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The winter-holiday movie season begins Friday, Nov. 16, with the much-anticipated The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2.
The vampires and werewolves in the Twilight series will share the day with Steven Spielberg's latest Oscar bait, Lincoln. The Civil War-set drama follows Abraham Lincoln's struggles to end the war and permanently abolish slavery from the United States. Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field give foundation-shaking performances as President and Mrs. Lincoln. Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner, a former resident of Lake Charles, wrote the screenplay.
Right around the corner is Rise of the Guardians, a computer-animated feature written by Oscar-winning Shreveport filmmaker William Joyce. Opening Wednesday, Nov. 21, the Guardians reinvents children's characters Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman and Jack Frost in the guise of warriors who battle an evil spirit set on world domination.
The legions of fans of director Peter Jackson's adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy-adventure stories will have to wait until Dec. 14 for The Hobbit. The film features returning Lord of the Rings actors Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee, Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis.
Also arriving late in the year, Christmas Day to be exact, are the film adaptation of the stage musicalLes Misérables, starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway, and the new Quentin Tarantino movie, Django Unchained. Starring Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz as mid-19th century bounty hunters, Django Unchained is another movie made in Louisiana.
Many of the films opening through December are listed below. Opening dates vary from market to market and are subject to change.
Nov. 16
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 2 — The Cullen family of vampires, including new additions Bella and her baby, gather with other vampire clans to protect Bella and Edward's child from a potentially deadly false allegation. Regular cast members Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Ashley Greene and, the Twilight actor with Baton Rouge roots, Jackson Rathbone, return for what's promised to be the series' astonishing and spellbinding finale. The film was partially shot in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
LINCOLN — Two-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis gives a brilliant portrayal of President Abraham Lincoln during the final months of the Civil War. Steven Spielberg directs this powerful historical drama about Lincoln's determination to end the war and pass the slavery-abolishing 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Sally Field co-stars as Mary Todd Lincoln. The ensemble cast also features Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook and Tommy Lee Jones. Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner based the script in part upon historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.
THE SESSIONS — In this surprisingly funny, touching story, crippled writer Mark O'Brien, a victim of polio, must spend most of his day in an iron lung. Incapable of walking or caring for himself though he is, O'Brien longs to experience a sexual relationship. Helen Hunt plays the sex surrogate who takes O'Brien on as a client.
A LATE QUARTET — Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Christopher Walken lead the cast of this film about an internationally known classical string quartet that struggles to stay together despite conflicting egos, lust and death.
BARRYMORE — Oscar winner Christopher Plummer portrays acclaimed American actor John Barrymore, grandfather of Drew Barrymore. Set in 1942, when the aging actor is no longer a leading man, the film finds a reflective Barrymore feeling the pain of a life that contained perhaps too much pleasure. Opens Nov. 15 in limited release.
THE HOUSE I LIVE IN — From a dealer to a narcotics officer to an inmate to a federal judge, this documentary takes an inside look at the U.S. criminal justice system. Opens Friday, Nov. 16, in New Orleans at Canal Place.
Nov. 21
RISE OF THE GUARDIANS — Shreveport's William Joyce, an Oscar winner for his computer-animated short, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, is co-executive producer and the writer of this computer-animated feature about Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman and Jack Frost's epic conflict with an evil spirit.
RED DAWN — Shocked residents of a town in Washington state awaken to the sight of foreign invaders. While their friends, family and neighbors are held captive, a group of young patriots escapes to the surrounding woods to prepare for guerrilla warfare. A remake of a cult classic from 1984, the film features Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, Connor Cruise and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
LIFE OF PI — A 16-year-old Indian boy traveling to America survives a storm at sea and ends up sharing a life raft with an orangutan, a hyena and a Bengal tiger.
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK — Bradley Cooper plays a man who loses his house, his job and his wife. Following an eight-month prison stay, he moves in with his parents. Down but not out, he vows to rebuild his life and reunite with his wife. Jacki Weaver and Robert DeNiro play the parents. Jennifer Lawrence co-stars as a mysterious young woman with her own set of problems.
THE FITZGERALD FAMILY CHRISTMAS — Edward Burns stars in, writes and directs a drama about adult siblings who want their long absent father to come home for Christmas, for the first time in 20 years. Connie Britton, Mike McGlone and Ed Lauter co-star. Opens in limited release.
Nov. 23
RUST AND BONE — Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard plays a radiantly beautiful whale trainer who suffers a terrible accident. Matthias Schoenaerts co-stars as the single father who helps her live again. Opens in limited release.
THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE — This documentary, co-directed by Ken Burns, examines the case of five black and Latino teenagers who were falsely imprisoned for raping a white jogger in Central Park in 1989. Opens in limited release.
Nov. 30
ANNA KARENINA — Keira Knightley plays the tragic title character in this drama based on Leo Tolstoy's novel set in 19th-century Imperial Russia. Jude Law co-stars, Oscar-winning Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare In Love) wrote the screenplay.
KILLING THEM SOFTLY — Three dumb guys dare to steal from the Mob, which causes the local criminal economy to collapse. Brad Pitt plays the enforcer hired to track them down. The big cast includes Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini and Ray Liotta.
UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: DAY OF RECKONING — Upon waking up from a coma and discovering that his wife and daughter were killed during a vicious break in, a man makes it his mission to kill their killer. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Andrei Arlovski, Scott Adkins, Dolph Lundgren and Mariah Bonner star in this action-drama. Opens in limited release.
