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Everyone has heard about Tempur-Pedic mattresses. The famous Tempur-Pedic mattress is known for its design in the way that it curves and shapes around the sleeper's body. Best Place To Buy A Tempurpedic Bed in Duxberry the brand carries different models and designs for different preferences. A lot of research has been put into these mattresses to ensure the quality and effectiveness of a great mattress. Because of the advanced research and design of the mattress, Pedic Bed Mattress the pricing on them can be much higher than most people expect to pay for a mattress. The key to being able to afford a Tempur-Pedic mattress is to look for a Tempur-Pedic mattress sale.
Sales allow consumers to purchase these mattresses for lower than retail prices. This also makes it so people that wouldn't otherwise be able to afford it can afford a mattress that is comfortable and state of the art. The first step I would take in looking for a Tempur-Pedic mattress sale is by collecting store ads as they come in the mail. Furniture and mattress stores often mail out flyers and catalogues of their store items and display current or upcoming sales. These catalogues can prepare you to know about the sale and to also price shop based on the different store ads you receive.
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Tempur-Pedic was the first to employ viscoelastic material in the manufacture of its mattresses and still remain the market leader in memory foam mattresses. Many other companies now make memory foam mattresses like the Simmons ComforPedic Mattress and the Sealy TrueForm Mattress. But why have memory foam mattresses proved such a success? The answer lies in the indisputable benefits of memory foam.
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Having read through the recent publication "Analysis of Seven Years of Globe at Night Data", JJ Birriel, et. al. (JAAVSO vol. 42, 2014), I am pleased to see the results of this significant worldwide study on trends in night sky brightness. However, I think one of their main conclusions, that "over the period from 2006 to 2012 global averages of NELMs have remained essentially constant" is not properly supported by their data analysis.
Specifically, their conclusions based upon the statistical analysis of the NELM trend from 2006 to 2012 in Figure 3, appear to be faulty. The problem is they use a simple linear regression on data that is clearly not "straight-line" to get a correlation coefficient of R^2 = 0.6 yielding a p-value = .041, which they claim is not significant enough (at the 3 sigma level) to justify the conclusion that NELM values have been decreasing.
However, visual inspection of the plot, shows a marked drop in NELM values (approx. - 0.4) from 2006-10 to 20011-12 intervals. Also, a residual vs. fits plot of their linear regression shows a clear systematic over-under bias of the straight line fit, rather than a nice random spread of the data, as would be seen if a good model was used to fit the data.
I used Excel to do a basic second order regression on the data (plot attached), and get an R^2 = 0.85 which corresponds to a p-value = 0.003, which is significant at the 3 sigma level. A better model such as this second order fit matches the observations more cleanly, and would provide statistical support of the more reasonably obvious conclusion, that the global averages of NELM have in fact declined significantly over the period 2006 to 2102.
I hope the authors will take note of this issue, and correct the analysis of the data, particularly as shown in the regression on Figure 3.
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In August, I made these two Greek Cross blocks in shades of green, blue, and grey for the do. Good Stitches charity bee. We used a tutorial by Faith of Fresh Lemons Modern Quilts for these great blocks.
I'm a little ahead of the game for September and was able to whip up these two blocks, also for the do. Good Stitches bee. We used Alissa's free block tutorial for her Modern Block of the Month quilt-along, hosted by the great folks at Sew Mama Sew! The pink, orange, and red block will be used in a quilt for a little girl, and the blue, green, and grey for a little boy.
Amy loves Kaffe Fassett fabrics. Dan loved and extensively covered the techno music scene in Detroit. And so Sarah designed these blocks -- and the quilts they will become -- to suggest the stereo bass line of a techno track.
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Michelle Obama Hilariously Breaks Down Why Melania Trump's Inauguration Gift Exchange Appeared So Awkward
The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
It's perhaps one of the most overused words ever to enter the American English vernacular: swagger. And more times than not, the word is used inappropriately. But if you had the chance to see President Obama's first post-election White House news conference, you were seeing the word "swagger" exemplified.
It had very little to do with the way he walked or talked or his style of dress. The president's swag during his first second-term presser was a testament to what appears to be a new attitude. He seemed to shrug off his excessively polite, methodical, careful demeanor for a more opinionated, forceful and at times abrupt manner.
No example showed off the president's swag more than his approach to one question about whether he would deter from nominating U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to the Secretary of State post amid Republican threats to block her nomination because of her handling of the recent attacks in Benghazi.
The president was sure-footed and resolute in his defense of Rice saying, "Let me say specifically about Susan Rice, she has done exemplary work. She has represented the United States and our interests in the United Nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace."
Critics had questioned whether a White House with such a reputation for putting only the most drama-free candidates before Congress would stand by Rice now that she finds herself in the hot seat.
But the most swagger-filled moment came shortly after President Obama's defense of Rice when he gave the following retort: "As I've said before, she made an appearance at the request of the White House in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her. If Senator McCain and Senator Graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. And I'm happy to have that discussion with them. But for them to go after the U.N. Ambassador, who had nothing to do with Benghazi, and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence that she had received, and to besmirch her reputation is outrageous."
I, for one, was pretty amazed that the president would stare Congress in the face, gangster-style and dare them to come after him. In so many words, he said he'd take a bullet if he had to so that a trusted appointee would not have to take the fall.
Is this a new President Obama? Without fear of making a re-election snafu, has he found his new stride? And is he emboldened to be more declarative and get a little gangsta now that he has received a new mandate to govern? If his performance in his first press conference is any indication of how he will proceed during the second term, we could be seeing a new side of President Obama, one defined by a new, yet fitting incarnation of the word "swagger."
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The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
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I'm sort of having a Stupor Tuesday today, but with two thirds of today's blog posts centering around the idea that some people on the internet are total fucksticks, I thought I'd throw in a little link roundup to offer some cheerier fare.
- Lindsay at BABble, who is our big hero of the moment, wrote a superb post on misconceptions about fat acceptance.
- I hope you're reading fatshionista.com, recently added to the Fatosphere feed (yay Fu!). Kate and I both make very, very occasional posts, along with other more regular group bloggers, and main Fatshionista maven Lesley puts up incredibly insightful content and cute photos on a frequent basis. It's not just about what's in fashion; it's about what fashion is, and what clothes mean for fat people. Plus, there are store reviews! Great blog, great resource.
- Speaking of Fatshionista, I don't read the livejournal community much anymore, but thankfully I happened to tune in yesterday when Original Fatshionista Amarama turned everyone on to Bon Bon Plus. (Here's the accompanying etsy shop.) Holy cats, these are some good-ass clothes! I've already emailed Jane about tweaking one of her designs, and she's been absurdly friendly and helpful. It's spendy stuff, but I'm on a quality kick right now, where I'm tired of my thrift-store/Target/otherwise shit clothes falling apart on me, and I want to spend ten times the money for a gazillion times the value.
- Shannon at Generic Fat Blog alerts us that Rob at cockeyed.com has reopened submissions for his Photographic Height/Weight Chart! When Kate started the BMI Project he was on hiatus with the spots only haphazardly filled, but it's looking a lot more complete now. (I'm sure he still wants your photo, though!) The site seems to be a bit overloaded at the moment — I can only get it to load half the time — and I'm sure this link won't help. If you can call it up, though, it's a great resource, and I recognize several Shapelings! Hope to see more of you on there.
- Harriet at Feed Me! broke the news that the Mississippi No Fatties Eating in Public Bill has bitten the dust, surprise surprise. The article she cites is notable for a couple of reasons: first, it quotes Paul, from a press release put together by Rachel! And second, get a gander at this response by the bill's sponsor — who says he wouldn't even vote for the bill — to the overwhelming social justice outcry: "'You take food away from fat people … my gosh,' Mayhall said." Yeah, that's right, Rep. Mayhall, you inordinate douche. This is definitely all about you prying our donuts out of our pudgy fingers. Human rights are just a red herring.
