt, should taste salty enough to suit your taste, add more as needed.
Add chicken and nestle into rice, bring to a boil. Simmer on medium-low until most of the water evaporates and you see the liquid bubbling at the top of the rice line, then reduce heat to low heat and cover. Make sure the lid has a good seal, no steam should escape (You could place a piece of tin foil or paper towel in between the lid and the pot if steam escapes).
Cook 20 minutes without opening the lid. Shut heat off and let it sit with the lid on an additional 10 minutes (don't peak!!!) Fluff with a fork and eat!


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The news late this past week that the PIAA Board of Directors approved a three-day heat acclimatization program for football teams starting with the 2013 season was met by little more than a collective shrug among area football coaches.
Will be even better when we get to the day where it's met with a laugh, which isn't far off.
The three-day program says, essentially, that there must be a structured process in place for getting players used to the heat in summer camp: two days in shoulder pads and helmets without contact, one day with full pads and contact.
Heat acclimatization can take place either the week prior to the start of official practice, or coaches can spend the first three days of practice completing this program.
"It's not going to change what we do," Washington High School coach Mike Bosnic said. "We've already been taking steps to acclimate them to heat and pads."
Again, good.
It wasn't that long ago – I'm 29 and played high school football from 1998-2001 – that the start of high school football camp meant the start of three-a-day practices, headaches, physically peeling yourself off the ground to jump into soggy equipment for another practice and running full bore into a 95-degree day, if the weather felt like making your life miserable.
Do I think a three-day process provides what it takes to acclimate yourself to the heat, carrying around a helmet or managing the drain that wearing pads causes? No. At least not entirely. But the fact that the implementation of this rule doesn't move the needle when it comes to coaches' reaction is a very good thing.
"It makes sense," Peters Township's Rich Piccinini said. "I think a lot of schools do enough conditioning in the summer that the three-day program should be a smooth transition. I know it should be with us."
McGuffey's Ed Dalton has long been one of the area's more progressive coaches, a regular on Twitter and someone who gets so excited about Hudl, the new video-sharing software for coaches, you'd think he owned stock in the company.
When I called Dalton to talk about the new rule, he thought it was, in a word, pointless.
Speed camps, linemen challenges and seven-on-sevens are all part of Dalton's offseason routine at McGuffey. So, too, is having his quarterbacks get used to throwing in shoulder pads, an example of a rule the PIAA passed in May 2010 that allows players to wear helmets and shoulder pads during optional, offseason workouts.
Dalton asked his coaches to take an online course on heat management and, like many schools, worked with school administrators to develop an emergency plan should an incident occur, which is something the new rule mandates.
"By the time camp starts, we've already done our heat acclimatization," Dalton said. "I've always believed that sports can be like electives in school; if a kid signs up, he or she is going to do whatever it takes to train and do it right. Our kids are already heat acclimated."
For a third time: good.
Jefferson-Morgan's Liam Ryan admitted that he had yet to talk with his school's athletic director, Scot Moore, but in learning about the new rule, Ryan didn't do much more than shrug his shoulders.
"From what I have read, it doesn't seem like much of a change," Ryan said. "We've been weighing our offensive linemen before and after each practice to monitor dehydration. And our boosters provide healthy meals that include foods and drinks that promote hydration."
So why, then, make a rule? Well, because it's Pennsylvania, and you know how much we love our rules. And also because this theoretically has to apply to someone, right?
"I think most schools have been responsible with this, but I guess it's best to put on paper," Ryan continued. "I think everyone was doing some kind of conditioning practices prior to camp anyway. I guess it just puts more emphasis on those practices."
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Effective Classroom Practice: Infants and Toddlers
Selected Examples of Effective Classroom Practice Involving Technology Tools and Interactive Media (PDF)
During the earliest years, infants and toddlers interact primarily with people. Their interactions with toys are usually in the context of human interaction as well. They need to freely explore, manipulate, and test everything in the environment. Increasingly in today's world, this includes the exploration of technology tools and interactive media. Children of this age are drawn to push-button switches and controls. Technology tools that infants and toddlers might use must be safe, sturdy, and not easily damaged. If technology is used, it must be in the context of conversation and interactions with an adult.
Technology Tools and Interactive Media
- Allow children to explore digital materials in the context of human interactions, with an adult as mediator and co-player. As with shared book reading, use shared technology time as an opportunity to talk with children, use new vocabulary, and model appropriate use.
- Avoid passive screen time. While some parents may claim that baby videos calm an otherwise fussy child, there is little research to suggest that infants and toddlers learn from watching videos. If infants are distressed, they need the comfort of a caring adult, not an electronic toy.
- Use technology as an active and engaging tool when appropriate to provide infants and toddlers with access to images of their families and friends, animals and objects in the environment, and a wide range of diverse images of people and things they might not otherwise encounter (photos of children from other countries, for example).
- Incorporate assistive technologies as appropriate for children with special needs and/or developmental delays.
- Make digital audio or video files to document children's progress.
Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8
A joint position statement issued by the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media at Saint Vincent College


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Canine provides much needed companionship to ML teen
When Joseph Leckenby dropped his pencil on the living room floor in his comfortable Mt. Lebanon home, immediately, Inga fetched the item.
But, Inga is not your ordinary Labrador retriever and Leckenby is not your average 14-year-old high school freshman. Leckenby has cerebral palsy and Inga is his canine companion. Dogs, like Inga, help people, like Leckenby, who have physical, cognitive and developmental disabilties, live a more independent life.
Because of Inga, Leckenby does live a normal life. He attends Bishop Canevin. He rides horses, works out at the gym, and plays Wii. He even has played hockey and it was there, at a rink in Ohio, that he and his parents, Julie and Kim, learned about Canine Companions for Independence. The organization is the largest nonprofit provider of highly trained assistance dogs.
Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Santa Rosa, Calif., Canine Companions trains four types of dogs—service, hearing, facility and skilled. The organization also provides injured veterans with service dogs.
The group accepts only a limited number of applicants each year. Selection is based on need. While getting approved isn't difficult, the process is daunting. It begins with an interview where a candidate's needs are assessed. "They met Joe and got to know him," said Mrs. Leckenby. After being placed on a waiting list for two years, Joseph met Inga and in August, 2010, she came to live with the Leckenby family.
"It was something I had wanted for Joseph," Mrs. Leckenby said.
Because Canine Companions wants dogs and their disabled friends to partner well together, they specifically select labs and goldens or a cross between the two for breeding. They are nurtured by volunteer caretakers for eight weeks. Then they are transported to one of the company's five regional campuses across the country. Volunteer puppy raisers then care for and provide basic obedience training and socialization until the pups are 18 months old. Over a period of six to nine months, professional instructors teach each dog to master more than 40 commands. Then they move on to Team Training where they are matched.
During a two-week training session, where 10 applicants met with a dozen dogs, Inga and Joseph bonded. Joseph and his parents went to the kennel every day from 9 to 5 for the first week. The second week, Inga lived with the Leckenbys in their hotel room. They catered to Inga's every need, from feeding to grooming the dog.
"I really wanted Inga," Joseph said. "We hit it off right away."
Since Inga was the best fit for Joseph, Canine Companions selected her for him.
Today, Inga assists Leckenby with simple, every day tasks. She can pick up items as well as turn on and off lights. "I like having Inga there to help me," Joseph said.
A Skilled Companion dog can help bridge social gaps for a person with a disability. According to his mother, Inga acts as an ice-breaker for Joseph. She draws people to him, because if he's in his wheelchair people may not approach him. "But with a dog there, it kind of takes the disability out of the picture and then they see just you, a boy with a dog instead of a boy who has a disability in a wheelchair," said Mrs. Leckenby
Joseph agreed. "I was always outgoing, but she's definitely been a help for me."
Inga also provides much needed companionship for Joseph. Being an only child, Joseph said he was a "little lonely." But, Inga watches TV and even helps him with homework now. Mrs. Leckenby said, "Inga's always there to comfort him."
Inga, however, cannot accompany Joseph to school. Because she is a skilled companion dog, Inga requires a certified facilitator. His parents fill that role. "It's his age," explained Mrs. Leckenby. "Joe can't go in public with Inga without me, and I can't go out with Inga without Joe.
"(Inga) doesn't work for us, she works for (Joe)," continued Mrs. Leckenby. "If she chooses not to listen to him, I have to step in and make sure it's happening."
What happens when Inga and Joe are out in public is infectious.
"People just love her," Mrs. Leckenby said. "It just brings a smile to their face when they see her with him."
The general public will get to see plenty happy faces on Oct. 5 during the Canine Companions Dogfest Walk 'N Roll event at Peterswood Park in Venetia. The fundraiser runs 1-4 p.m. at Shelter No. 4. A mile walk, with trick-or-treat stops, begins at 2. In addition to speakers, a silent auction, food and a costume contest, Canine Companions' graduates and volunteer puppy raisers will be on hand to answer questions.
One inquiry is expense. It costs approximately $45,000 to raise and train one assistance dog. But Canine Companions provides animals free of charge thanks in part to donations.
"Obviously, we have to raise money since the dogs are gratis," said Jim Caprio. But the chairperson for the dogfest added, "It's also an opportunity to raise awareness for the organization.
"Canine Companions serve two wonderful purposes. First, there is the dog's ability to help his companion with tasks and second to help the disabled blend into society. So many more folks have been positively exposed to people such as Joseph because of pets like Inga and that's really amazing to see."
Those who attend DogFest will have an opportunity to meet Inga and Joseph.
"I'm excited," Joseph said. "It's my first year. I've never done this before."
"We're excited for it, for sure," remarked Mrs. Leckenby. "My husband is even giving up his golf day to go."
A dog's life
The average service life of Canine Companion dog is 12 years. After that the dog is retired.
The organization retains ownership throughout the dogs' service, but recipients of the dogs are responsible for their care, including food, vet bills, grooming and toys.
Canine Companion dogs follow a strict diet and recipients must abide by certain rules, most applying to grooming.