Dec. 7
HITCHCOCK — Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren play Alfred Hitchcock and his wife and partner in moviemaking, Alma Reville. Set during the making of Psycho, the film co-stars Scarlett Johansson and Toni Collette. Opens Dec. 7 in New Orleans and Dec. 14 in Baton Rouge.
HYDE PARK ON HUDSON — Bill Murray plays Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the U.S., as Roosevelt plays host to the king and queen of England. It's the first visit by a British royal couple to the former colonies. Laura Linney co-stars in this behind-the-scenes glimpse at the sexual and political exploits of the most powerful people of their day. Opens Dec. 7 in limited release.
Dec. 14
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY — Title character Bilbo Baggins hurls himself into an epic quest to reclaim the lost dwarf kingdom of Erebor from Smaug the dragon. The Lord of the Rings trilogy director Peter Jackson helms another of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy-adventures filled with goblins, sorcerers and orcs. The huge cast includes Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis.
Dec. 19
ZERO DARK THIRTY — Elite intelligence and military operatives work in secret across the globe to find Osama bin Laden. Kathryn Bigelow, director of The Hurt Locker, leads the search.
THE GUILT TRIP — Seth Rogen plays an inventor who takes a cross-country trip to pitch his latest invention. He brings his mom, played by Barbra Streisand, along for the ride.
MONSTERS, INC. 3D — The Oscar-winning characters in Monsters, Inc., return to theaters in 3D.
Dec. 21
JACK REACHER — Tom Cruise stars as an ex-military investigator accused of killing five people. Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog and Robert Duvall co-star.
THIS IS 40 — Writer-director-producer Judd Apatow expands upon the story of Pete and Debbie, characters first seen in the hit comedy Knocked Up. Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann star.
THE IMPOSSIBLE — A family's Christmas vacation in tropical Thailand turns into a struggle for survival after an earthquake and tsunami strike. Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor star. Opens in limited release Dec. 21.
NOT FADE AWAY — In 1964, the year the British invaded the American music scene, three friends in New Jersey see the Rolling Stones on TV and decide to start a rock band. The cast includes John Magaro, Jack Huston, Will Brill, Bella Heathcote, Brad Garrett, Christopher McDonald and James Gandolfini.
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: WORLDS AWAY 3D — Filmmaker James Cameron (Avatar, Titanic) and director Andrew Adamson put Cirque du Soleil on film in 3D.
Dec. 25
LES MISÉRABLES — Directed by Oscar winner Tom Hooper (The King's Speech), the popular stage musical set in 19th-century France comes to the big screen. Hugh Jackman plays the hunted Jean Valjean, Russell Crowe plays his hunter and Anne Hathaway is the tragic Fantine. The cast also features Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen.
DJANGO UNCHAINED — Writer-director Quentin Tarantino directs this pre-Civil War story about a slave who becomes a bounty hunter. Oscar winners Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz co-star as Django and Dr. King Schultz. Schultz is searching for the brutal Brittle brothers, while Django wants to rescue his wife (Kerry Washington), from slavery.


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The week began with the SAG Awards and ends Sunday with the Super Bowl, a busy schedule that set the stage for a number of celebrity appearances and the chic eventwear to go with them. Not all were straight from the red carpet; another day in the life of Miranda Kerr served as yet another example of the most sophisticated street style, while Jessica Chastain showed off a gorgeous coat and a covetable bit of Dolce & Gabbana arm candy while out and about in NYC. As for the more glamorous style notes, both Kate and Rooney Mara had a stylish week at their respective premieres, making the rounds in pretty Peter Som and Alexander McQueen, and just in case you missed Beyoncé's jaw-dropping appearance (and performance) at the Super Bowl halftime press conference, we've got a glimpse of that LWD, too. Step inside for a look at all that, plus the rest of this week's best dressed.
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What are the brakes and wheel hubs and where are they located?
Your wheel hubs and brakes work together as a team to get you going and to slow you down. The wheel hubs allow the wheels to spin and the brakes slow them down. The hub is held to the wheel spindle by a series of bolts. The axle connects to the wheel hub in its central bearing. Depending on whether the axle gets power from the engine, the wheel hub might spin with the axle or it might freewheel. The hub has a set of wheel studs that the wheel and tire mount to with lug nuts. The wheel and the hub spin together.
The brakes sit in between the hub and the wheel. Depending on the vehicle, there will be either a rotor or a drum mounted on the wheel studs. When you press the brake pedal it sends hydraulic fluid to a wheel cylinder that presses brake shoes into the drum or a caliper that presses pads into the rotor. That slows down the drum or rotor, and since the drum or rotor is on the wheel studs, it slows down the spinning of the wheel and the wheel hub, which slows down your car.
Some wheel hubs actually play a secondary role in braking. In some cases, the wheel hub contains the anti-lock brake system (ABS) sensor. This sends information to the cars computer about the speed of the wheel hub, so it can properly control the anti-lock brakes.
How do I know if my brakes and wheel hubs need to be replaced?
Brakes and wheel hubs will tell you when they need to be replaced. Both tend to make noise as they wear down. Brakes wear down over time from use and need to be periodically replaced. The friction material on the shoes or pads wears off, and as the metal starts to scrape on the metal of the drum or rotor, you will hear a squealing sound. The shoes or pads can start to wear grooves into the drums or rotors, which you will feel as wobbling when you put on the brakes. It's a good idea to periodically check your brakes visually for wear.