- Finally, if you are a biochemist, email me. It's about a t-shirt design.


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The Houston Dynamo do not lose at home. That's not a subjective statement, but more of a statement of fact. Since the team arrived in Houston from San Jose prior to the 2006 season, Dominic Kinnear's squad has lost only 17 MLS home over the course of seven seasons – plus three games.
How difficult is it to beat the Dynamo in Houston? Just ask D.C. United and Real Salt Lake, two teams that are consistently near the top of the table and yet each club is 0-8-1 against the men in orange at either Robertson Stadium or BBVA Compass Stadium. However, when the Dynamo take the field on Sunday, they will be playing one of the few teams in MLS history that has had relative success playing in Houston.
The Chicago Fire are 2-3-3 all-time when playing Houston on the road. That's not a record that one might brag about until you realize that the Fire are one of only four teams in the league to have won two or more road games against the Dynamo – LA Galaxy, New England Revolution and Philadelphia Union the others.
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So what makes the Fire such a difficult opponent for Houston? Defender Corey Ashe believes it's about their style of play.
"I think when they come here they do a good job of defending, keeping it compact and just being a wall and difficult to break down," the left back said. "They are a very good, organized team with a good balance of attacking as well. They constantly switch things up and are just difficult to break down."
The numbers back up Ashe's assertion. According to Opta Sports, in last year's meeting between the Dynamo and Fire in Houston, Chicago managed only 190 passes in Houston's half of the field. That number is the fourth fewest passes in the opposing half for Chicago for any road game in 2012 and 28 fewer than their season average.
If the Fire are going to continue their trend of strong performances in Houston, one can expect that Brazilian striker Maicon Santos will play a role. The veteran striker has three goals and 14 shot attempts in 9 career games against the Dynamo. Santos also scored a brace in last week's 3-1 Fire win, his first two goals of 2013.
Ashe believes that stopping Santos will be a key if Houston wants to rebound from their loss last week at Portland.
"He is a good, strong, physical player," the 5-foot-7 defender said of Fire striker. "He's a good finisher with a great left foot. You just have to know where he is at all times.
"He has found a knack of scoring against us, but I think come Sunday we will have that covered. He is starting to find his form so everyone just has to be accountable."


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... and on that yes the future world depends.[1]
I'm just back from spending a whirlwind 48 hours in Abu Dhabi where more than a thousand people, including 70 Ministers and numerous business leaders gathered to prepare for the UN Secretary General's Climate Change Summit taking place 23rd September. By then polluters are expected to come up with bold ideas and commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions faster.
I came away feeling optimistic about the buzz around real action which is beginning to take place in cities and on private finance. But I am even more concerned by the inconsistencies in public policy which persist when it comes to understanding what the international commitment to "staying below 2 degrees Celsius" actually means. In plain English, it means it's game over for fossil fuels.
Just three weeks ago, the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) underscored the need for "a fundamental transformation" of our energy system to prevent catastrophic warming, including a "long-term phase-out of unabated fossil fuel conversion technologies". Reducing emissions a bit here and there isn't going to do the trick, as eventually global net CO2 emissions must simply "decline toward zero". To get there in time, phasing out of fossil fuels must start today. Judging from the speeches I heard in Abu Dhabi, governments haven't quite gotten the message yet.
In Abu Dhabi former US Vice President Al Gore gave an inspirational keynote address on the transformation needed in a number of action areas. Gore said there were just two questions: do we really have to do this and can we do this. He answered unequivocally yes to both. The business community and investor community are already moving and are ahead of governments, but investors who got burned on sub-prime mortgages don't want to get burned a second time so are doing their homework. He called for a price on carbon and a price on denial in politics, vividly painting a picture of what is clearly right and what is clearly wrong in what he likened to the moral equivalent of ending slavery.
In making the case for "the role of business in climate action" Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever underscored the fact business look to governments for "clarity, confidence and courage". From my own discussions with progressive business representatives they are clearly chafing at the bit and want to see a price on carbon. The investment community seems to be developing innovative instruments to tap into the private investment flows, with particular efforts around green bonds. If sexed up, these products have the potential to both trigger the much needed snowball effect within the investment community and scale up green finance. Green bonds are a good way to illustrate how a shift in investments towards RE is feasible if the right signals are sent to the market by key players. This is the type of bold and tangible action which investors can take towards the UNSG's Climate Change Summit in September. And by the way, this is not altruism but smart investment!
What is less clear is where public finance is going to flow and the strategic role it can play in de-risking private capital. Equally unclear is how the $100 billion Copenhagen commitment could build to the $1 trillion needed for the transition. As Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP noted," if you can't finance it, forget about it." That said, contributions to capitalize the Green Climate Fund are the kind of announcements leaders should bring to the Summit in September, to get this ball finally rolling. The cover of this week's Economist asked "What would America fight for?" offering the US delegate to the Abu Dhabi Ascent an opportunity to signal the Obama Administration's commitment to combatting climate change. With John Podesta at the White House and John Kerry at the Department of State there seems to be a renewed focus on demonstrating US engagement and leadership in limiting carbon emissions. Yet, the signals from the U.S. aren't convincing. As we said in our response to the release of the U.S. National Climate Assessment: "Fossil fuel extraction and exports remain a major blind spot in the Obama administration's climate action plan, and we hope the President will recognize that to protect Americans from the worst impacts of climate change, we must keep most fossil fuels in the ground."[2]
Imagine if Heads of States actually took the warnings of scientists seriously.
Imagine President Obama and Premier Li both announced a "war on coal".
Imagine if Chancellor Merkel announced the German development bank KfW was ending its financial support for coal.
And imagine if Prime Minister Abe made a similar announcement about Japan. Those could be ambitious actions leaders could bring to the UNSG's Climate Change Summit in September. Today we are just 15 months away from the moment when world governments are expected to agree on a new climate treaty in Paris. To catalyse the fundamental change scientists are calling for, the Paris Protocol must mark the beginning of an end of the fossil fuel era and an acceleration towards a 100% renewable energy future for all. Citizens, companies and investors need convincing signals from leaders that the world is moving away from fossil fuels. This is the spirit we hope to witness already in the commitments Heads of States and business leaders will bring to the Climate Summit in September.
We, as civil society, are ready to play our part, by helping design and implement solutions to climate change and by ensuring that public pressure for action continues to mount.
Patricia Lerner is a Senior Political Advisor at Greenpeace International.
[1] US poet Wallace Stevens "The Well Dressed Man With A Beard" published 1942. [2] The National Climate Assessment reminds us that climate change is already having major impacts on our health, communities, and environment, and the threat of stronger storms, droughts, and rising sea levels will only grow unless we reduce carbon pollution. "President Obama has taken some important steps to address climate change at home, but unfortunately, his administration is undermining that progress by ignoring the huge amounts of carbon pollution that would accompany the fossil fuel industry's plans to export coal, liquefied natural gas, and oil abroad. Climate change is a global crisis which will only be made worse by extracting and exporting fossil fuels, whether it's fracked gas from Appalachia, coal strip mined from Montana, or oil drilled from the Arctic." "Fossil fuel extraction and exports remain a major blind spot in the Obama administration's climate action plan, and we hope the President will recognize that to protect Americans from the worst impacts of climate change, we must keep most fossil fuels in the ground."
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"The Well Dressed Man With A Beard"...?
I think I said you must be comedians.
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"The Well Dressed Man With A Beard"...?
I think I said you must be comedians.
"...more than a thousand people, including 70 Ministers and numerous business leaders gathered to prepare..."?