For example, the Leckenbys of Mt. Lebanon care for Inga, who is now 5. She is the Canine Companion for their 14-year-old son, Joseph.
Inga will retire when Joe is 21. After that he'd qualify for a service dog. According to the Leckenbys, when Inga retires she could become a pet and they have the option to either keep her or return her to Canine Companions.
"It would be hard, but I don't know of anyone who wouldn't keep their dog," Julie Leckenby said. "She's brought a lot of joy to our family."
DogFest Walk 'N Roll
Time: 1-4 p.m.
Day: Saturday, Oct. 5
Where: Peterswood Park, Shelter #4
Benefits: Canine Companions for Independence
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In most of the cities where automatic cameras have been adopted to enforce speeding and red-light violations, it has been considered poor form to gloat over the additional cash in the coffers.
The public will accept such Big Brotherly eyes in the sky on the basis of safety, but tends to resist the more-real motive of revenue.
In Santa Fe, however, a rare bout of blunt honesty has had the police department openly salivating about the $1.1 million annual ka-ching! it hopes to collect, while, if possible, also preventing collisions.
It's good not to be laboring under false impressions. No doubt the police department—and the city councilors who support the red-light cameras, Ron Trujillo chief among them—is also genuinely interested in safety. After all, most traffic accidents and injuries happen at intersections.
That's why those of us who believe police enforcement is about public welfare—rather than, say, municipal budgets—are so confused about the police's ace enforcement of speeding, which causes comparatively few injuries, when their patrolling of intersections is ho-hum at best.
Oh, that's right. In addition to the four red-light cameras the city plans to allow Redflex Traffic Systems to install, there will be two roving speed traps. Speed is easy money, too easy to pass up.
And, oh yeah, studies show that mid-intersection collisions go down following the installation of red-light cameras, but rear-end collisions go up by a similar amount. People are paranoid of adding that photo ticket to their Facebook pages, so they slam on the brakes at the last minute and the poor person behind them gets a close look at the windshield. It's close to a wash, but if you calculate typical severity of injury and, get this, financial cost, it turns out to be marginally better to encourage rear-ending than mid-intersection collisions.
But is that the kind of math we want to be doing? Isn't aiming for less-costly accidents kind of the lowest common denominator of public safety?
In Dallas, Texas, anecdotal evidence suggests that simply lengthening the duration of yellow lights may be the most effective way to improve safety at hazardous intersections. Dallas is the most successful example in the red-light camera record. Problem is that it increased the duration of yellow lights at the same time as it installed the cameras, so it's difficult to determine the cause of decreased accidents. However, Dallas had a relatively small increase in rear-end collisions compared with other cities that installed cameras, so there's little question of the significance of yellow-light durations.
Incidentally, it has been reported that the program in Dallas has been so successful it can no longer pay for itself—a good thing for public safety, a bad thing for a city trapped in a contract and forced to pay a minimum monthly amount per camera to the suspect company that installed them.
Of course, use of the term "suspect" isn't meant to imply any lack of integrity or respect for the law on the part of these red-light camera providers. But let's also be clear that Redflex, the company with which the City of Santa Fe intends to do business, is currently embroiled in a lawsuit in a US District Court of Arizona case with a rival company and also is being sued by a Paradise Valley, Ariz. man in what has the potential to become a class-action suit. Both lawsuits stem from Redflex's use of two different illegal speed-detection systems that did not have FCC approval. Both suits essentially allege that Redflex knowingly broke the law (and possibly violated several bidding and contract practices) in an attempt to, you guessed it, maximize profits.
In a June 3, 2008 article for the New York Times, writer Jerry Garrett chased down a long history of questionable practices, faulty systems, fraudulent business practice and the complete lack of due process perpetrated by red-light camera systems. He ultimately asks, "Just how many things wrong with it does an idea have to have before it is considered discredited?"
Finally, for Santa Fe, there is the question of the city's own ethics. This is a city that has made public stands on issues ranging from war to immigration and, more practically, has enthusiastically supported local business and keeping money in the community whenever possible. Are we now going to line the pockets of a Phoenix-based company that already has knowingly used illegal technology in the pursuit of fining the members of communities to which it was invited under the guise of "safety"?
Are we willing to do that for $1.1 million? How about for the illusion of $1.1 million? The City of Santa Fe Police Department now admits it may have overestimated potential revenue. Police Captain Anthony Robbin recently told the city's Public Works Committee that it's not possible to get an accurate estimate at this point.
Sounds like a sign to slow down.
In most of the cities where automatic cameras have been adopted to enforce speeding and red-light violations, it has been considered poor form to gloat over the additional cash in the coffers.


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Pole sheared off: Benjamin Greely, 26, of Washington, escaped injury when his vehicle slid off Constitution Boulevard near Transformation School, Buffalo, about 6 a.m. Monday and struck a utility pole, shearing it off, state police said.
Vehicle damaged: William M. Morrow of 316 Valley View Terrace told Canonsburg police Monday that a rock was thrown through the rear window of his van, shattering the glass and cracking the molding.