Wheel hubs themselves don't usually wear out. Instead, it's the bearing that wears out. The bearing can corrode due to exposure to moisture, dirt, and road salt. A worn bearing may squeal, grind, or growl. The noise may worsen when you're turning or driving at higher speeds. If your steering feels loose, that can also be a sign of a worn bearing. You can check your wheel bearings by raising the vehicle and spinning the wheels by hand. If the wheels wobble or grind, then the bearings are likely worn. Since worn bearings cause loose steering, you'll want to take care of them as soon as you can. Although in some cases it might be possible to press a new bearing into the hub. Most car manufacturers use integrated hub and bearing assemblies because they are easier to install.
If there is a problem with your ABS sensor, your ABS light on your dashboard will turn on. If the light stays on, then odds are you have a broken ABS sensor. Unfortunately, if the ABS sensor is built into the hub assembly, you will have to replace the whole hub. You might end up throwing out a perfectly functional hub just to replace your ABS sensor.
Since you'll have to remove your brakes to access your hub, and your brakes need periodic replacement anyway, then you might want to just replace your brakes while you replace your hubs. 1A Auto carries kits to help you replace your brakes and hubs all together. These kits contain the replacement brake rotors, brake pads, and wheel hubs for one pair (either the front or the rear), or for all four wheels.
Can I replace the brakes and wheel hubs myself?
The difficulty of replacing your wheel hubs and brakes will vary from one car to another, and may vary depending on where you live. If you live somewhere warm and dry, you will have an easier time than people who live in cold, wet climates where lots of road salt gets used. Hubs and brake parts can get rusty in cold climates, which makes them physically more demanding to remove. Experienced do-it-yourselfers will be able to do most brake and hub jobs. If you have experience changing brakes, replacing a hub isn't too much more work. The two exceptions here are drum brakes and cases where you have to press a new wheel bearing. These complicate the process into a job you might want to leave to a professional.
Start out by raising and securing the vehicle and removing the wheel. Then unbolt your brake caliper and put it aside. Then pull off the rotor. To take off the hub, you'll have to remove a large nut from the center. This might be covered with a dust cap. If so, tap the cap off with a hammer. Remove the hub nut. Then you can tap the axle out of the hub. Finally, unbolt the hub from the spindle and pull it off. You can reverse these steps to install the new hub and the new brakes. To keep your steering and brakes straight, it's best to remove hubs and brakes in left-right pairs.
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Oyster Fest plans announced; Fence and free admission
ARCATA- Attendees at this years Oyster Festival will not have to pay to get inside the event, but will have to enter through designated areas between the fence to get inside. The plaza will be partially surrounded by a combination of barricades, snow and chain length fencing that will help control traffic inside the event.
The plan for the June 14th event was announced Tuesday by Greenway Partners, the consulting firm that is managing the event for Arcata Main Street. The City of Arcata approved the plan for the event. Organizers said the event will be more family oriented and focus on local beer and music.
A fence with chain and snow length fencing will block out traffic on the north, 9th street side of the plaza that will border the entrance to the bars in Arcata. The 9th street side will allow people to exit the event. The 8th street border will be the main entrance to the event. Car traffic will be blocked north from 10th street to 7th street.
"Nobody thought it would grow to 12 or 14,000 people, and it's a hard to manage that many people safely on this plaza," said Debi Farber Bush, the project manager for the event.
Farber Bush, said this years goal is to highlight what makes Humboldt County unique. "If we focus back on what makes Humboldt County special, the out of towners get a taste of Humboldt County and the people of Humboldt county love the festival too," she said.
The character Mr. Fred Oyst'air, the festivals mascot, was reintroduced at Tuesday's press conference. Farber Bush said he is an example how the festival is going back to its roots.
The event has grown to bring over 12,000 people to the event. Farber Bush said the event needed to grow to accommodate the large crowd on the plaza.


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El Dorado, Ark. -- Murphy Oil USA announced Wednesday it has entered into an agreement with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for 200 new fuel stations in the midwestern and southeastern U.S.
According to the agreement, Murphy Oil will build more than 200 new fuel stations at existing Wal-Mart Super Centers over the next three years.
Steven Cosse, president and CEO, Murphy Oil Corp., said the agreement with Wal-Mart is a significant step forward for the pair's long-term relationship.


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The Associated Press is reporting that Major League Baseball has reprimanded the Phillies for allegedly trying to steal signs during their game with the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.
Bullpen coach Mick Billmeyer was seen on FSN Rocky Mountain with a pair of binoculars looking into Rockies catcher Miguel Olivo. Cameras also showed Phillies Shane Victorino on the dugout phone.
Phillies manager Charlie Manuel told The Associated Press somewhat confusingly: "We were not trying to steal signs. Would we try to steal somebody's signs? Yeah, if we can. But we don't do that. We're not going to let a guy stand up there in the bullpen with binoculars looking in. We're smarter than that."
Well, do you or don't you, Charlie?
Would you expect anything less from the Phillies? Do you consider trying to steal signs bush league or is it just part of the game?


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Salih ibn Uqba related from his father, and he from Imam Muhammad Baqir, and he from his fathers that Rasulullah (saas) said: "The Mahdi is one of my children, THERE WILL BE A TIME WHEN HE DISAPPEARS. DURING THAT TIME, MANY OF THE UMMAH WILL FALL INTO MADNESS. HE WILL COME WITH THE SIGNS OF THE PROPHETS,...