I think I mentioned solar-pope Hermann Scheer, winner of the Rightlivelihood-Award for being the father of German EEG and 'Energiewende', to have called international climate diplomacy a DEAD-END...the last ten years have proved him to be right!
Sun Wu, godfather of the Rainbow Warrior III
PS: I want STCW'95-liscensed captain Daniel Edward Charles Binyon having a professional background of 15 years in Merchant Shipping and 6 years with Greenpeace/RW III to replace the fisherman Joel El Remanso Stewart on Rainbow Warrior III!
PPS: 1.) what is a conflict of interests...and what is it characteristic for?
2.) may I ask how was the news-coverage on Greenpeace campaigning first Arctic Oil arriving in Rotterdam after this 'Dear Mr. President'-desaster from 2011-2014?
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A towel rental program for your gym does more than just save you money; it helps the environment, improves customer satisfaction, and makes you and your employees' lives easier. Here are 21 reasons why your gym needs a towel rental service instead of using a paper towel system or laundering towels you purchase and maintain on your own.
Tarheel Linen Service, Inc. is celebrating the New Year in a new location, conveniently located to serve their customers in the restaurants, hospitality and healthcare industries with more precision and effectiveness.
On Wednesday, November 30th, members of our Your Linen Service team joined together to partake in an informational First Aid/CPR class hosted by Bubby Bish, the Director of the Southside Virginia Emergency Crew.
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A well-placed mat can make a world of difference to the cleanliness and safety of your work environment. Mats catch large amounts of dirt and liquid meaning they keep the mess off of your floors and reduce slip hazards on smooth services. Don't let mess affect your environment.
Summer is quickly coming to an end, but there is still time to have a memorable vacation! Your Linen Service provides services to customers all over the country who take pride in providing visitors with the experience of a lifetime. "Your Linen Road Trip" is here to showcase three locations that Virginia residents need to visit before the summer wraps up for good!
Kitchen aprons are a staple in most homes, but when is the last time you actually wore one? Or even saw a family member wear one? Most people wrongly assume the only purpose an apron serves is keeping their clothes clean from the food they are cooking up. You may be shocked to learn just how important it is to wear an apron whether cooking for your family at home or cooking for hundreds of customers in your restaurant.
With the 2016 Summer Olympics in progress and many gold medals already clinched by team USA, our team is feeling a great sense of pride for our country that has allowed for such an opportunity. Just as America's Olympic athletes have years of working tirelessly behind the success in their trade, we at Your Linen Service are able to look back on eighty-two years of hard work, sweat, and excellence. Thanks to our ever-growing effort, our team now serves 10 states; from South Carolina to New Jersey and from Virginia to Ohio.
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Happy St. Patrick's Day from all of us at Your Linen Service! Did you know that it takes 40 lbs of vegetable-based dye to turn the Chicago River green*? Even better, the powder is actually ORANGE, but turns green when it is mixed with the water! This is right in line with our motto, "Even though we are orange, we've always been green!"
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Lots of quirky Springsteen tidbits collected for your reading pleasure.
Things have been fairly quiet on the Springsteen front since Bruce's sit-down with Tom Hanks in NYC, but that's not to say there hasn't been news to keep us occupied while he writes "Wrecking Ball 2: The Trump Years" or whatever it is he's working on now.
• Springsteen makes another appearance of sorts in Pet Peeves (above) -- ICYMI, here are the previous installments.
• The longest Springsteen show ever, the four-hour Helsinki tour closer from 2012, is the latest official Springsteen concert release.
• Dw Dunphy praises Springsteen's "Magic" -- and questions rock radio's failure to support his post-'80s output -- in advance of its 10th anniversary for Popdose.
• Love this - the New York Times asks NJ governor candidates their favorite Springsteen song (among other things).
• Words to live by from Bruce Springsteen to U2 (as told by Bono to Jimmy Kimmel).
• What's that you say? You missed our review of Stevie's stellar new solo album "Soulfire"? Here it is. And you can also watch him chat with the ladies of "Today" and read his latest Rolling Stone interview.
• The Observer imagines how Springsteen might have reacted to not being included in the "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" soundtrack. (Spoiler alert: Not well.)
• Really, who wouldn't want Bruce Springsteen to teach at their presidential library?
• You can cook but you better not touch: Springsteen fan recipe book to benefit Why Hunger.
• "Spirituality can come differently for different people": Notes from a better-late-than-never Springsteen fan.
• In honor of Bob Dylan's 76th birthday, revisiting "The Boss sings Bob: 12 times Springsteen covered Dylan" from NJarts.com.
• Finally, ICYMI, a beautiful 2011 rendition of "Thunder Road" in Jersey by the late, great. Chris Cornell.


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n. in general, any person or business which transports property or people by any means of conveyance (truck, auto, taxi, bus, airplane, railroad, ship), almost always for a charge. The carrier is the transportation system and not the owner or operator of the system. There are two types of carriers: common carrier (in the regular business or a public utility of transportation) and a private carrier (a party not in the business, but agrees to make a delivery or carry a passenger in a specific instance). Regular transportation systems are regulated by states and by the Interstate Commerce Commission if they cross state lines. (See: common carrier, private carrier)
carriernoun conveyor, dispatcher, express shipper, ferrier, shipper, steamship company, transferor, transport company
Associated concepts: air carriers, baggage, carrier by air, carrier engaged in interstate commerce, carrier for hire, carrier of goods, carrier of passengers, carrier's lien, common carriers, forwarding carriers, initial carriers, motor vehicle carrier, operrting carriers, private carriers, public carriers, railroad carriers
See also: bearer


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Interesting video that you may have seen, but first for me this eve.
As late as 1949 steam sternwheelers were still "wooding up" at
landings. Am guessing coal and oil were in short supply. Around
27 minutes in they winch through the 5 Fingers Rapids. Fascinating
stuff with a color film view of steam boat life. Title is " A 1949 Steam
Adventure from Skagway to Dawson" on YouTube. This is a home movie
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The word "DJ" typically conjures a vision of someone standing behind a couple of turntables mixing vinyl records. Many DJ apps try to replicate the look and feel of that set-up.
MiniMash co-creators Tze Chun and Daniel Iglesias took a different approach, because to them, the analog DJ set-up does not always translate well to the iPhone or iPad. They invented a new DJ interface with app platforms in mind.
"We wanted to distance ourselves from the familiar model of spinning records, which many apps try to replicate," explained Chun and Iglesias to Evolver.fm via email. "Computers can do many things that spinning vinyl cannot, and most people buying and using DJ apps have used computers far more than records to play and perform music."
The mash-up-friendly MiniMash ($2) strays away from the conventional DJ app style, channeling familiar features from the days of vinyl through an interface more reminiscent of early '90s video games.
First, the app analyzes the tempo and pitch data of songs stored on your iOS device so that you'll be able to fade between them to make mash-ups or smooth transitions. The pitch-bending feature is more humorous than useful in syncing up songs, because the beatmatching feature handles that. On the other hand, it does let you match up pitches between songs if you can manage it, as well as making Dr. Dre sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks.
If mash-ups aren't your scene, the app features a cross-fading tool that allows you to make desirably smooth transitions between songs, should you use it while providing the soundtrack for a party with friends.
The interface is self explanatory and simpler than that of the competition, with the exception of the looping feature. The directions don't explain that you have to slide your finger horizontally to select the starting place and length of the loop you want to create, so figuring that out took some guesswork. Once we understood it, this feature was a helpful addition for live DJing, but particularly for making mash-ups.
If you're particularly proud of the work you create in MiniMash, it can connect to your SoundCloud account so you can publish the finished product to the world from your iOS device -- no computer syncing required. Instead of just listening to music on the subway, you can make mash-ups and mixes and publish them once you get near WiFi again. (Bonus: people can tune into those mixes on their iOS devices too.)
