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iBUYPOWER Paladin Desktop Gaming PC Review
3DMark Vantage
Version and / or Patch Used: 1.1.0
Developer Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com
Product Homepage: http://www.3dmark.com/3dmarkvantage
3DMark Vantage tests both processor and graphics performance and is a good indication of how systems compare. The results are generally more repeatable and consistent than other forms of benchmarking. Vantage uses DirectX 10 and can handle multi-core CPUs.
The Paladin produced a respectable 32,478 score in Vantage. This puts it in second place behind the iBUYPOWER Chimera.
Diving into the individual scores, the Paladin posted a 29,616 CPU score, which is just behind the top systems. The Paladin's GPU score also fell behind the Chimera, but only by a little.
3DMark 11
Version and / or Patch Used: 22.214.171.124
Developer Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com
Product Homepage: http://www.3dmark.com/3dmark11
3DMark 11 is the latest version of the world's most popular benchmark. Designed to measure your PC's gaming performance 3DMark 11 makes extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11 including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading. Trusted by gamers worldwide to give accurate and unbiased results, 3DMark 11 is the best way to consistently and reliably test DirectX 11 under game-like loads.
The Paladin produced a 3DMark 11 score of 5,695, putting it behind the iBUYPOWER Chimera.
Individual scores for the CPU and GPU are both also just behind the Chimera's.
3DMark - Fire Strike Extreme
Version and / or Patch Used: 1.0.0
Developer Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com
Product Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmark
Fire Strike is a new test that is designed for powerful gaming desktops. We have checked the "Extreme" test option to make it that much more torturing on the system. Overall, CPU, and GPU scores are reported.
The newest 3DMark allows the newer iBUYPOWER Paladin to shine. It produces the top score of any system with a combined score of 5,886, way above the other systems. The individual GPU score of the Paladin blows every other system out of the water.
Battlefield 3
Developer Homepage: http://www.dice.se/
Product Homepage: http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield3
Battlefield 3 is one of the most requested benchmarks, so we have finally added it. Frame rates are recorded for 60 seconds starting in the first part of campaign when the character picks up the gun and is played through until just after the train explodes. The game is played three times in that manner with the results being averaged together and reported.
Settings are 1920x1080 for the resolution with the "Graphics Quality" set to Ultra.
Further showing the strength of the Paladin, it produced the best average frame rate of any of our tested desktops, beating out the other desktops that performed better in synthetic testing.
Crysis 3
Developer Homepage: http://crytek.com/
Product Homepage: http://www.crysis.com/us/crysis-3
Crysis 3 is run at 1920 x 1080 resolution with the graphics specifications set to "Very High." No anti-aliasing is used. See picture above for full details. The test is ran three times due to higher variability than the other benchmarks. FRAPS is used to record 60 seconds worth of FPS data and recording starts at the start of the campaign and finishes most of the way up the tower. The game is played in a similar manner each time.
Once again, the Paladin takes the top position. But not only did the Paladin blow the other systems out of the water, over the three test runs, the Paladin produced identical average frame rates, which is really impressive. The minimum and maximum frame rates were within one frame of each other over all three tests.
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The cooler April weather will start to bring the salmon fishing in the Otago Harbour to a close, although there is usually the odd one or two still caught this month.
The Otago Harbour Salmon Fishing Competition ended well with 43 fish weighed this year and an average weight of over 4.5kg, even though the weather left a lot to be desired. Congratulations to Sarah Hutton of Dunedin for her winning fish of 6.36kg.
The blue cod fishing should be strong this month, with the cooler but more settled weather bringing them on the bite. The deeper waters will still be harbouring some good groper and bluenose, making the longer trips well worthwhile.
The change of seasons will start to bring the lake trout closer to the mouths of the rivers, and some good congregations of fish can make for some great sport on those crisp autumn mornings. A small smelt pattern can be deadly on these fish, especially when used in conjunction with a clear line like the Rio Aqualux or the clear-tipped Airflos. These days can also bring on some great afternoon spinner falls, which can start in the afternoon and continue well into the night.