Harassment charge: Joshua Butts, 24, of 67 Ankrom Road, Washington, will be charged by Canonsburg police with harassment after allegedly punching Kenneth Ayers, 21, also of 67 Ankrom, in the face during a confrontation Friday at 425 Valley View Terrace.
Faces charges: Kevin C. Olinger, 54, of 14 E. Pitt St., Canonsburg, will be charged by Canonsburg police with terroristic threats, simple assault and harassment for allegedly grabbing Tina L. Olinger, 39, also of 14 E. Pitt, by the neck during an argument Saturday afternoon. He was placed in the Washington County jail on a probation violation.
Two face charges: Samuel H. Higgins, 63, of 154 W. Pike St., Canonsburg, and Debra Cianflone, 27, of 349 Pershing Ave., Houston, each face charges of retail theft and criminal conspiracy for allegedly stealing several packs of steaks from Shop 'n Save on Feb. 2. They were identified through store surveillance viewed Friday, Canonsburg police said.
Marijuana plants found: Jared Lee Anthony Lawson, 26, of 303 Shady Ave., Charleroi, was arrested Saturday by Charleroi Regional police after officers said they found three suspected marijuana plants growing in his home while responding to a domestic dispute. Police said they could smell a strong odor of marijuana when they answered the call, and that the marijuana was growing in the basement of the residence. Lawson was arraigned before District Judge Curtis Thompson on charges of possession and possession with intent to manufacture marijuana and possession of paraphernalia. He was placed in the Washington County jail on a $20,000 percentage bond.
Attempted burglary, DUI charges: Wayne R. Noland II, 24, of Ludington, Mich., was arrested Sunday afternoon following a traffic stop by North Strabane police. Police said they saw a vehicle going north on Hunting Creek Road, weaving in the middle of the street. Noland was stopped on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. Police said his blood-alcohol content was almost double the 0.08 percent limit presumed for intoxication. Police said they then learned that Noland had pried open the door to his girlfriend's home on Hunting Creek in an attempt to retrieve weapons he left behind after they broke up. He was arraigned before District Judge Curtis Thompson on charges of attempted burglary and driving under the influence of alcohol. Noland was placed in the Washington County jail on a $15,000 percentage bond.
Criminal mischief: A heart with two initials inside was etched on a wall in Peters Township Public Library, township police said. Another wall had the phrase "Free Rape Here" and an image in the center, police said. Cleaning personnel alerted the library director, who reported the vandalism at 10:50 a.m. Friday.
Dump truck crashes: Shawn Rusmisel, 41, of Clymer, Indiana County, faces a charge of driving a commercial vehicle while under the influence of alcohol after crashing the dump truck he was driving off Washington Road at Steel City Harley-Davidson and going down a hill. South Strabane police said Rusmisel had to be awakened after they were called to the scene of the crash about 5:30 a.m. Friday. Police said Rusmisel later told them that he became lost after taking a wrong exit and turned into the motorcycle dealership to turn around, but went over the hillside. Police said his BAC was about 1 1/2 times the 0.04 percent limit presumed for intoxication in commercial truck drivers. The charge will be sent by summons from the office of District Judge Jay Weller.
Faces charges in crash: Christine M. Shadeck, 48, of 55 McCarrell Ave., Avella, was charged Monday by South Strabane police with DUI, damaged to unattended property and reckless driving stemming from a Feb. 14 crash in the 1800 block of North Main Street. Police said Shadeck crashed into a parked vehicle and mailbox before continuing to drive to a nearby bar. They said her BAC was more than double the 0.08 percent limit presumed for intoxication. Charges will be sent by summons from the office of District Judge Jay Weller.
Faces drug charges: Dennis Cole, 32, of 1023 Locust Ave., Washington, will be charged with possession of heroin, suboxone and drug paraphernalia stemming from a traffic stop Saturday in Trinity Point. Cole was arrested on a bench warrant and taken to the Washington County jail. Police said Cole reportedly told jail officials he had five stamp bags of heroin hidden in his rectum. Charges will be sent by summons from the office of District Judge Jay Weller.
Vehicles damaged: A number of people had their vehicles damaged between Friday and Sunday on city streets. Monica Key, of 430 Fayette St., reported Friday a cinderblock was thrown through the rear window of her vehicle. Don Miner of 655 Jefferson Ave. said the side window on his van was broken out while it was parked in the 700 block of Ewing St. Friday. Jamerious Plater, of 398 Houston St., found a brick next to his vehicle Sunday, which had its windshield broken. Makenzie Chronister, of McDonald, had her car keyed while it was parked on Tube Alley Sunday. Police reported they plan to charge two boys for slashing tires Saturday on vehicles owned by Larry Crawford of 885 Ewing, Tina Boyd of 860 Ewing and John Burkoski of 880 Ewing.