MiniMash is the result of much careful thought and consideration.
"We deliberated [about] what features were necessary, and which were frivolous," explained Chen and Iglesias. "In the end, we focused on something that music-performance neophytes could still use to make exciting-sounding results, while still powerful enough to encourage additional use and attract more experienced DJs."
Our testing confirms this to be the case. Not only is MiniMash a fun, exciting music app, but experienced mash-up artists can use it to make pretty amazing stuff, as the above video indicates.
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From Old Norse þrysta, from Proto-Germanic *þrustijaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *trewd-.
thrust (countable and uncountable, plural thrusts)
- (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
- Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought.
- A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
- The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, "Thief!"
- The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
- Spacecraft are engineering marvels, designed to resist the thrust of liftoff, as well as the reverse pressure of the void.
- (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
- Ostensibly, the class was about public health in general, but the main thrust was really sex education.
- (push, stab, or lunge forward): break, dart, grab
- (force generated by propulsion): lift, push
- (primary effort or goal): focus, gist, point
an attack with a sword
a lunge forward
force due to propulsion
(figurative) primary effort
thrust (third-person singular simple present thrusts, present participle thrusting, simple past and past participle thrust or thrusted)
- (intransitive) To make advance with force.
- We thrust at the enemy with our forces.
- (transitive) To force something upon someone.
- I asked her not to thrust the responsibility on me.
- (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
- He thrust his arm into the icy stream and grabbed a wriggling fish, astounding the observers.
- 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter I, in Nobody, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, published 1915, OCLC 40817384:
- Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
- (transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.
- to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
- Into a dungeon thrust, to work with slaves.
- (intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
- 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero
- And thrust between my father and the god.
- 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero
- To stab; to pierce; usually with through.
- (advance with force): attack, charge, rush
- (force upon someone): compel, charge, force
- (push out or extend rapidly and powerfully): dart, reach, stab
make an advance with force
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Schnitzel is the German word for "cutlet" and most often describes a dish of breaded, fried meat. In this version, crispy, quick-cooking chicken cutlets are paired with a sweet-tart salad.
- Yield
- 6 servings
- 6 large skinless boneless chicken thighs (each about 5 ounces)
- All purpose flour
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh Italian parsley
- 4 cups (about) fresh breadcrumbs made from crustless country wheat bread (preferably organic)
- 2 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
- 2 1/2 tablespoons canola oil, divided
- Frisée-Apple Salad
- Place large piece of plastic wrap on work surface. Unfold 1 chicken thigh near 1 end of plastic. Fold other end of plastic over chicken to cover completely. Using mallet, pound chicken to 1/4- to 1/3-inch thickness. Set cutlet aside in plastic sheet. Repeat with remaining chicken thighs and 5 more sheets of plastic wrap. DO AHEAD: Cutlets can be made up to 1 day ahead. Refrigerate wrapped in plastic.
- Place large scoop of flour in shallow dish (such as pie dish). Beat eggs and parsley in another shallow dish to blend. Place 2 cups breadcrumbs in third shallow dish. Unwrap 1 chicken cutlet and sprinkle all over with salt and pepper. Coat cutlet completely with flour, then egg mixture, then breadcrumbs. Transfer cutlet to rimmed baking sheet. Repeat with remaining chicken cutlets, adding more flour and breadcrumbs as needed.
- Divide half of butter and half of oil between 2 large skillets; melt butter with oil over medium-high heat. Add 3 cutlets to each skillet. Cook until coating is golden brown and crisp on bottom, about 3 minutes. Using spatula, transfer chicken to sheet of foil. Divide remaining butter and remaining oil between skillets; swirl to melt butter. Return chicken, browned side up, to skillets. Sauté until bottoms are browned and chicken is cooked through, about 3 minutes longer. Transfer chicken to plates. Serve with Frisée-Apple Salad .
- What to Drink:
- A medium-bodied Côtes du Rhône would be a good choice with the schnitzel. Try the Perrin & Fils 2007 "Réserve" Côtes du Rhône, a wine with blackberry, licorice, and herbal notes. At just $8 a bottle, it also happens to be an incredible bargain.
Per serving: (Analysis does not include Frisée-Apple Salad.) 481.2 kcal calories, 49.8 % calories from fat 26.7 g fat, 8.0 g saturated fat, 226.2 mg cholesterol, 21.3 g carbohydrates, 1.0 g dietary fiber, 2.2 g total sugars, 20.3 g net carbohydrates, 36.5 g protein


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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
RONDA Startech 5040.E chronograph
RONDA, famous for RONDA Swiss quartz movements, has added a further chronograph to its "Startech" 5000 line.
The new 12½"'-sized calibre 5040.E quartz watch movement features a calendar system that combines a normal date display with a horizontal day display at the 12 o'clock position.
The new Startech model retains the classic three-eye 3-6-9 look. In addition to a centre stop second, its chronograph functions extend to a 1/10 second and a separate 30-minute and 10-hour counter.
RONDA's 28.00 mm-diameter Startech range of watch movements now runs to 18 multi-functions and chronographs.
RONDA has played a pioneering role in the watch market since being founded by William Mosset in 1946. Their quartz movements tick in wristwatches all over the world - and have done so for over 30 years. The company prides itself on its independence and freedom to best respond to customers' needs.
Chronograph with date and day displays
Swiss-made quartz watch movement
Movement size: 12½'''
13 jewels, gilt
Diameter 28.00 mm / height 4.40 mm
3-eye chronograph (at the 3-6-9 o'clock positions)
Centre stop second
1/10 seconds up to 30 minutes
30-minute counter / 10-hour counter
ADD and SPLIT functions
Horizontal day display at the 12 o'clock position
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Welcome to New York....
Welcome to New York....
Looking forward to this since he's the son of a great player. Haven't heard of him before tonight. Haven't read and heard anything bad about him yet.
Welcome to the team, Tim!
Sig made by Sons of Thunder
Pumped to say the least
If he plays anything like his dad....good pick for NY
He sucks...Grunwald you F*cked up'ed maybe we get something good in the second but realistically.... He sucks
Best trait he has is his last f*cking name
We got a reserve SG....sigh
War games said it best.
Can someone hype me up for this pick?
Im very pleased with the pick. But that's just me.
At best we drafted Ronnie brewer replacement ..... F*ck Grunwald
decent shooter with potential...
but I think we just got a younger version of J.R. Smith...
it looks like J.R. Smith isn't likely to return to New York with this pick...
I was happy with the pick until i got to the weakness part of the draft express video.....lmao
its the 24th pick, we're what did yall expect? kobe... hes gonna workout for us... this pick is our first pick of trying to build the team around melo's skillset. not trying to build the team around the potential of amare and melo, but around melo. catch and shoot players are what we need. him and novak will open the floor for stat as well. i'll take it.


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With the 2012 political season heating up, many people are calling for a ban on the SuperPacs created in the wake of the 2010 Supreme Court Citizens United decision. A few on the left have even called for a constitutional amendment to ban corporations from making political advertisements, for fear that corporations have come to dominate elections in the United States.
In one sense, they are right. But it's not the SuperPacs. The corporations that have been dominating the public debate for decades are the media empires. Right now, six corporations control most of the television, radio, and print publishing networks that Americans see on a daily basis. They drive the debate, and the social issues behind the debate.
- ABC/Disney runs ABC News, as well as a large number of local and cable television stations, theme parks, and movie studios.
- Time-Warner owns CNN, TNT, and a whole slew of cable television stations, Warner Brothers movie studios, plus a large number of magazines, including Time, People, and Sports Illustrated.
- NewsCorp runs Fox News, a radio news network, 20th Century Fox movie studios, and dozens of newspapers and book publishers.