When the water is clean and still, as it can be during these days, dropping your tippet weight and increasing its length can turn a good day into a great day. Spin fishermen should also drop the size of lures and, if possible, line weights too. Smaller Veltic-style or Rapala lures would be my choice, especially in some of our shallower rivers and creeks, or the clear deltas of the lakes.
Boat fishing can be very lucrative if done correctly, and many anglers do well over the long Easter Weekend; a slow cruise just off the river mouths or any similar drop-off should bring good reward. This could also be a good time to try jigging for trout, as over the next weeks the numbers will build in these confined areas, providing great return for effort.
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Outrage as United Airlines now charging $100 for second checked bag on international flights (and other U.S. carriers may follow in 'fee-for-all')
- United Airlines upped fee for second checked bag from $70 to $100 on flights from the U.S. to Africa, Europe, India, and the Middle East
- Delta raised second bag fees in January from $75 to $100
- Analyst predicts fee increase will yield 'modest' profit of $30m
Flying just got more expensive for most United Airlines passengers wishing to jet internationally.
Those checking a second back on the airline will have to hand over an additional $100, up from $50 just one year ago.
But United is just one of many taking away the complementary checked baggage. Delta announced in January that it was raising its fees from $75 to $100 as well.
Excess baggage: While the first checked bag is still free, the fees have steadily risen for the second, and doubled in the case of UA
High-flying headache: United Airlines is raising fees for a second checked bag on some international flights $100, citing rising fuel and handling costs
'United's international customers will continue to be able to check in their first bag free of charge. This change reflects an increase in costs associated with carrying bags such as fuel and handling' Christen David, a spokesperson for United Airlines, told the Mail Online on Tuesday.
This is the second such price increase in two years, when United raised its fee between the U.S. and Europe $20, from $50 to $70.
Airline analyst Hunter Kaye said that despite the $30 increase, the airline should only expect 'modest' profits – around $30million.
He said that it is likely the rest of the major carriers within the U.S. will follow suite and increase prices to match. US Airways and American Airlines charge $70 and $60 for second bags checked on international flights, respectively, according to ABC News.
The additional charges usually fall on leisure travellers, who do not belong to a business or preferred flier program.
Summer of discontent: Members of the Airline Pilots Association picket the United shareholders meeting, in Times Square today; they say they have been working two years without a contract
Falling in line: Delta Airlines hiked their second bag fee to $100 in January
Across the board: United has increased its fees for Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India, but not for other points of flight
In addition, many passengers are able to circumvent baggage fees by simply modifying their behaviour.
Those going on shorter trips can eke by with the standard one bag, one personal item as carry-ons, though certain airlines are stingier than others with space requirements and airplane size.
But the alarming rise in baggage fees may have more capitalistic origins.
TIME's Moneyland writer Josh Sanburn believes that the prices are almost opportunistic, and will bank on the U.S. tourist rush to the Continent as prices make travel more appealing.
'Considering the economic turmoil in Europe, you might think that the airline would consider putting fewer financial obstacles in the way of Americans taking a trans-Atlantic flight to the Old World,' he said.
'Nope. Not even declining jet fuel prices halted the move.'
Mr Sanburn added that many American families will be heading across the Atlantic because the U.S. dollar is relatively strong.
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US Airways did not immediately return MailOnline's request for comment on the fare hike.
This year, airline profits are forecasted around $3billion, a wafer thin margin of just 0.5 per cent on projected revenues of $631 billion, according to the International Air Transport Association.
While airlines can make more money from selling extras, it also means more travellers are getting squeezed as they're forced to pay for things that used to come with the ticket such as seat assignments.
U.S. airlines, for example, are setting aside more economy seats requiring an extra fee because they come with more legroom or are closer to the front.
The extra revenue from add-ons such as seat assignments and priority check-in could total $30-$60billion over the next five years, according to IATA.
Passengers took to social media to express their unhappiness. One Twitter user wrote: 'Now United is on my 'Do Not Fly' list, along with Spirit.'
Another said: 'We need a new airline term for "highway robbery."'
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The world's smallest, lightest and thinnest dual camera Xacti for 2010 is the claim and it's backed up by a dimension of just 27mm thick and a weight of 142 grams.
Due to be available in February 2010 for $300, and boasting a 10x zoom with a 38mm wide-angle lens, as the name might suggest the Dual Camera can record video in 1920 x 1080 resolution in H.264 and snap up to 8-megapixel still images.