Man jailed: Richard Donald Watts, 28, of 210 Sumner Ave., faces multiple charges after police said he broke into his ex-girlfriend's home and assaulted her Sunday morning. Police received a panic alarm from Amber Pettit of 725 Fayette St. at 4:45 a.m. indicating she thought someone was breaking into her home. When officers arrived, they heard a female yelling "get off me" from inside the home. They said Pettit had bruising and swelling to the left side of her face and a bloody nose. She told them Watts had kicked in her door and began punching her. Police found him in the basement under a pile of clothes. Pettit also was able to produce a protection-from-abuse order on Watts which she obtained in November. Watts was jailed on a probation detainer. He faces charges of PFA violation, burglary, aggravated assault and criminal trespass. Charges were filed with District Judge Robert Redlinger.
Theft charges: Charges of theft were filed against Elizabeth Braun, 50, of 630 Addison St. Monday at the office of District Judge Robert Redlinger. Braun is charged with taking two prepaid credit cards worth $109 from Kwik Fill at 705 E. Maiden St. where she was employed Feb. 11. A corporate security manager for United Refining, owner of the Kwik Fill, contacted police about the theft.
Man charged: Saul David Wells, 46, of 615 Addison St., was charged with a PFA violation Sunday. Police said he sent harassing text messages and left voice messages on the phone of Kimberly Price, of 1196 Maple Terrace, who had an active PFA against him.
Minibike stolen: Melissa Rodriguez, of 380 W. Hallam Ave., reported the theft of a minibike from her porch to police Sunday.
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Each time third-generation builder Dan Ryan builds another new home, he continues a legacy of service and high-quality construction that began when his grandfather started building in Castle Shannon. Later, Dan's uncle, Ed Ryan, founded Ryan Homes and his father, Jim Ryan, founded Ryland Homes. "Homebuilding, it's in my blood, it's what we Ryans do," Dan said.
Born in Pittsburgh, Dan was seven when his father moved the family to Columbia, Md. In 1990, Dan Ryan began building homes, following in his family's 70-year tradition.
Dan Ryan Builders is a privately-held large regional homebuilding company based in Frederick, Md., and current operations include 10 major markets in six states, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Dan Ryan Builders enters the Pittsburgh market in five new communities, in both the north and south markets. The Fieldcrest community in South Fayette offers single-family homes (low $200s), the Summerbrooke community offers townhomes in Canonsburg (high $100s), and the Georgetown Square community offers carriage homes in Cranberry Township (mid $200s). And, coming this spring and summer are the Links at Cranberry community, offering single-family homes and townhomes, also in Cranberry Township (high 100s, mid $200s), and Old Hickory Highlands, single-family homes in Jackson Township (mid $200s).
With the recent merger of Heartland Homes and Ryan Homes, Dan Ryan Builders sees an opportunity to serve the new home market in Pittsburgh through precise quality construction, flexibility to customer requests, and exemplary customer service.
Dan Ryan Builders has completed nearly 10,000 homes in more than 60 communities. In 2004, the company was named one of the Top 100 Builders in the country by Builder magazine, currently ranked 50th, and expected to move up when the 2012 rankings are released later this spring. The company is also a six-time winner of the Builder of Integrity Award.
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I lost my dear Dad on Marxh 22, 2013. He fought a hard fight and cheated death a few times. We were told he showed signs of Alzheimer's about six years ago. It is so hard to watch a loved one struggle with this disease and slowly take away his memory, dignity, and ability to function without assistance.
My Dad was very intelligent, owned his own business, could build anything and grow the best garden vegetables. He was very social, loved Johnny Cash and was often the life of the party playing air guitar.
My father has been very sick with Alzheimer's Disease and/or Related Dementia, increasingly since 2008. Since that time I decided to begin treating him with music and, in May 2011, to begin videotaping sessions with him. These initial interviews have blossomed into a 2+ years and runing feature film project which I wish to share with everyone to give hope, solidarity and to increase awareness and speed of cure for these terrible diseases.
My grandma was diagnosed with this disease almost ten years ago. On January of this year, we lost our family matriarch. she was the glue that kept us together. My parents moved my family to Louisiana about 23 years ago. The hardest part for me, was that my mom was not able to be there for her mom, even though we tried to visit often. So the care was left to my aunts who lived close to her. After the disease took over, it was hard to see my grandma, because i remember how she used to be. My grandma was one tough cookie. She had been alone since my grandpa passed away in 72.


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Next time you're feeling smug about your parenting skills, ask your teenagers what they remember from when they were really little. My knockdown came last weekend when I was sitting across the dinner table from my son.
There he was, chatting politely and also chewing with his mouth closed, and I was thinking, "Oh, we've done a fine job raising him." All those hours I spent reading to him, pushing him on the swing, coaxing him up the ladder and down the slide, watching "Little Bear" with him and then explaining it, sorting Pokemon cards, hiding between the washer and dryer while he counted to 10, teaching him to count to 10, hosting play dates that often deteriorated when someone needed a nap, coloring on big sheets of white paper, cutting the crusts off bread, scrambling eggs, telling him to stop trying to crawl out of the shopping cart, taking him to the pool, going to the zoo to visit the octopus that never bothered to unstick itself from the corner of the tank, singing "Baby Beluga" while driving, pedaling my bike with 30 pounds of him in the seat on the back. You know, the whole lot of it.