- NBCUniversal is jointly owned by Comcast and General Electric, one of the largest corporations in America. It runs the NBC network, MSNBC, a large selection of cable channels, Universal theme parks, and digital media.
- Viacom owns a variety of cable television channels and Paramount Pictures movie studios.
- CBS Corporation owns CBS television network, Showtime, a number of cable television stations, and a radio news network.
Even the Left admits that a few corporations control the message most Americans see.
What they don't talk about is that these few corporations are associated with each other in the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations, and that they have a tight relationship with government and establishment corporate leadership across the country. The Council on Foreign Relations has only 4,500 members, out of a national population of some 300 million. But they boast some of the most powerful media personalities and media corporate leaders in the country.
Corporate Members of the CFR include NewsCorp, Google, Time-Warner, Verizon, Microsoft, McGraw-Hill (publishing), General Electric (49 percent of NBC), and Thomson-Reuters (publishing/news network). And many of the personalities that Americans see every day on television are CFR members. For example:
NBC/MSNBC: Brian Williams (NBC anchor), Mika Brzezinski (MSNBC anchor), Maria Bartiromo (CNBC anchor), Tom Brokaw (former anchor), and Jonathan Alter (NBC News/Newsweek magazine)
CBS: Bob Schieffer (anchor) and Dan Rather (former anchor)
CNN: Fareed Zakaria (CNN anchor), Erin Burnett (CNN anchor), and commentators David Gergen, Jonathan Karl, and Jeffrey Toobin
ABC/Disney: George Stephanopoulos (anchor), Diane Sawyer (anchor), Katie Couric (former anchor), and commentators Peggy Noonan and George Will
Fox/NewsCorp: Rupert Murdoch (CEO of NewsCorp) and commentators Morton Kondracke and Charles Krauthammer
Even movie stars are CFR members, such as Angelina Jolie (pictured above), Warren Beatty, and George Clooney.
But it's not just full-time journalists and Hollywood bigshots from the CFR that get network airtime. The CFR member/anchors call CFR member/"experts" to affirm their positions. CFR President Richard Haass boasted in the CFR's 2011 Annual Report that the "CFR has been active on the full range of U.S. foreign policy concerns. Experts published five hundred and seventy op-eds and articles in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Newsweek, Time, and the Atlantic, among others, and made nearly five hundred media appearances on major U.S. and international news networks. CFR experts also testified before Congress fourteen times and briefed U.S. and foreign government officials over four hundred times."
So go ahead: Change the channel and pretend you can get a different perspective. In reality, it doesn't matter what channel you flip to; the CFR limits on acceptable debate are evident on every national channel, something that many freedom-lovers witnessed with the media ignoring or — later — demeaning Ron Paul in the presidential race. There's no national debate on eliminating all foreign aid, even though some three-fourths of Americans want to do it. Why not? Because it's not on the CFR talking points. There's no debate about bringing Americans home from hundreds of military bases abroad, even though a clear majority of Americans want it. Why not? Because it's not on the CFR talking points.
Imagine if such a concentration of top media personalities were found to be members of the National Rifle Association or the Teamsters Union, both of which have a membership nearly 1,000 times that of the Council on Foreign Relations. Wouldn't there be an outcry about bias or corruption?
We also saw the mainstream media coalesce around the idea that we had to bail out the banks in 2008 and 2009. Why was that? The CFR and its members led the people to bail out companies that were headed by their fellow CFR members. CFR corporate membership includes major banks such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citibank, Bank of America — and did include AIG — until it went bankrupt despite the bailouts.
And it's not surprising that they got the bailouts either, since the CFR was holding policy discussions with Treasury Department officials throughout the conference. They still are.
Of course, it's easy to get a phone-in from the Treasury Secretary before he heads out to the G-20 conference if he's already a member. Indeed, it's not just Timothy Geithner who's a member, but just about all the past Treasury secretaries have been members of the Council on Foreign Relations for 50 years — from Bush's Hank Paulson to Clinton's Lawrence Summers and Robert Rubin (the latter a former CEO of Goldman Sachs).
This is true across the spectrum of government. Obama's Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is a member, just as Condi Rice and Colin Powell were under the Bush administration, and Madeleine Albright and Warren Christopher were under the Clinton administration.
The point of all this discussion is not to beat up on the Council on Foreign Relations, though its members probably deserve it. It's to point out that our media and our elections are already tightly controlled by a handful of well-connected multi-billion-dollar media corporations. And they were controlled that way long before the Citizens United decision. That's how they've been able to get the bailout deals done at the expense of the middle-class taxpayers — despite protests by the Tea Party and the Occupy movement. In this battle, it's a fight not just between the 99 percent and the one percent, but between the 99.999 percent and the 0.001 percent, who are practiced and very good at robbing the 99.999 percent through the agency of government authority.
But the stranglehold of these five corporations is breaking. The Internet started the breakup, but Citizens United tore that media oligopoly wide open. Under Citizens United, people have only to find one millionaire to fund their views and they can get around the mainstream media with grass-roots campaigning, Internet ads, or even conventional television advertisements. This happened with Liberty For All SuperPac, which helped guide Ron Paul fan Thomas Massie to a Republican primary win in an open Kentucky congressional district. And FreedomWorks SuperPac has shaken up Utah politics with its "Retire Hatch" campaign to stop TARP bailout Republican Orrin Hatch. A six-term senator, Hatch would never have had to have been in a run-off election against Dan Liljenquist without FreedomWorks SuperPac's help.
The Left implores the nation to repeal Citizens United in order to "take money out of politics." But the only way to do this is to ban freedom of the press. The New York Times condemned the Citizens United decision when it came out in 2009, complaining that corporations should not be involved in politics. This was just days after the Times' corporate subsidiary, the Boston Globe, had endorsed the Democrat in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race to replace the late Ted Kennedy.
No corporations involved in politics?
… except themselves.
As James Madison noted in Federalist #10, political disagreements can be decided by either government censorship or allowing everyone to broadcast their views and trusting the people to make the right decisions at the ballot box. He chose the latter, stating:
There are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the one, by removing its causes; the other, by controlling its effects.
There are again two methods of removing the causes of faction: the one, by destroying the liberty which is essential to its existence; the other, by giving to every citizen the same opinions, the same passions, and the same interests.
It could never be more truly said than of the first remedy, that it was worse than the disease. Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment [element] without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency.
Destroying essential liberty is precisely what the critics of Citizens United want to do. The attitude of the repeal-Citizens-United crowd can be summed up accurately as "totalitarian paternalism." They don't trust the people to come to the right conclusions. The people must be safely shepherded by the guardians of acceptable opinion, as represented by the five or six giant corporations that run the establishment media. Or perhaps they remain blissfully unaware that repealing Citizens United would put the same old establishment back in charge.
In the end it is an attitude of censorship worthy of Joseph Stalin. More importantly, it is flatly contradictory to the First and Tenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
The cry on the Left is that corporations are not people. That's true; corporations and SuperPacs are associations of people. And this too was part of the First Amendment, which protected the right of the people to assemble and associate.
During congressional debate on the Bill of Rights in 1789, Connecticut Congressman Theodore Sedgwick opposed the First Amendment because he thought adding freedom of assembly to freedom of speech and press was redundant. According to the Annals of Congress, Sedgwick "feared it would tend to make them appear trifling in the eyes of their constituents; what, said he, shall we secure the freedom of speech, and think it necessary, at the same time, to allow the right of assembling? If people freely converse together, they must assemble for that purpose; it is a self-evident, unalienable right which the people possess; it is certainly a thing that never would be called in question; it is derogatory to the dignity of the House to descend to such minutiae...."