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Yesterday, Tiwai Pt aluminum smelter management said the company would have to pay workers almost $20 million if an Employment Relations Authority ruling is upheld.
In May, 64 Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union members working at the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter won an Employment Relations Authority case they took against New Zealand Aluminium Smelters.
NZ Aluminium Smelters appealed the decision in the employment court this week.
The dispute centres on the interpretation of lieu days after workers at the plant changed from eight-hour shifts to 12-hour shifts in the 1990s.
The company continued to provide the 12-hour shift workers with an additional eight hours of paid leave in respect of each public holiday.
The union argued it should have been providing the workers with an additional 12 hours of paid leave for each public holiday, which the authority agreed with.
During the final day of the appeal today, smelter lawyer Pheroze Jagose said when management had agreed to implement 12-hour shifts it was made clear there would be no changes to other aspects of employment, including leave entitlement.
The continuation of the eight-hour lieu day was expressly discussed before the changes were voted on by employees, Mr Jagose said.
Union members' lawyer Greg Lloyd argued no evidence had been presented that showed there was an ''express reference'' to lieu day entitlements before employees had voted on changing to the shifts.
Employees called as witnesses during the appeal had no recollection of the lieu day entitlements being directly discussed during meetings and focus groups, Mr Lloyd said.
He also refuted ''the suggestion that 20 years is a long time to allow this issue to go unresolved and that somehow equates to acquiescence'' by the employees.
Evidence provided during the appeal showed employees had raised concerns or asked questions about lieu day entitlements during the years but the issue remained unresolved, he said.
Judge Couch said he would release his decision in writing as soon as possible but warned it could take some time.
''I need to give it a good deal of thought. This is not an easy case.''
Yesterday, smelter human resources specialist Barry Simmonds, called as a smelter witness during the appeal hearing, said NZ Aluminium Smelters had calculated it would cost $13m to December 31 this year if the authority's ruling was upheld.
In future years it would cost the company another $6m, calculated on costs of all employees remaining with the company until they were 65, he said.
At the initial authority hearing, the company said if it was found liable it would pay all its affected employees, not just its union members, which it then estimated would cost about $7m.
It is understood the figure has jumped because the union members had originally only included leave entitlements for the past six years, but now believed they were able to include more.
Witness Clifford Dobbie, an employee at the Tiwai Pt smelter for 24 years, said the issue was "simple".
"If you work eight-hour days, then you are entitled to eight-hour lieu days. If you work 12-hour days, you are entitled to 12-hour lieu days."
The change had reduced costs such as laundry and transportation for the company, while also increasing productivity, Mr Dobbie said.
He believed the change to 12-hour shifts had increased "currency efficiency" by 1 per cent, which he estimated would have brought in millions of dollars for the company.
However, smelter witness Thomas Campbell said the currency efficiency increase immediately after the roster change was part of a continued long-term increase which had nothing to do with the roster change.
Other perceived benefits of the 12-hour shifts, such as the reduction of laundry costs, were offset by additional costs of the longer shifts, he said.
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A soft target
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Not once, not twice, not four times but six times
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Statistical sleight of hand
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Controversial, yes. Illegal, no.
Says delegates can't "legally" change the Republican National Convention rules to prevent Donald Trump's nomination.
Data show otherwise
Even among "second and third generation" Muslims in the United States, "there's no real assimilation."
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Right number, but Sharia law not uniform
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U.S. has always opposed ISIS and its predecessors
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It's 550 percent, with screening
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System has existed since 1980
There is "no system to vet" refugees from the Middle East.
Correct as long as you define "Middle East" generously
"We admit more than 100,000 lifetime migrants from the Middle East each year."
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A new book, Conversations in the Abbey, Volume 2: The Next Generation of Senior Monks of Saint Meinrad Reflects on Their Lives, features in-depth interviews with 11 monks of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad, Ind. The book's author/editor is Ruth Clifford Engs of Bloomington, a retired Indiana University professor and a Benedictine oblate of Saint Meinrad. She spoke with the monks about their early years in the monastery, their varying work assignments, changes they've seen in the Catholic Church and reflections on living as Benedictine monks for 50-plus years. The monks interviewed for the book included brothers, priests and a former abbot. The softcover book is available for $18.95 at Saint Meinrad's Archabbey Gift Shop and The Scholar Shop. It also may be ordered online at: www.saintmeinradgiftshop.com or store.saintmeinrad.edu.