"What are your best memories from when you were really little?" I asked. This was gonna be great. I had my kid's attention, and I was about to hear a version of Beth as a young mother. It would be like watching a video.
Cooper, 17, thought for a minute, and then he crushed me.
"All I remember is that sometimes in the summer you made me go to bed and I could hear the bigger kids outside playing and I would cry until I fell asleep."
Now, we were known to enforce a strict-ish bedtime policy, and darkness doesn't come until 9 in June, so he's probably right about missing some daylight. But crying himself to sleep?
"Is that the best you can do?" I asked. "Aren't you forgetting a few things? Does daily macaroni and cheese ring a bell?"
He shrugged.
"I remember that time Mark and I were playing in the game room and he threw a ball and hit the light and the glass came down and cut my face," he said. "There was a lot of blood."
Was that all he's kept of his early childhood? Crying into his pillow and a bloody face? What happened to the rest of it? Watching "Dumbo" 15 times in a row – no lie – when he was sick with strep throat. Spending hours at the local bookstore so he could play on the "Thomas the Tank Engine" train table. What happened to all of that? Does this mean I could have parked him in front of the TV every day, abandoning him so I could work on my abs or surf the Internet? I was feeling defensive.
"When you were 3, you had a habit of swiping kitchen tools and carrying them off to build other things with them," I said. "I never did find my garlic press until we were packing to move. It was in the sandbox, wedged inside the back of a little tow truck."
"I don't remember stealing things. But I loved that tow truck," Coop said.
He waited a moment, and then said, "I'm sorry about the garlic press."
See, I raised him right.
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Only a sophomore yet averaging close to 30 points per game, there seems to be little that gives McGuffey's Sammie Weiss trouble on the basketball court.
Unless, of course, she happens to be standing on one when forced to talk about herself and explain why she's already been so good, so successful, at such a young age.
"I really don't think I'm anything special," Weiss said. "I think we're all the same. We're all basketball players."
Weiss may be a basketball player and may want to blend in with her teammates, but there's nothing ordinary about McGuffey's sophomore scoring sensation, who has been gaining a reputation around Western Pennsylvania as one of the WPIAL's best.
A 5-10 guard who's more comfortable slashing to the hoop than spotting up for jumpers, Weiss is averaging 28.3 points, 4.3 assists and 6.8 rebounds per game for the Highlanders.
Enough, apparently, to have McGuffey (6-0, 12-1) winning games by an average of 35.9 points and challenging for the program's first section title since 1990 and fourth overall.
"That's our goal," Weiss said. "We've worked hard, and we just have that goal. It hasn't been (done) for 20 years. We just want to be the first in a long time to do that."
Weiss grew up in an athletic household, her mom playing softball, her dad football and basketball. By second grade, Weiss would "host little things in my driveway," which is basically nerve-speak for playing pickup games by herself. She'd create a hypothetical situation in her head and practice making buzzer-beaters.
Only Weiss, struggling to explain this, counted the clock a little differently: 2 … 3 … 1 … game point., she said. Hey, maybe others should start playing by Weiss' rules.
"She's a very humble girl," McGuffey coach Amanda Burchett said. "She will never tell you how good she is. I think she doesn't realize how good and how naturally talented she is. She just goes out and works as hard as she can in any situation."
And sometimes that work can look awful pretty.
During one particular instance at Tuesday's practice, Weiss stole the ball on defense – she's averaging 7.3 steals per game – dribbled up the right side of court, avoided a defender by flipping the ball behind her back, dished left when she got to the foul line, cut to the hoop and finished the give-and-go with her left hand, no need to dribble.
"She gives 100 percent, no matter what drill it is, what game it is, no matter what we're doing," Burchett said.
That much was evident this summer when Burchett would work with Weiss on driving to the basket – with the help of resistance bands.
"My coach would pull me, and I would drive through people, just get faster," said Weiss, who plays AAU ball for the Washington Impact. "I would run halfway down the court, and she would pull me back. I just get stronger if there's people on me."
For all of her success on the court, Weiss isn't completely comfortable with what to do off of it.
Instead of worrying how she looks or yapping about how she can do this or that, Weiss secretly hopes the only question she has to answer is that of her favorite color, just because she says that's the only one she knows the answer to. (The color is green, by the way.)
Her teammates, of course, laugh, ribbing Weiss for her awkward stab at fame. Especially older sister Cassie, a junior guard/forward who essentially plays Sammie's role as precocious star on McGuffey's softball team.
She especially gets a kick out of Sammie's shyness.
"I always joke with her because she's so quiet with other people sometimes," Cassie Weiss said.
Is that a problem? You know, to follow someone who would rather leader by example?
Hardly, Cassie says.
"We actually gravitate to her, not because of all the points she scores, but because of how she acts," Cassie Weiss explained. "She's just herself."
With 788 career points, there's little doubt Weiss will get to 1,000, perhaps by the end of the season. At this rate, even 2,000 seems attainable, which would thrust her into the discussion of the area's greatest players.