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Many hypocrites will appear during the time of Hazrat Mahdi's (as) disappearance, the times when he is not to be seen among people, when he is not known or recognized, when he suffers imprisonment, exile, slander, oppression and cruelty. These people will fall into madness because of the mistreatment suffered by Hazrat Mahdi (as) and his followers and the difficult conditions stemming from the world not being ruled by the moral values of Islam. However, when the time appointed by Allah comes, Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear with various signs that have come down from the prophets to the present day. One of these is the Sacred Shirt and Sacred Standard of our Prophet (saas) which are now in Topkapı Palace in Istanbul.2010-01-08 15:09:29


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Amy Poehler
Turned 42, September 16. The beloved comedian is perhaps best known for her work on Parks and Rec, and Saturday Night Live. However, SNL wasn't the first sketch comedy show Poehler was a part of. She was also on the beloved Comedy Central show Upright Citizens Brigade, which was born from the live improve sketch troupe of the same name.
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text: Son of David Tate (1759-1838) and Comfort Holmes Knox (1767-1841). He was born in Botetourt Co., VA, and was the second husband of Mary (Polly) Chamberlain (1788-1872), whom he married on 25 Feb. 1816 in Grainger Co., TN. David Tate reportedly fought in both the War of 1812 and the Florida war. He bought the Chamberlain "plantation" in May Spring, TN, on the Holston River from Mary's brother, James Chamberlain (1809-1889), in the 1830s, and bequeathed it to his own son, Wm. B. Tate (1819-1903), upon his death. (He mentions the "old Chaimberlain Conveyance" of 1833 in his will.) Originally interred in the Chamberlain family cemetery in May Spring, his body was removed with other burials to Martha Sunderland Cem., Hamblen Co., in the early 1940s to make way for Cherokee Lake. Children: Margaret C.; Wm. Brown; Comfort Knox; Jennet (Jane) S.; David; John Knox; Elizabeth; Edward; and Tennessee J.


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I am looking at electric meat grinders so I can try my hand at homemade italian sausage, bratwurst, breakfast sausage and maybe if I get brave salami.
I am looking at the sunmile 3.8 8# grinder on amazon for around 79.98 and comes with 3 grinding plates and 2 sausage tubes. My question is this... Is this a pretty good grinder or which one do you recommend that stays under a 70-100.00 budget?


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We're all for clean water — who isn't? — but the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board, as many had feared, went too far last week when it adopted sweeping new standards for stormwater runoff.
The new rules, contained in a permit, operate under a harsh by-the-numbers approach. They limit bacteria in the water to the same levels observed in the undeveloped central California watershed — a goal that's impossible to meet in an urban environment.
Washing your car in the driveway is strongly discouraged. Condensation from your air conditioner and excess pool water must be diverted to landscaped or other "pervious surfaces." Even firefighters must watch where they aim their hoses. And instead of routing runoff through biofilters, developers must contain every last drop of stormwater on site — or risk hefty fines.
It's another example of what has been a hallmark of environmental legislation in California: establish unrealistic standards, set impossible deadlines, and then if those standards aren't met in time, fine the violators. Even the Environmental Protection Agency, recognizing that many communities cannot afford to comply with federal water mandates, has begun to adjust compliance deadlines, as it has recently done in Philadelphia.
Michael McSweeney, an adviser to the Building Industry Association, said the local water board is "setting us up for failure." Builders had asked the board for several changes, including removing the requirement that developments retain all stormwater on site and giving the board's executive officer flexibility to extend the deadline for compliance.
No dice, on both counts.
Local government leaders, including county Supervisors Ron Roberts and Greg Cox, also had lobbied against the new requirements, saying they would stifle business and take away public funds from other programs. They pegged the cost to the region at $2.8 billion to $5.1 billion, just to try to comply.
"We feel these new proposed regulations are without scientific merit and, if implemented, will have catastrophic negative impacts for the fiscal health of local and private industry," Roberts and Cox wrote in a letter to the water board.
We agree.
Not only are the new requirements impossible to meet, but there also is little scientific evidence they'll improve the health of humans or wildlife. Life got a lot better after Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972; our rivers no longer catch fire, Lake Erie is no longer a cesspool, and we're no longer pouring raw sewage and industrial waste into the ocean.
Here in California, strict pollution controls on sewage treatment plants and industry have led to a 95 percent reduction in water pollution. Going after the remaining 5 percent in such an unrealistic, heavy-handed manner simply makes no sense.


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South Gloucestershire & Stroud College II 1, Bridgwater College Men's Elite 3
BRIDGWATER College Men's Elite Development Football Squad took another step closer to retaining their league championship with a hard fought win over SGS College.
Matt Connick opened the scoring after 25 minutes with a clever chip over the advancing goalkeeper following a terrific through ball by man-of-the-match Harry Horton.
They doubled their lead 20 minutes into the second half in bizarre fashion, as Lewis Hembery's inswinging corner found its way past the SGS keeper.
SGS pulled one back soon after, thanks to a 30- yard rocket from midfielder Cork, and they went close to drawing level not long after, but Judge was on hand to tip the ball past the post.
But the game was put to bed with ten minutes left on the clock, as Hembery's free-kick was turned into his own goal by an SGS defender.
Jason Gunningham, academy director for men's football, said: "SGS are a very strong team, well drilled and athletic, which always provides teams with a physically and tactically demanding game and challenge.