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Hotel Saint Honore Paris, Paris
- Free WiFi
Main amenities
- 24 guestrooms
- Breakfast available
- Airport drop-off service
- Childcare
- 24-hour front desk
- Air conditioning
- Laundry service
- Concierge services
- Luggage storage
- Tour/ticket assistance
For families
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Private bathroom
- Premium TV channels
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Elevator/lift
What's around
- In Les Halles
- Forum des Halles (0.3 mi / 0.4 km)
- Palais Royal (0.3 mi / 0.5 km)
- Pont Neuf (0.4 mi / 0.6 km)
- Louvre Museum (0.5 mi / 0.8 km)
- Museum Georges Pompidou (0.5 mi / 0.8 km)
Hotel Saint Honore Paris, Paris
Hotel Info: 866-539-8117from $170
- Classic Twin Room
- Superior Double Room
- Superior Twin Room
- Classic Double Room
- Family Room (Adjacent)
Also popular with travelers from the USA
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 24 rooms
- Check-in time starts at 2 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- No cribs (infant beds)
- Babysitting/childcare *
- No pets or service animals allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Airport drop off (available on request) *
- No parking
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In the hotel
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Luggage storage
- Elevator/lift
- In-room accessibility
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Private bathroom
- Shower only
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Flat-screen TV
- Premium TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Free bottled water
- In-room safe
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Hotel Saint Honore Paris, Paris's small print
Also known as
- Honore Hotel
- Saint Honore Paris Hotel
- Hotel Honore
- Hotel Honore Paris
- Hotel Saint Honore
- Hotel Saint Honore Paris
- Paris Honore
- Paris Saint Honore
- Saint Honore Hotel
- Saint Honore Paris
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1.65 per person, per night
Optional extras
Parking is available nearby and costs EUR 34 per 24 hours
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of EUR 14.00 per person (approximately)
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of EUR 26 per person (one-way)
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
Recent reviews
Good 3.9 /5 from 140 reviews
A miserable experience. We arrived at the hotel around 8PM to find the hotel door open but small lobby abandoned (security??.) The desk clerk arrived after about ten minutes and we went to our room, a "superior" double. The elevator led to a landing but then we still had to lug cases down ten steps to the back of the building. The room was small - understood but disappointing. But... first the floor light didn't work - bulb was out. Then, on looking in the bathroom, there were long hairs in the shower and sink. Then, trying to use the safe, it said low battery so we tested it with a Euro. The safe wouldn't reopen after that so they have our Euro. We were tired, it was late, it was our only night in Paris and we didn't want to waste our time trying to find the desk and change rooms so we went downstairs and reported the issues. He said he'd take care of it immediately. When we returned a few hours later, of course nothing had been done. In the morning I complained to the desk manager, Said, who said he would contact me by email about some sort of refund, which still hasn't happened. I know hotels are expensive and rooms are small in Paris, but there are hundreds of better options. Do not waste your money here.
The room itself is very small but is clean and does the job for its phenomenal location. Pricing wise, you can't find a better deal for its placement within walking distance of almost every major tourist attraction in Paris. There are restaurants and shops in any direction you look when you step out of the door.
The hotel is in a nice location, very close to the Louvre and Notre Dame. Rooms are clean, nice bathroom and shower. Rooms are very small. No real space in room to sit other than on bed. The wifi is complimentary but very slow. Social media apps reliant on wifi and Internet searching can be painstakingly slow or impossible. Wifi signal in the lobby is a bit better. Front desk staff are generally friendly and helpful. It's a hotel to stay if u want to sleep and shower there. Not a hotel if u wish to enjoy your hotel room and unwind. Rooms are very small. But clean
Decent living conditions, the shower room was really tiny and the room service would not replenish the tea ....otherwise no complaints. Most positive aspect was the location....hard to beat....overall good value for your money in central Paris .
Great location, good breakfast,kind people in the reception.