The right to band together for a political cause and spend money was well-entrenched in the American constitutional system by the 1830s, when Alexis de Tocqueville noted in his Democracy in America that:
In no country in the world has the principle of association been more successfully used or applied to a greater multitude of objects than in America. Besides the permanent associations which are established by law under the names of townships, cities, and counties, a vast number of others are formed and maintained by the agency of private individuals.... An association consists simply in the public assent which a number of individuals give to certain doctrines and in the engagement which they contract to promote in a certain manner the spread of those doctrines. The right of associating in this fashion almost merges with freedom of the press, but societies thus formed possess more authority than the press.
While the Left demonizes the label "corporations," it's nothing more than a label, a bogeyman. Call them associations of Americans exercising their rights to freedom of the press and freedom of speech, and the bogeyman is banished. The Citizens United decision allows more speech, not less. And for that reason, the Founding Fathers were probably smiling down from heaven when the decision was released.
Photo at top: Actress Angelina Jolie speaks during a symposium on international law and justice at the Council on Foreign Relations, Oct. 17, 2008 in New York: AP Images


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xposed precisava de um novo design de logo e criou um concurso na 99designs.
2 vencedores foram selecionados entre 55 designs enviados por 13 designers freelancers.
This contest is for a logo & template design.
I am looking for a unique template that
will inspire any guitarists immediately
when they enter the site!
Open To Suggestions
Desired Color Scheme:
Retro/Modern Feel - Simple Gradients
Desired Style:
YouTube.com - It has a light atmosphere with a white background. I would like guitargrind.com to have the same feel as youtube with a mix of digg.com
Accepted File Formats:
Any Type - my interest is in the finished project visible to the web
guitargrind.com is best thought of as a youtube community for guitarplayers, or just people who enjoy watching guitar videos.
View the Live Site
The site is running off of the script - http://www.humorsoftware.com
For The Logo: 200px wide x 85 px height
I want to see creative, simple designs.
1. Grinding gears between letters
2. guitar on the top 42.5 pixels, & grind on the bottom 42.5 pixels (guitargrind)
3. working in a guitar fret board or body shape
4. A professional animated feel such like CartoonSmart.com
5. Having .com in the logo is not neccessary
Those 4 do not have to be followed, do whatever you wish!
Take in to consideration that the logo will be used for banner marketing and possible implementation in to a flv player logo (like youtubes in bottom right hand corner) for videos uploaded through the site.
For The Uncoded Template: Fixed & Centered 800-900 pixels wide. 2-3 Columns.
Left Column: 200 pixels wide (just like the logo)
Main content column 500-600 pixels
The far right column has no content ideas for now. Just have it as an option for future expansions.
For the template, stress simplicity for the graphics and design. If it looks busy I will not select it. As an example, digg.com does not look busy in my humble opinion.
I have included screen shots of the two main pages that customers will be visiting, and how I think they should be structured.
main home page
main video page
This contest was originally listed in multiple categories:
- Logo Design
- Web Page Design (Coded)
Saiba como um concurso de design funciona ou leia mais sobre nossos serviços de design de logo.


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A group of motherboard enthusiasts working for GIGABYTE, sharing their insider knowledge and general ramblings of the motherboard business, the tech industry, latest technologies and trends, and other random odds and ends.
Friday, August 31, 2012
HiCookie achieves new high CPU frequency with GIGABYTE Z77X-UP7, hits 7.112GHz!
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Overclocking comp you shouldn't miss!
HWBOT is organising an exciting competition for the month of September called GIGABYTE Classic Challenge2.
We're talking old school benchmarks in this challenge, 32M SuperPi with unlimited cooling or clocks. 3D round has an interesting twist. It's a low clock challenge in 3DMARK01 with a nature FPS cap and CPU MHz cap. Let's see the tweakers come out and show off their skills. The MHz cap on nature opens the door for ATI cards to compete as well. Let's see who's got the right mix of hardware and tweaks to reign supreme in this test of efficiency and skill.
Main prize is none other than the GIGABYTE Z77X-UP7. That's right people, UP7 up for grabs, time to put your benching shoes on!
Here is the competition page link!
cFos: Speeds up your downloads
For those of us who download hefty data packages from the the Internet,maybe Online game services like Steam or Origin or shared HD video content, waiting for the download to finish can of course be a real pain. And having a the best Internet connection isn't always a guarantee that your throughput is optimal. This is where cFos software can make a difference.
cFos is an app currently bundled on our G1.Sniper M3 and Z77X-UD5H boards, and according to the data, it actually does a very good job of speeding up your downloads – in some cases by more than doubling your speed. Essentially working as a network driver, cFos optimizes data traffic by means of Traffic Shaping.
Check out the difference it can make to your download speeds: http://www.cfos.de/en/cfosspeed/rwin-expansion.htm
Here's a video that show exactly what it can do:
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Building an all-rounder PC with GIGABYTE Z77X-UP4 TH!
I build PCs on an odd occasion with some sort of focus on gaming or overclocking. It's not every day I build an all rounder PC so Here is my take on one.
When GIGABYTE first got talking about the new Ultra Durable 5 at Computex 2012 with the sweet new power design and thunderbolt I thought, here we go I'm finally going to get the old box out and put together a new PC which serves as a multimedia machine, work machine and an occasional gamer. Bottom line is I'm putting together the trusty all-rounder. Let's start with the hardware I'm using first.
- Intel Core i7 3770K
- Kingston HyperX 240GB SSD + 64GB mSATA
- Western Digital Velociraptor 600GB + 2x2TB WD Green Drives
- GIGABYTE GTX560 Windforce Graphics Card
- Corsair AX750 Power Supply
- Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB 2133MHz kit
- Corsair Carbide 400R with H100 water cooler installed
- GIGABYTE Aivia Osmium keyboard and Krypton mouse+pad
There are the parts I chose but they could certainly change on various components to suit a different budget or brand preference.
Let's start with the board. It's the latest of the Z77 boards. It has USB3 ports on the back, dual thunderbolt and some usual connectors you'd expect from a mid to high end GIGABYTE motherboard.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
GIGABYTE Z77X-UP7 gets officially announced
Check out the full details including specs and features on our dedicated website here.
The full press release can be found here.
Monday, August 27, 2012
TweakTown catch 7.102GHz Ivy Bridge world record on video
Cameron Wilmot from TweakTown was on hand a few days ago to chat with our resident overclocker HiCookie while he was putting the forthcoming Z77X-UP7 board through its paces. Fortunately, Cam was present as Cookie blasted past the previous world record CPU clock for Ivy Bridge, to hit an astonishing 7.102GHz.
Watch the video below to see Cookie and his record breaking Z77X-UP7 in action.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Aristidis wins all three Ultra Durable 5 boards in the GIGABYTE 'Classic Challenge' OC competition
Earlier today we announced the conclusion of our GIGABYTE Classic Challenge competition hosted on HWBot for the last few weeks. Remarkably, we saw Greek overclocker Aristidis complete the pretty incredible feat of winning both competition stages to win not only the prizes for each stage (an X79S-UP5 WIFI for stage 1 plus a X79-UP4 for stage 2), but also the bonus prize awarded for doing so, a forthcoming GIGABYTE F1A85X-UP4.
Here's how Aristidis' scored:
Stage 1 - 3DMark 01 – 160342 marks
Stage 2 – SuperPi 32M – 6 min 55 seconds (CPU Locked at 4.5GHz)
You can check out the full press release with all the details, or visit the HWBot competition page right here.
Congrats to Aristidis!
Thursday, August 23, 2012
GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 3: Editor's Choice at AnandTech
AnandTech chief motherboard reviewer, Ian Cutress, just published an exhaustive appraisal of a several Z77 boards designed with multi-GPU configurations in mind. It's great to see the GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 3, our flagship Intel Z77 gaming motherboard, pull ahead of the pack with a perfect storm of features, performance and value for money – claiming the prestigious Bronze Editor's Choice award along the way.Here's a taste of what Ian had to say;
"It is easy to recommend the Gigabyte G1.Sniper 3 – for the price it provides the performance, the functionality and the extras in the box that a user needs. Somehow Gigabyte has been able to undercut the competition to good effect, and passing this good value package onto consumers.