"However, the entire team matched them stride for stride today. The most pleasing aspect of the game was that you could clearly see every player playing for each other and the positivity that gave everyone really carried us past the finishing line when the game became very tight.
"Conditions were not conducive to high quality football but both teams stuck to their passing principals and we took our goals at good times and also had a little bit of fortune with the own goal but that good fortune came about as we had created the opportunity.
"The next five matches will seal where we come in this very difficult and high quality league but to start the year with a great away win has set us up to be in a good position to retain our league title which is all down to the students' hard work."


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Socket 939 Roundup: Battle at the Topby Wesley Fink on 7/30/2004 8:00 AM EST
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harsaphes - Sunday, October 10, 2004 - linkjust set up my a8v board. no go on firewire, will not see ipod or external firewire drive. any idea?...bad board maybe? Reply
kd4yum - Thursday, August 05, 2004 - linkReply
Fender - Wednesday, August 04, 2004 - linkThe first words in this review confirm that you should never buy a VIA product before they revised it! (KT266 to 400 saga anyone?)
Also, it's oddly that Hyperions used here are 8 months old...
It could be interesting if you include, in your tests, any possible issue concerning OS installation or updating drivers (from the CD included in the box to the updated drivers from the manufacturer's site) because this is what happens to most buyers out there. Remember that you're testing a 64bit CPU with a 32bit OS, and drivers development will be a further support insurance.
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, August 03, 2004 - link#79 - Page 13 is corrected. That error slipped past 3 proofreaders. Thank you for alerting us. Reply
Sidewinder0010 - Tuesday, August 03, 2004 - linkthe k8t neo2 overclocking page has a typo that was throwing me off
"much lower than the 290 on the K8T Neo2"
That should be changed to k8n neo2 Reply
Compddd - Friday, July 30, 2004 - linkWesley, did Asus say when the A8V Rev 2.0 will be hitting Retail Stores like Fry's, Best Buy, etc? Reply
thebluesgnr - Friday, July 30, 2004 - linkHow does the lower bandwidth (4900Mb/s) affect real world performance?
One more thing, perhaps the MSI K8T Neo2 Platinum references should be changed to MSI K8T Neo2-FIR? That's the name of this board on MSI's site, there's no mention of it being a Platinum board. And here's a link of all the boards in the Platinum series: http://www.msicomputer.com/pressrelease/platinum.a...
Off-Topic: Wesley, will there be reviews on AnandTech of Socket A mobos based on the nForce2 Ultra 400Gb and VIA KT880 chipsets? They offer the exact same features of the mobos on this roundup, and with the new Semprons and the good XP-Mobiles I suspect a lot of your readers are still interested in this socket.
Sorry for the off-topic. Reply
Wesley Fink - Friday, July 30, 2004 - link#75 - You are confusing boards as MSI had TWO boards in the roundup. We had no problems at all with the first or second K8N Neo2 (based on nForce3 Ultra) we tested, and that is the board that received the Gold Editors Choice. The MSI K8T Neo2, based on the VIA K8T800 PRO, was the problem board and we definitely did NOT give the K8T Neo2 an award.
#74 - On page 5 we talk about the memory bandwidth differences in 1T and 2T command rates: "The best performance is at a Command Rate of 1T, and the Abit AV8 was completely stable at a 1T setting with 2 DIMMs. Standard memory bandwidth measured with SiSoft Sandra 2004 SP2 shows a 6000 MB/s bandwidth with 1T Command Rate compared to a 5000 MB/s bandwidth with a 2T setting." This is also mentioned on page 11: "While a full memory comparison of the nVidia and VIA chipsets is beyond the scope of this roundup, we did run several SiSoft Sandra 2004 SP2 runs of the memory test module. At default settings, and the aggressive 2-2-2-10 timings on the FX53, the nF3-250 Ultra showed memory bandwidth in the 6100 range for FPU and Float. The same test on the VIA K8T800 PRO boards showed memory bandwidth in the 6000 range. Performance of both chipsets at the 1T setting was very similar. 2T Command Rates, with everything else the same, generated bandwidths of 4900 to 5000Mb/second."
Z80 - Friday, July 30, 2004 - linkConsidering your statement "Our concern is based on the fact that we went through 3 K8T Neo2 boards before we got one that really worked" I'm surprised that you went ahead and gave the MSI board your gold award. I see that MSI is being sued for intentionally using capacitors that were made with an improperly-formulated electrolyte solution. My personal experience with MSI quality assurance was never good at least back in the day it wan't but maybe they have changed like you say OCZ has? I'll stick with Asus and Abit, thank you. Reply
SignalPST - Friday, July 30, 2004 - linkquote from the article:
"We even found that all six of the tested motherboards performed at the fastest timings available and a 2T Command Rate with 4 DIMMs on board, so even that is a non-issue."
Does that mean that if 4 sticks of ram are installed, there won't be a performance hit and it will work just as fast as 2 sticks installed? Reply
jrphoenix - Friday, July 30, 2004 - linkI am using the Gigabyte 939 NF3 board for the past week now. It appears that their are two lan connections listed as Marvell (lan 1) and Nvidia (lan 2). I have been using the Nvidia one?
To get the firewall to function with the Gigabyte board all you have to do is download the Nvidia 4 in 1's after installing the Gigabyte drivers.
Of course I'm a noob. Reply
Wesley Fink - Friday, July 30, 2004 - link#70 - The nVidia fiewall is a port on the chipset that allows for direct communication with the Gigabit chip PHY layer. It is therefore very difficult to determine if the on-chip port is being used just from looking at the specifications.