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SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/26/13 -- Strata 2013 Conference: Simba Technologies Inc., the leading provider of Big Data connectivity solutions announced today the release of its HBase ODBC Driver with SQL Connector, the support for HiveServer2 in its current Big Data ODBC driver suite, and the demonstration of Excel Pivot Tables on Cloudera's Impala via MDX.
Simba's Drivers and SDKs allow Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and their customers to enable real time, high performance enterprise class connectivity and analytics for their reporting, data visualization and BI requirements like connecting to Excel Pivot Tables or any of the thousands of ODBC supported solutions. Simba's Big Data ODBC Drivers are the most advanced ODBC drivers available for direct SQL access to NoSQL databases. They are used by market leaders such as Alteryx, DataStax, Hortonworks, MapR, Google, Tableau and others.
Industry Firsts:
-- Simba's HBase ODBC Driver with SQL Connector -- Demo of Excel Pivot Tables on Cloudera's Impala via MDX Queries -- Updated Simba Hive ODBC Driver for Hive 0.10 including support for HiveServer2
"If you want BI and analytics on your Big Data, Simba makes it happen," said Amyn Rajan, Simba's CEO. "Simba's Big Data ODBC Drivers enable SQL access to any NoSQL Big Data source on any platform. They are the most advanced, BI-ready Big Data ODBC drivers available. Our demonstration of MDX queries over Impala is an industry first, again highlighting our leadership in advanced analytics enablement."
Unlike other Big Data drivers, Simba's Big Data ODBC Drivers perform the added task of mapping advanced SQL functionality to native Big Data Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to provide users with seamless integration between their favored SQL-based BI application and their Big Data source. If applications support query functionality within the NoSQL data source, Simba's Big Data ODBC Drivers are configurable to pass queries through for added efficiency. Whenever possible, the drivers utilize Simba's Collaborative Query Execution (CQE) to pass down filters and aggregations for added performance. Simba's Big Data ODBC Drivers fully comply with the ODBC 3.52 data standard and add important functionality such as Unicode and 32- and 64-bit support for high-performance computing environments on all platforms, including Windows, RedHat, SUSE, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX and Mac OS X.
For more information about Simba's Big Data ODBC Drivers, visit: www.simba.com/bigdata.
SimbaProvider OLAP SDK is the leading Software Development Toolkit (SDK) for creating OLE DB for OLAP (ODBO) and XML for Analysis (XMLA) connectivity to multi-dimensional and star-schema relational data sources, and was used to demonstrate the MDX over Impala demonstration.
For more information about Simba's OLAP solutions, visit: http://simba.com/olap-sdk.htm.
About Simba Technologies Inc.
Simba Technologies (www.simba.com) is the recognized world leader in standards-based data access and analytics products and solutions for both relational and multi-dimensional data sources. Simba provides data connectivity solutions to many of the world's leading companies on various platforms, including Windows, Mac, UNIX, Linux and many mobile device platforms. Simba's data connectivity products support multiple interfaces, including ODBC, JDBC, OLE DB, OLE DB for OLAP (ODBO), XML for Analysis (XMLA), ADO, ADO.NET, ADOMD and ADOMD.NET.
Simba's software is used worldwide. Its customers include leading independent software vendors and global enterprises like Alteryx®, Datastax®, Hortonworks®, Infor®, MapR®, Microsoft®, Oracle®, SAP® and Teradata®.
About Strata 2013
O'Reilly Strata Conference explores the changes brought to technology and business by big data, data science and pervasive computing. It brings together decision makers using the raw power of Big Data to drive business strategy, and practitioners who collect, analyze and manipulate that data-particularly in the worlds of finance, media and government. For more information, visit: http://strataconf.com/strata2013/.
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As the dust settled from the Bucks explosive 133-99 victory over the Dallas Mavericks Wednesday night at the Bradley Center, the starters tipped their hats to the reserves for a job well done.
The Bucks got off to a terribly sluggish start in the game only to have the reserves help turn the game around late in the first quarter and early in the second.
"Joe Alexander came in and was aggressive and got to the free throw line," said starting guard Michael Redd. "It kind of sparked us a little bit and we started moving the basketball, started running, and got some more stops. They had 30 points in the first quarter and you're not going to win that much when a team scores 30 points a quarter."