But neither Weiss nor Burchett can think about that now. Not with a section title to win and team goals still to accomplish.
"I think she's probably the best player in our section," Burchett said. "As far as the WPIAL, I'm not real familiar with the other teams, but I know around this area she's probably one of the best players that I've seen in a long time."
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While only about 40 residents attended the public hearing, at times the room was past occupancy on previous occasions, including when the Audia Group proposed a funeral home with crematory at the site of the former La-Z-Boy building on Washington Road. The funeral home is operational while the issue concerning the crematory remains in litigation.
Township solicitor William Johnson said any action taken by council would have no impact on the litigation if decided in the Audia Group's favor as the lawsuit was filed before the amendment was passed.
The public hearing was the second such hearing scheduled after input from a previous public hearing prompted changes in the original amendment.
Several residents spoke, including Povl Jorgensen of 302 Prestonwood Lane, McMurray, who told council he was pleased with the changes, including increasing the setback from schools, residences and day cares from the original 500 feet to 750 feet.
Janel Niedzwicki of Shoreline Drive in the Hidden Brook development, one of the plans closest to areas zoned LI, hence a potential location for future crematories, said the amendment was not perfect, but the only perfect ordinance regulating crematories would be one that banned such businesses. The state mandates zoning areas must be permitted to include most businesses, including crematories or adult books stores or similar establishments.
John Stoneberg of 104 Driftwood Drive, also in Hidden Brook, McMurray, said he wanted to see more specific details in the amendment including why 24 hours was listed as the time frame to fix any violations involving emissions.
Gavin Bieuyck, the township's expert from Liberty Environmental Inc. in Reading, said the state gives an offender a week to correct any problem, and that he felt the 24 hour-time period was more than sufficient. Bieuyck said Peters Township was the first community in the United States to monitor for mercury emissions.
Stoneberg said he felt the proposed amendment, which was eventually passed unanimously, left "too much wiggle room."
Roy Lanz of 109 Driftwood Drive asked if council had taken into consideration that parts of the areas proposed for future crematoriums ran close to Arrowhead Trail.
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Stylish system is cheaper than Alienware alternative, has lots of upgrade option
The Revolt from iBuyPower
is a bit different
than the past systems
from the gaming-geared PC maker, but it essentially operates on the same fundamental principle -- give PC gamers a high end system without the fuss of do-it-yourself. But unlike past designs, Revolt goes even farther in that direction trading form factor for ease of upgrade.
I. Looks/Aesthetics
That approach may perturb those looking for easy do-it-yourself upgrades. However, if you're primarily interested in mild overclocking and gaming, though, the Revolt is a well priced and attractive option in the mid-range.
The case itself is a custom "mini-tower". The sides are white with cutouts exposing a black grill. The front and back are back plastic. A word of warning: the black plastic picks up fingerprints easily.
The side vents are illuminated by red, green, and/or blue LEDs.
There's multiple settings, but they all follow a slow pulse in and out sort of pattern. The black plastic front has the letters "REVOLT" on the top, illuminated by LED.
The front houses a DVD/CD drive slot a hulking triangle power button, and a smaller button that controls the lights. There's also two USB 3.0 ports, a multi-card reader slot, a headphones jack, and a microphone jack.
Everything seems pretty well thought out with the front plate, except perhaps that there's no eject button for the CD. Ultimately I ended up using a free program called nircmd.exe to make life easier, by making a softbutton (both in Metro and the desktop) to eject CDs/DVDs.
Another minor gripe is the lack of any sort of indicator of which way the disc is to be inserted. You'll eventually remember the proper orientation, but some sort of small graphic near the drive might be helpful to prevent annoyance.
The rear has a standard PS/2 style mouse/keyboard jack, four USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, an eSATA port, standard audio ports (including optical audio), the power plug, and the GPU graphic connectors.
Overall the look is modern and stylish. For fans of very minimalist design this case may not please, but it's a rather good compromise, in the sense that it's not as flambuoyant as some gamer cases.
The case is about 15.5x4.5x15.5 inches. That means it's going to be bigger than your average gaming consoles. It's also heavier. On the other hand it's lighter and more compact than most PCs. Overall, the slender profile is one selling point.
Some sort of handle to carry the case might be nice -- after all, it's light enough to make it a decent option for LAN parties.
II. Hardware
Hardware-wise iBuyPower offers the system with a
wide range of
Ivy Bridge
from Intel Corp. (
), ranging from an Intel® Core™ i3-3225 Processor (2x 3.30GHz/3MB L3 Cache) to a Intel® Core™ i7-3770K Processor (4x 3.50GHz/8MB L3 Cache).
Revolt is powered by Intel's third generation Core i-Series CPU. [Image Source: BBC News]
iBuyPower offers to pre-overclock your CPU up to 20 percent. It also offers liquid cooling options (which you have to pick, if you pick a factory overclock.