Earlier this week we asked nVidia for help in identifying which motherboards were using the on-chip gigabit port. nVidia is looking into the list of boards we supplied and said they would be providing us with updated information soon. When we receive that info we will post it. Reply
Anemone - Friday, July 30, 2004 - linkAny chance to have tested the OCZ 4000 gold rev 2, with the 2.5-3-3 latencies and compare that to the 3700 EB?
Curious as I narrow down things.
Any news on Pci-e for AMD64's?
REMF - Friday, July 30, 2004 - linki too would like to know whether the Gigabyte NF3 board uses the nVidia NIC/firewall, and if not not, why anandtech failed to mention the fact? Reply
geogecko - Thursday, July 29, 2004 - linkWhat is the noise difference in the retail packaged CPU fans in this class (S-939), and the Thermaltake Silent Boost K8 used in the reviews.
I notice that Thermaltake also has another CPU cooler using heatpipes, the SilentTower 4-in-1 CPU Cooler. Have you guys tested this out?
My current PC (AMD XP 1800+ with the equivalent of a Volcano 9) gets too loud for me when it gets warmed up, and that's with it sitting on the floor next to my desk. Reply
Staples - Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - link#62, you must have read the post incorrectly. I was hoping you would have used the same CPU, which you did not. Somehow you read the opposite. I figure in comparing the chipset to the other, using a different CPU throws in a ton of extra variables. Now if you are looking at it from a prospective of which is faster, then your setup is fair. Of course most people would buy the Northwood on the 875 but it becomes more of a platform benchmark rather than anything that could be called a chipset competition.
About the FX53, one reason I do not like you using it is because it is AMD's flagship product and at least from what I remember, the Presscott that you used was not an EE. Even so, the biggest bother is that the FX53 will always cost more than $500 and very few people will actually ever buy it when they can get so much more band for their month with just a regular class AMD64. This is the case with the EE too, they will always cost an arm and a leg so I'd say only about 5% of people will be buying the FX and the EE series chips. By an overwhelming majority, most consumers will be buying the non-enthusiast parts. Reply
bigtoe33 - Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - linkPlease take this as the official responce to the rumours about 3500 and 3700EB.
We have NOT stopped production of these modules, it sells quicker than we can produce it..that is the only real issue.
We have just shipped another huge order so please go bug your favourite stores to stock it..
EB is here to stay at least for the time being.
Tony Reply
expletive - Monday, July 26, 2004 - linkAlso, has the performance discrepancy with Halo and the nforce boards ben figured out yet? If it somehting that may resurface in other games ill get an nforce board. If it is fixable or just a one off with halo, i can save a few $ and get a via board while i am waiting for PCIx...
John Reply
expletive - Monday, July 26, 2004 - linkDoes the Gigabyte board use the Nvidia LAN as well? I see it says marvel but after the last series of posts with the marvell/nvidia chipset i am confused now...
Anemone - Monday, July 26, 2004 - linkThank you for enlightening on the LAN issue with the NF3 ultra - for me I'm getting and FX.
Since this article is getting referenced a lot with people I talk with and such, can we keep a front page link to it for a while?
Also looking forward to memory reviews as well. Rather sad the 3700EB has been discontinued :(
Hopefully OCZ will have something better to take its place in not too long, but that might be impossible.
Wesley Fink - Sunday, July 25, 2004 - linkIn compiling benchmarks for the upcoming 925X roundup, we realized we had used a different setup for our 925X AutoGK tests in this review than the setup for 939. This caused lower results with the 925X than we achieved with the same setup.
AutoGK results have been corrected, and now show essentially the same encoding performance with the DivX 5.1.1 codec on both Intel 560 and AMD FX53 processors with a slight advantage to Intel. Tests with the Xvid codec show almost the same equivalent results with a slight tilt toward AMD.
Graphs and review text have been corrected to reflect the corrected encoding results. Current AutoGK settings are 'no audio' and default '2CDs (1400Mb)' output size. We install and select Divx 5.1.1 instead of the included Xvid codec. Ripping is from the original DVD file for Chapter 9 of "Sum of All Fears". At present we use the latest release version of AutoGK, which is 1.25, though there are beta versions available through 1.48.
Wesley Fink - Saturday, July 24, 2004 - link#61 - You are mistaken in saying we used the SAME CPU in comparing 875 and 925X. If you will check our review at http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?... you will see that our comparison #2 was a 3.2E on the 925X to a 3.2 Northwood on 875. In fact we got a lot of flak from some readers because we didn't use the same CPU. We felt then, and still feel, the fairest comparison was the 875 with Northwood to a similar speed 775 with Prescott.
Our options on 939 are a 3500+ (512k cache) at $500, a 3800+ (512k) at $700, or a FX53 (1MB cache) at $763. AMD is expected to announce price reductions soon, but those are our current 939 choices. Given those 3 options with prices beginning at $500, the FX53 is an easy recommendation. Reply
Staples - Saturday, July 24, 2004 - linkArrggg.
Interesting numbers but I hate the fact that Anandtech keeps using the FXxx and only the FXxx. Sure I can now see that AMDs best wins over Intel's best but that is not really practical because I will never buy an FXxx. I want benchmarks between stuff the average consumer is going to buy. Most people including me are struck between.
875/865 and Northwood (non EE)
925x/915 and a Presscott (non EE)
AMD64 754 vs 939 chips and chipsets but NOT the FX series.