Said starting forward Richard Jefferson, "We didn't really get off to a great start. In the second quarter, the second unit really did a good job, not only fighting but keeping us in a spot where we could attack. We got (the lead to) up to eight or 10 and then came out in the third quarter and really continued to do that. Against a quality team."
Alexander entered the game late in the first quarter and twice took the ball aggressively to the basket and was fouled. He made all four of his free throws and added some energy to a team that was lagging after a three-game Western trip. Guard Ramon Sessions came up big in the second quarter, making all five of his shots, scoring 13 points, and handing out two assists. Also, Malik Allen and Francisco Elson both played 9 solid first-half minutes.
After shooting 29.4% in the first quarter, the Bucks made 15 of 18 shots in the second quarter (83.3%) as they turned an 11-point deficit into a six-point halftime lead. It would have been a nine-point halftime lead had Dallas guard Jason Terry not sank a buzzer-beating three-pointer at the end of the second quarter.
The Bucks' 42 second-quarter points were a season high for any quarter and their 83.3% shooting was the fifth-highest percentage in one quarter by any team this season. Only Utah, which made 16 of 19 shots (84.2%) on Nov. 28 against Sacramento, has had a better shooting quarter with a minimum of 18 attempts. The Bucks scored 37 points in the third quarter which was their second-highest scoring quarter of the season.
The Bucks' 133 points were a season high, bettering the 129 they scored last Friday against Sacramento. The 34-point margin tied for the most lopsided victory of the season (119-85 over the Clippers on Dec. 20), and the Bucks' 48 field goals were a season high.
All of that after making 7 of 24 shots (29.2%) and scoring 22 points in the first quarter.
"As professionals, you can't think like just because you shoot the ball well - or bad - in the first quarter that that's going to carry over the entire game," said Jefferson. "We didn't shoot the ball well in that first quarter but the confidence level of this team is increasing to the point where we started playing a little better defense and started getting some stops and that opened up things for us in the second half."
The Bucks will now play the young and athletic Hawks Friday night in Atlanta.
"We felt like we let a couple slip away from us (on the three-game Western trip)," said Sessions. "So (beating Dallas) is big for us going into Atlanta and hopefully we can carry the momentum into Atlanta."
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A cruise ship disabled for five nightmarish days in the Gulf limped into port under tow with more than 4000 people aboard, passengers raucously cheering the end to an ocean odyssey they say was marked by overflowing toilets, food shortages and foul odours.
People aboard the stricken, 14-storey Triumph, lined the deck rails as passengers disembarked. The ship's horn loudly blasted several times on its final docking approach as some gave a thumbs-up sign and flashes from cameras and cellphones lit the night.
About an hour after the ship pulled up, a steady stream of passengers began making their way down the glass-enclosed gang plank, some in wheelchairs and others pulling carry-on luggage. One man gave the thumbs up.
An ambulance pulled up to a gate at the bottom of the gang plank and then its lights went on and it pulled away.
Some danced in celebration on one of the balconies. "Happy V-Day" read a homemade sign made for the Valentine's Day arrival and another, more starkly: "The ship's afloat, so is the sewage."
For 24-year-old Brittany Ferguson of Texas, not knowing how long passengers had to endure their time aboard was the worst part.
"I'm feeling awesome just to see land and buildings," said Ferguson, who was in a white robe given to her aboard. "The scariest part was just not knowing when we'd get back"
A few dozen relatives on the top floor of the parking deck of the terminal were waving lights at the ship as it was carefully making its way alongside. Those about were screaming, whistling and taking pictures.
Hundreds gawked from dockside at the arrival at the Alabama cruise terminal in Mobile, the state's only seaport, as the Triumph inched into port. It took six grueling hours navigating the roughly 48-kilometer ship channel to dock, guided by at least four towboats. Nearly 274 meters in length, it was the largest cruise ship ever to dock at Mobile.
And even once it is stable, it will take four to five hours for all the 3000 passengers to be off, said Carnival senior vice president of marketing Terry Thornton.