With this in mind, I would like to give the Gigabyte G1.Sniper 3 the AnandTech Editors Choice Bronze Award. For price, performance, and the sense of a good value package, the G1.Sniper 3 offers one of the best price competitive PLX PEX 8747 packages available today."
You can catch the full and comprehensive review on Anandtech.com here.
More details about the GIAGBYTE G1.Sniper 3 can be found on our product page here.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
GIGABYTE 7 series Mini-ITX board images make Facebook debut
There have a few images of our forthcoming 7 series Mini-ITX boards floating about on the webospheric ether in the last few days, so we thought it was about time we added some official shots to our Facebook page. The new boards will be loyal to the compact 17cm x 17cm Mini-ITX form factor and sport Intel Centrino WiFi.
Catch the full image set here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151000030542120.419514.209090107119&type=1
GIGABYTE: We're ready for Windows 8
Yesterday we made an official announcement regarding Windows 8 and how our entire range of currently available motherboards are ready to run Microsoft's forthcoming Windows OS. We've worked closely with Microsoft to ensure all our current range will transition smoothly to the new platform with special attention to driver and BIOS compatibility.
Of course, as with any major OS release, it'll be interesting to see Windows 8 come to market and it's reception from desktop PC users, especially among DIY builders. And although many commenters perceive the new OS as being Microsoft's key strategic weapon in the tablet arena, it's also very encouraging to see that Windows 8 should actually be a really good performer on the desktop PC.
This article from TechSpot compares Windows 7 and Windows 8 (RTM) in a head to head performance shoot out, and it's very encouraging to see Windows 8 perform or out-perform its predecessor in most stages. Noticeably, TechSpot reported seeing faster boot up, shut times and wake from sleep as well as overall performance improvements in both CPU and 3D benchmarks. Here a few examples:
In conclusion, this is what Tech Spot's Steven Walton had to say:
"The improvements that have been made to startup and shutdown times are self-evident, and no doubt a major focus on the new OS' development…. Another notable improvement was seen in multimedia performance. This was first observed when running PCMark 7 and later confirmed when we ran x264 HD Benchmark 5.0 and our HandBrake encoding test."
In fact it's really encouraging to see Windows 8 excel in pretty much all testing scenarios including browser performance, media encoding, file copying and 3D gaming. Of course the new Windows 8 user interface will be the main talking point when it's released later this year, but it's great to see that Microsoft have again been working hard to satisfy those of us who crave better performance above all else.
You can find the press release announcing Windows 8 readiness on GIGABYTE boards here.
A webpage with more info about GIGABYTE boards and Windows 8 can be found here.
Read the full Windows 8 performance review on Tech Spot here.
Above benchmark images courtesy of TechSpot.com
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
HKEPC crew hit a new world record Ivy Bridge high of 7.09GHz with GIGABYTE Z77X-UP7
HKEPC had the opportunity to take one for a spin with hicookie in Hong Kong and hit the new Ivy Bridge world record frequency. Our readers might be familiar with Mad222 who we've mentioned many times in the past, he has recently joined this new team and you can see things skyrocketing to new records in their labs for obvious reason.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Video: Vortez check out the GIGABYTE Z77X-UP5 TH
David Michelson on Vortez.net has a published a great video featuring our new Z77X-UP5 TH motherboard. David details the retail package as well as the aesthetics of the board, before going on to check out all the features we've added including our new Ultra Durable 5 technologies and of course the dual Thunderbolt ports.
Once again, we're really happy to see that David was impressed with our efforts. The full review on Vortez.net reveals another Gold Award!
David - "Z77X-UP5TH is an aesthetic masterpiece and a very impressive motherboard. It will satisfy those seeking high-end performance with Intel Z77 and has the added bonus of being future-proofed with dual Thunderbolt ports. The quality is brilliant, the feature-set is extensive and the overclocking is great can you tell why we are impressed?"
Check out the full review on Vortez.net
More info about the GIGABYTE Z77X-UP5 TH can be found on our website here.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
G1-Killer CPU-Z skin available now
A lot of you may have seen the G1-Killer CPU-Z skin in Hicookie and Dino's posts over the past few weeks, and we've even noticed a few pre-launch versions floating around the OC interweb… Well the good news is that the final and approved version is now available form the CPUID website.
You can download it from the right hand column; look for the G1 CPUz logo:
Or you could just download it directly from this link.
There have been some requests for a black and orange version. Like this post if you want a UP7 version.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
PC Gaming Fastest Growing Platform!
I came across a couple of interesting articles over at VRZone and Guru3D talking about the state of PC gaming. VRZone had a hilarious image to complement the article LOL.
PC gaming is dead, or so console manufacturers and the gaming media over the last five years would have us believe. Every year it seems like another industry head, game developer or media pundit is announcing the death of PC gaming, despite any and all evidence to the contrary. Now, it seems that at least one publisher has noticed that, to paraphrase Mark Twain, rumors of our death have been greatly exaggerated.
In a recent interview with CNBC, the CEO of Electronic Arts, John Riccitiello, said that the PC platform has the fastest-growing software revenues in all of gaming. "Just five years ago, people said that the PC game business was in a radical state of decline because NPD said it was down 10%, 20%, 30% year in and year out," he said. "The fastest growing platform for video games today is the PC, but it's growing through subscription, through microtransactions, through downloads."
Read more: http://vr-zone.com/articles/pc-gaming-fastest-growing-platform/16749.html#ixzz23ZEe3bT8
Over at Guru3D, Hilbert also had a similar article talking about the fall of console gaming in fact and rise of PC gaming with some sales figures he's gotten. Here are a couple of interesting quotes.
The gaming world is changing again as according to industry analyst NPD Group, sales of video-game consoles (Xbox, PS3, Wii), software and even accessories fell for a sixth consecutive month in May, tumbling 28% from a year earlier to $517 million. With the release of Diablo III, May saw the first time since July 2010 that the top-selling game was a PC-only title.
That boosted PC video games sales up year-over-year to 230% or $80 million.
Read more: http://www.guru3d.com/news/pc-game-sales-up-230/
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Hidden Gems competition winners revealed; prove 20 years of ultra durability
Today we're announcing the lucky winners of our Hidden Gems competition. Just to jig your memory a moment; we asked all of our fans and followers on Facebook to show us either a photo or video of their old GIGABYTE motherboard, with the emphasis firmly on 'Old'. We wanted to unearth as many classic GIGABYTE boards as possible, stoke a bit of nostalgia and celebrate our illustrious history as a tier one motherboard manufacturer.
The 'Grand' Prize – Victoria Chudinova – GA-586T2 – 1996
If you recall, we had three prize categories. The first, or 'Grand Prize' was for the submission which got the most votes from visitors to the Hidden Gems webpage. After several weeks of intense activity, this prize most deservedly goes to Victoria Chudinova of the Ukraine for her fantastically creative video submission which featured a GIGABYTE GA-586T2 from 1996. Victoria walks away with a GIGABYTE G1.Sniper M3 motherboard. Check out the video below.
The 'Team GIGABYTE' Prize - Sergey Erofeev - GA-7VA-C – 2002
The second prize consisted of a GIGABYTE Z77X-UD3H motherboard, with the winner chosen exclusively by the GIGABYTE marketing team here in Taipei. We selected an incredibly unique chassis build from Sergey Erofeev in Russia who showed us how his GIGABYTE 7VA-C motherboard from 2002 was housed in a chassis entirely out of old motherboards. Pretty slick.