These testbeds have only added to a string of Anandtech blunders. Remember the 925x review which was supposed to compare the 875 against the 925x? Well to elimate as many variable as possible, you use the SAME cpu, not a Northwood in one and a Presscott in the other.
I love Anandtech and I usually only come here for reviews but I really wish the staff would put more scientific thought into their testbeds. I will never buy an FX series processor and neither will most people because they cost way too much. At least you can throw in a testbed or two of some processors that the common man will actually buy.
Hope this critical post circulates with the staff and is actually taken into consideration. Reply
PrinceGaz - Saturday, July 24, 2004 - linkWould there really be any point in providing FSB adjustments above 300 on say the MSI K8N mobo?
As far as I know there are only two reasons for increasing the FSB-- increasing the memory speed, and increasing CPU core speed on non-FX chips which don't have an upwardly adjustable multiplier.
Theres no point in increasing the FSB beyond the point where the memory can run at a 1:1 ratio, and your fastest DDR550 memory was only able to hit 290FSB (DDR580). Unless faster DDR memory becomes available (which seems unlikely as the focus for speed will switch to DDR2), then 300FSB is more than enough.
The only other reason for increasing the FSB would be if you were seriously overclocking a CPU. 300FSB is enough for a 50% overclock which is more than enough for anyone. Maybe if someone got the liquid nitrogen out they could take a 3500+ beyond 3.3GHz, but I'm sure those sort of people would have got the fastest FX instead so they could raise the multiplier and not have to worry about bus speeds holding them back.
Myself, I'm sure I'm not alone in holding out for S939 boards with PCI-Express support. And maybe a 90nm Athlon 64 if they arrive before the end of the year. And if the MSI K8N whatever that is available then is as good as the current ones, that'll probably be what I get. Reply
Wesley Fink - Saturday, July 24, 2004 - link#58 and others -
The nForce3-250Gb and NForce3 Ultra do not provide a full integrated Gigabit LAN in the chip. They provide a MAC (Media Access Controller) and a dedicated Gigabit Ethernet PORT on the chip (nF30250GB and nF3-Ultra). This is then interfaced to any number of PHY (Physical Layer) Gigabit Ethernet Controllers.
To quote the nF3 Tech paper from nVidia:
"NVIDIA nForce solutions provide an industry-standard Reduced Gigabit Media Independent Interface (RGMII) for attachment of the 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet PHY. The open, nonproprietary interface lets system designers interface the NVIDIA solution to Ethernet PHY from a variety of vendors. Consumers and enterprises all benefit from a broad range of competitive PHY offerings."
This means seeing a listing of a particlular Gigabit Eternet Controller does NOT mean an nForce3 board is not using the on-chip Ethernet.
If you look closely at the specs for the MSI, the Marvell LAN chip is spec'ed as PHY. It is also worth noting that the Marvell 88E1111 is the same chip nVidia used in their Reference designs for the nF3-250Gb and nF3-Ultra Reference Boards, but other brands can be used as you can see in the nVidia literature. Reply
darklight0tr - Saturday, July 24, 2004 - linkWesley,
I was wondering how you determined that the MSI K8N Neo2 used the onboard nVIDIA LAN.
If you go to the MSI website and look at the specs for the board, it says that the Dual LAN ports are controlled by Realtek and Marvell controllers, respectively. The nVIDIA LAN is not used.
Is the board you tested different than the board listed on the MSI website?
Also, is there any particular reason that no nForce3 Ultra motherboards use the onboard nVIDIA LAN? Reply
Drayvn - Friday, July 23, 2004 - linkI thought it was pretty widely known that a nVidia graphics card will be totally optimized on a nVidia mobo, so when testing the X800 on an nForce chipset, ull get lower performance numbers wouldnt u, and so wouldnt that muck up the test results?
#53, it still does show how well the FX-53 does against a product that is coming out in 2 months doesnt, and this 3.6Ghz is 1.2 Ghz faster and still its being outperformed, so isnt this telling u that the FX-53 is the system to go for? No need to get upset about the intel chip not being out, get the FX-53 now! Reply
vie2233hil - Friday, July 23, 2004 - linkhas anybody seen A8V revision 2 anywhere? Reply
Anemone - Friday, July 23, 2004 - linkECC while nice, doesn't seem to come in any high performance modules that aren't registered. And we know these boards don't take registered memory, which would make using ECC memory translate to using something at PC3200 or below.
Am I incorrect? Reply
normteke - Thursday, July 22, 2004 - linkI'm pretty new to overclocking. So when you guys say you can bump the fsb to 290 with a lower multiplier and a 1:1 memory ratio, does the memory now have to run at 290 as well, or can it stay at default 200 to keep those tight 2-2-2 memory timings? How exactly does that work? Reply
ThePlagiarmaster - Thursday, July 22, 2004 - link#50 (RyanVM)...A quick check at pricewatch shows you CAN'T BUY IT (the 3.4EE S775, nor the 3.6E 775). Nobody even advertises the S775 for sale at top speeds. The 3.6EE has not even been released yet, and the 3.4EE can't be bought (775's I'm talking). Of course anand could get some engineering sample as before (Intel Confidential written on all pics I've seen ANYWHERE), but are we comparing something I probably won't be able to get for 2 months or more? Prescott 3.4 anyone? Took 3+ months for these to FINALLY show up as a product I can buy (and they were announced Feb2nd I think, reviewers got samples march 21st or so))...I'd call that a bit of an early review, just kills sales for the competitor as people wait for Intel (nvidia 6800 ultra anyone?). If you CAN buy it, show it to me. Otherwise for all intents and purposes the 3.4EE S775 chip doesn't exist. Is that a bit clearer for you? Did you bother to read where I said only 10 places are even selling the 3.4EE for S478? Paper launches and whats AVAILABLE are two completely different things. AMD can probably show some benchmarks of their dual core shortly, but who cares if I can't buy it until mid 2005 (or later)?