Passengers on board in texts and flitting cellphone calls described miserable conditions while at sea, many anxious to walk on solid ground. But for now, they waved towels at the throng at dockside and even motorists who stopped on the shoulder of major Interstate 10 near the port to watch the ship come in.
Buses started leaving the raucous terminal. Up to 100 had been reserved to carry passengers either on seven-hour ride to the Texas cities of Galveston or Houston or a two-hour trip to New Orleans. Some were also picked up in Mobile. From there, passengers will make their way home with Carnival's help.
"I can't imagine being on that ship this morning and then getting on a bus," said Kirk Hill, whose 30-year-old daughter, Kalin Christine Hill, is on the cruise. "If I hit land in Mobile, you'd have a hard time getting me on a bus."
The buses were standing by to take them to their next stop and Galveston is the home port of the ill-fated ship, which lost power in an engine-room fire Sunday some 242 kilometers off of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.
It was the end of a cruise that wasn't at all what it should look like in a brochure.
Thornton said the ship had been fully cleared by customs and Border Patrol, and that should speed up the process.
Carnival CEO Gerry Cahill apologized at a news conference.
"I appreciate the patience of our guests and their ability to cope with the situation. And I'd like to reiterate the apology I made earlier. I know the conditions on board were every poor," he said. "We pride ourselves on providing our guests with a great vacation experience, and clearly we failed in this particular case."
While the passengers are headed home, Triumph will be headed to a Mobile shipyard for assessment, Thornton said.
Earlier on Thursday, the more than 4,200 passengers and crew members suffered another setback with towline issues that brought the vessel to a dead stop for about an hour just when it was getting close to port.
As the vessel drew within cellphone range Thursday, passengers vented their anger.
Renee Shanar, of Houston, was on board with her husband, who she said has heart trouble. They were told they will be among the first to disembark, she said.
"I don't believe them; they've been lying to us from the beginning," Shanar said.
Disgusted by the foul air and heat on the lower decks, many passengers hauled mattresses and bed sheets onto the top deck and slept there, even staying put in a soaking rain. As the ship approached the coast, a slew of Carnival workers removed the bedding and took it downstairs.
"Today they cleaned the ship, they're serving better food, covering up basically, but at least they're making it more bearable," said Kalin Hill, of Houston, who boarded the Triumph as part of a bachelorette party.
In a text message, though, she described deplorable conditions over the past few days.
"The lower floors had it the worst, the floors 'squish' when you walk and lots of the lower rooms have flooding from above floors," Hill wrote. "Half the bachelorette party was on two; the smell down there literally chokes you and hurts your eyes."
She said "there's poop and urine all along the floor. The floor is flooded with sewer water ... and we had to poop in bags."
The company disputed the accounts of passengers who described the ship as filthy, saying employees were doing everything to ensure people were comfortable.
Some travel agents said cruise prices and bookings have not been affected by the disabled Carnival ship, but others in the industry say it's too early to tell.
Thelbert Lanier was waiting at the Mobile port for his wife, who texted him early Thursday.
"Room smells like an outhouse. Cold water only, toilets haven't work in 3 1/2 days. Happy Valentines Day!!! I love u & wish I was there," she said in the text message, which was viewed by The Associated Press. "It's 4:00 am. Can't sleep...it's cold & I'm starting to get sick."
No one was injured in the fire aboard, but a passenger with a pre-existing medical condition was taken off the ship as a precaution. In addition, the Coast Guard said in a statement Thursday that it evacuated a passenger who reportedly suffered a stroke.
Carnival said the original plan was to tow the ship to Progreso, Mexico, because it was the closest port, but by the time tugboats arrived, the ship had drifted about 90 miles north due to strong currents, putting it nearly equidistant to Mobile. It was also logistically easier for the company, which said costs were not a factor.
Carnival Cruise Lines has canceled a dozen more planned voyages aboard the Triumph and acknowledged the crippled ship had been plagued by other mechanical problems in the weeks before the engine-room blaze. The National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation.
Gulliksen said the Triumph's recent mechanical woes involved an electrical problem with the ship's alternator on the previous voyage. Repairs were completed Feb. 2, and the problem was not related to the fire, he said.
Passengers were supposed to get a full refund and discounts on future cruises, and Carnival announced Wednesday they would each get an additional $500 in compensation.
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