You can get the system with up to 16 GB of DDR3 1600 MHz DRAM, or get 8 GB of DDR3 2133 MHz DRAM. There's a broad range of NVIDIA Corp. (
) graphics card selections, ranging from
NVIDIA's flagship Titan
to the the GeForce GTX 650 (1 GB). There's either a 250, 350, or 550 watt power supply, depending on which GPU you pick.
There's options for a built-in 64 GB NAND cache to boost Windows performance. Hard drive options are available with up to 3 TB of total storage (or alternatively a 1 TB, 10k RPM drive); SSD up to 480 GB are available from several different manufacturers.
You can get a system with a Titan graphics card, a i7-3770, premium liquid cooling, and a 512 GB HDD for under $2,000, a pretty sweet deal.
There's built in Wi-Fi as an upgrade. One minor gripe is that there's no Blu-Ray drive option.
The cheapest iteration of the system (the R320) starts at $499. Then there's the i5-based R420, which starts at $649. Lastly there's the i7-based R520 at $899.
Our test system was a slightly upgraded R520 with:
CPU: Intel i7-3770K (3.5 GHz, quad-core, no factory overclock)
CPU COOLING: Air
MEMORY: 8 GB DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600 MHz) DRAM (G.Skill Ripjaws X)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 (EVGA FTW, 2 GB)
STORAGE: 120 GB Adata SSD, 1 TB Western Digital 7200 rpm hard drive
POWER: 500 watt Gold 80 power supply
EXTRAS: Built-in Wi-Fi
OS: Windows 8 Home
This configuration would cost $1,464 and comes with a three year warranty, which could be extended to up to 5 years for a price.
So where does this stack up with the competition? For $1,018, you can upgrade the base R520 to 8 GB of DDR3 and a i7-3770. Dell, Inc.'s (
) similar Alienware slim-case system,
the Alienware X-51
, would cost $1,079.
The margin is slim, but general iBuyPower is around $60-80 cheaper than the Alienware options.
Also, iBuyPower deserves some praise for their easy customization webpage -- AlienWare makes you jump through some annoying hoops -- for example, you can't see some processor options, forcing you to dig through four base configurations to find the one with the processor you want. By contrast iBuyPower's configurations are like suggestions -- you can put any options available in any configuration. This is much less clunky and makes ordering more painless.
Overall the system performed very well. It would be nice if iBuyPower offered a multi-touch keyboard (such as the $29 USD model from Logitech Int'l SA (
)) for users who pick Windows 8. Windows 8 without multi-touch is a somewhat handicapped experience -- but multi-touch monitors are fatigue-prone and expensive; in my opinion a multi-touch keyboard would be the best way to let users get the most of Windows 8 without a significant bump in the system cost.
Yes, we used Windows 8.
I do question why iBuyPower is offering Office Starter 2010 (a full copy) to users who downgrade to Windows 7, versus only a demo for users who go Windows 8 Home. Perhaps Microsoft Corp. (
) is pricing the licenses for Windows 7 cheaper, but in theory you would expect the same perks if you don't exercise your downgrade rights.
iBuyPower explains that this is due to Microsoft's policies. Microsoft gives them copies of Office to give to Windows 7 (downgraders), but refuses to give that perk to Windows 8 users. It still makes no sense, but I guess only Microsoft is to blame. Sorry, iBuyPower!
III. Benchmarks
I benchmarked four games -- Electronics Arts Inc.'s (
) Crysis 3 and Dead Space 3, Bethesda's Dishonored, and Ubisoft Entertainment SPA's (
) Far Cry 3.
The framerates are as follows:
All games were run at the maximum supported resolution for the test display (1680x1050) and were set to the maximum graphical settings. In some cases vertical sync had to be turned off, in order to get FRAPS to collect framerates. Framerates were taken from playing the opening stretch of each game, collecting 5 sample framerate captures with FRAPS.
Putting these numbers in context gets a bit tricky, but suffice it to say that Crysis 3 and Far Cry 3 are marginally playable even at the highest settings for our screen reesolution. The rest of the games are silky smooth even on the highest settings. Overall, this is what we'd expect from the i7-3770K/GeForce GTX 670 combo, so no real surprises here.
Moving on to synthetics, we ran a variety of freely available benchmarking software:
Again, no real surprises here. A liquid-nitrogen cooled i7-3770K
takes about 4 minutes and 42 seconds
to chug through 32M places of pi; the stock Revolt i7-3770K has about half the clock speed and takes almost precisely twice as long.
IV. Conclusions
If you're not in love with Alienware and are looking for a slender pre-made system the Revolt appears a solid option. Beware, taking apart the system is a bit onerous and upgrades aren't going to be as easy as with a roomier case.
But if you can live with that, iBuyPower's system is good looking, affordable, and powerful, with relatively few flaws.
It ships within 5 to 10 days of ordering. It's available customized
direct from iBuyPower
via Newegg's online store
in pre-configured form
Next up...
I'll tear down the system and give some thoughts on how hard (or easy) it would be to upgrade, in a closing piece. I wanted to squeeze that in here, but the case is somewhat hard to take apart, so I wanted to put this up first.
(System reviews are something somewhat new for us at
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on the Revolt.)
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