The 'Most Deserving of an Upgrade' Prize- Dmitriy-Stadnik - GA-386UM – 1991
Last, but not least, we have the 'Most Deserving of an Upgrade' Prize which was awarded to a Dmitriy Stadnik also of the Ukraine who submitted the oldest GIGABYTE motherboard with his video featuring a GIAGBYTE 386UM board from 1991. Incredibly, Dmitriy shows the board is still in good working order after all this time. We hope you enjoy your prize – a free upgrade to a GIGABYTE B75M-D3H motherboard. Check the video below.
Finally, on behalf of all us here in the GIGABYTE motherboard team, thank you all for taking part and making the competition such great fun. It's been really interesting to engage with you all on the topic we love most, GIGABYTE motherboards old and new.
If you want to check some real Hidden Gems, you still can by visiting the competition website here: http://event.gigabyte.com/hidden_gems/index.aspx
Monday, August 13, 2012
Josh 'deathdoG' Edwards shows off impressive skill in latest Battlefield 3 comp
Team Immunity, pro gaming team from Australia, are world champions in Battlefield 3 for many good reasons. One of the reasons is one of their star players Josh 'deathdoG' Edwards and some incredible aiming skills.
iM put up another amazing Battlefield 3 video from Josh 'deathdoG' Edwards, this time with footage from their teams 4v4 Squad Rush competition games. In many of these clips Josh single-handedly takes down entire enemy teams. Its an astonishing display of Battlefield 3 skill, make sure you check it out!
How good is this guy?!? Good to know he uses GIGABYTE to give him the edge during these insanely fast frag-offs. I hear he's about to build a new rig with the GIGABYTE G1.Sniper M3. Good choice, good choice!!!
Love ya work Josh, keep snipin' mate!
Watercooling, everything you need to know about it in a video!
Hey guys,
I wanted to give you a heads up about a really good video about PC watercooling that people at Newegg put together. You wouldn't normally associate Newegg with WC but they went out of their usual product line stuff to educate their customers in art of watercooling. That's really cool Newegg, GG!
Newegg invited Lee from PCjunkieMods to talk about how to get into this crazy hobby. Lee is pretty incredible, just check out some of his work on the site I liked to. He's only really been on the scene for a couple of years guys, this isn't rocket science by any stretch of the imagination. Check out some of his incredible work and little tips and tricks how to get started!
Thanks to Newegg TV for such a fantastic video! You guys should check out their channel and subscribe I reckon. They're doing a fantastic job!
Friday, August 10, 2012
Introducing GIGABYTE USB Blocker: Enhanced USB device control
Today we're launching a new utility for our 7 series motherboards called USB Blocker. It's a simple yet powerful software app that allows you to very easily block specific types of USB device on your PC. This is useful in a variety of scenarios were you might prefer certain USB devices not to available to the OS.
For example, in a small office were data theft could be a worry, you can block each PCs access to storage devices, making it much harder for anyone to walk out the door with your data. In schools, joysticks and game pads can be blocked, while public PCs in hotels, cafe's, dormitories, libraries and such, can avoid the risk of viruses and malware by blocking pen drives and other storage media, while still allowing USB connected keyboard and mice to be used.
The GUI (above) is simple to use. You simply select the class of USB device that you would like to block, enter the password, select to block or unblock and you're done. Devices classes that are blocked will subsequently be ignored by the Windows 7 OS.
USB Blocker is available from today on the GIGABYTE Software Utility web page here: http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/Utility.aspx?cg=2
It is currently supported on Intel Z77, H77, B75 and H61 based motherboards using Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Early Z77X-UP7 OC scores make their debut
Earlier today Dino posted a CPU speed of 7.01GHz (7,010.04MHz) on hwbot using his very early UP7 sample motherboard. This is a rev 0.2 board that looks pretty much like the final board will look, but of course the final boards will OC and run a little better. Here's the CPU-Z submission:
Here's his hwbot submission page that includes a little video of his result:
Expect more OC scores in the coming days and weeks before UP7 officially makes its appearance.
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Aristidis breaks ATI 3DMARK01 world record with Z77X-UP5 TH!
Well done Aristidis!
Friday, August 3, 2012
Vortez review GIGABYTE Z77X-UD5H WIFI, see nothing but pure gold
Respected UK hardware reviewers Vortez, recently got their hands on our GIGABYTE Z77X-UD5H WIFI board. Putting it through their usual rigorous testing procedure, we're pleased to see our high-end Z77 offering claiming Olympian Gold. Here's a sample of what they had to say:
"Z77X-UD5H has every conceivable feature for those wanting mid-high end performance with Intel Z77. At stock there is decent performance to be had and overclocking only helps to enhance this. This motherboard is simply one of the best looking offerings out there and I am happy to give Z77X-UD5H WiFi our Gold award."
Check out the full and detailed review at Vortez.net
Details about the Z77X-UD5H WIFI can be found here.


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While cybercrime is a risk for firms of all sizes, small firms may find themselves particularly vulnerable, according to a white paper issued by First Clearing in May.
In "Getting Serious About Cyber Crime," First Clearing noted that as transactions are increasingly conducted online, the incentives for criminals to exploit that trend also grows. "Our computers often contain the tools to access client accounts with the click of a mouse, and smaller financial firms make an attractive target for fraudsters hunting an easy mark," according to the paper.
In January 2012, the FBI teamed with the Internet Crime Complaint Center and the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center to issue a guide on preventing fraudulent wire transfers. The guide noted that as of December 2011, the attempted fraudulent requests totaled approximately $23 million and actual losses were about $6 million.
Hackers are looking for a quick, easy payout, so it doesn't matter how big your firm is—if you leave yourself vulnerable to attack, you could be a victim. However, smaller firms are inherently easier to attack, according to the paper.
Employees at financial firms have direct access to client data and assets, according to the paper, and many have tools to initiate transfers on their personal computers. Even if a hacker gains access to only one or two computers, that's often enough.
Small firms also lack extensive physical security, which the paper noted can be taken as a "'tell' into the organization's overall security discipline."
Without the resources of larger firms, some smaller firms have less complicated technology security. Again, the physical size of a firm is an indicator of a potential target to a hacker, as the size of a network often correlates with the complexity, according to the paper.
Human vulnerabilities, which could endanger firms of any size, could be a problem at smaller firms if they don't train employees on information security and how to recognize a threat.
Regardless of whether these vulnerabilities actually exist at a small firm, the paper noted that if hackers believe they do, they could attempt to breach the firm's security.
Sometimes it's not the money hackers are after, but personally identifiable information (PII), the sensitive client data you work so hard to protect (and that the SEC expects you to protect).
The paper referred to a calculator created by Information Shield, an information security firm, that measures the impact a security breach has on a firm. The calculator takes into account several factors, including the time it takes to determine an attack has occurred, to identify and notify affected clients, and the cost of managing the fallout when the attack becomes public. A breach affecting 500 clients could end up costing more than $4 million, according to the calculator.
In fact, that reputational cost may be unlimited, according to the paper. A separate report from Willis Group, a global risk advisor, insurance and reinsurance broker, released Monday found loss of reputation was the second biggest overall cyber risk among Fortune 500 firms (followed by loss of confidential information).
The white paper suggested that the best way for firms to protect themselves is not with a single technological tool, but with a series of barriers that incorporate technological tools and security policies and procedures. "Encountering the first obstacle, the attacker may dismount; at the next, they may shed some of their supplies. Each barrier slows the attack and increases your opportunities to detect them before they reach your perimeter," according to the paper.
Contracting with a third party to assess where hackers could find opportunity to steal data or assets is another solution. A third-party risk assessment will show which parts of the business are vulnerable to attack. Firms should also review their security programs at least annually, including technological solutions and policies and procedures.


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