The 6800 Ultra has been out for what like 2 months. I still can't buy that either (nor sell it, which is pissing my customers off..."why don't you have it, I've been waiting 2 months"...blah). The prescott 3.4E just finally started shipping last week for crying out loud (15th I think it was..strangely that press release is GONE everywhere..hmmm). I think reviewers should either completely disregard products that can't be bought or at least dedicate a good paragraph of two to the track record of the last release, and how you'll probably be waiting for months for the one 'we're reviewing today'. I'd say the same about ATI's, but at least one place is selling its best for $999 (ROFLMAO...IN STOCK though..heh).
Note that Dell's 3.6E isn't expected until December! http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=17347 (5 months away?) I can see telling me about something I might be able to get next week, or maybe 2 weeks, but we're talking 3-5 month paper launches here. Do my statements make more sense to you now? Maybe I'm just tired of customers chewing my butt as if I could do something about it. Reply
FactorOfTwo - Thursday, July 22, 2004 - link#34, the ECC support question is less obvious than you might think.
The specs for socket 939 boards I have checked either say "non-ECC", or don't say either way, except I learned today that the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum does say it supports ECC.
The general lack of support is surprising given the Athlon64's on-board memory controller. AMD's specs do say the 939 CPUs support ECC, but that does not obviously imply that all motherboards do.
Some official specs that explicitly say non-ECC:
ASUS AV8 Deluxe:
Wesley Fink - Thursday, July 22, 2004 - link#49 & #50 - There is indeed a Socket 775 3.4EE, but as Anand showed in his 775 launch article the 3.6 is actually a faster CPU. you can check his results at http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?...
Our motherboard testing showed the same thing, which is why we did not even bother to test with the 3.4EE. It is true there a few benchmarks where you pick up a few points with the 3.4EE, but the difference is generally small and the 3.6 is faster overall. Of course the 3.4EE is in addition a lot more expensive than the 3.6. Given the 3.4EE cost and lack of standout performance, we felt the fastest 3.6 compared to the fastest FX53 was the fairest comparison at the top.
It would have possibly made sense to include Socket 754 data for the 3400+ for instance, but that is a different socket and could not be tested in these boards. Those benchmarks are available in the 2nd Generation 754 motherboard motherboard roundup at http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2063. Since those benchmarks were done only a few weeks ago we didn't repeat them, but we could include the K8N Neo (754) running a 3400+ for referenc in future charts.
We never had an FX53 754 in the motherboard lab so that direct comparison can't be done here. However, Derek did exactly that comparison in his 939 launch review at http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?... Reply
RyanVM - Thursday, July 22, 2004 - link#49: "There is NO P4EE for S775"
There very much is a Socket775 P4EE at 3.4GHz. Did you read any reviews at all before spouting that off? Reply
ThePlagiarmaster - Thursday, July 22, 2004 - link#22 TrogdorJW
First of all, ONLY 1 place shows the 560 P4 "IN STOCK" and only 2 others as PRE-ORDER. Is it even fair to say this CPU exists? The 3.6EE doesn't exist yet either in any socket. I would have liked to see more cpu's like you, but the 3800+ would be the only real need here, as it is the exact price range as the 560 (but a A643000+ and P4 3.0 would be cool for the poor). However, when looking at the situation as a whole who'd pass on 64bit, TOTALLY UNLOCKED chip, and domination for around $90-100? If you're spending $700 on a CPU wouldn't you spend $788 to dominate, and completely obliterate once 64bit gets going (did I mention the totally unlocked part?)? If that $100 really means that much the 3800+ w/64bit is much better (not to mention gaming domination now). On another note, you can't expect Anandtech to compare a CPU that won't even go into S775 yet. There is NO P4EE for S775. How could they possibly throw in one of those? Even for S478 there are only 10 places selling them (3.4EE, again no 3.6EE exists) let alone how many in stock. Test a dead end 3.4EE S478? Better include a caveat then that states it's about to be EOL.
Why test Xvid when its not a real standard? Divx is barely getting going in DVD players, getting Xvid on them too (right now) is a shot at a dart board. I'd prefer they drop these tests totally and show a DVD9-DVD5 rip as I think people are more interested in that. I don't know anyone encoding to divx when dvd burners are $60. Who actually watches movies on their PC (not many)? Who wants to fight to get X revision of Y codec to work on their setop DVD player? I think many more people are joining netflix (etc) and DVD9-5'ing it. Or just downloading what someone else already did (9-5) in the newsgroups. Downloading from the newsgroups (what divx was made for pretty much) is pointless when you have to try to get [x version, at y resolution and z codec and xyz audio bitrate (heh, ran out of letters)] to work on your dvd player. The only way to get them to work 100% is buying a player and doing your own rips that you prove WORK on your player (nobody trading on the web does vids to your dvd players specs mind you). But why would you go divx/xvid at all if you're doing this yourself (and not sharing them) with retail dvds? Wouldn't you dvd9-5 it instead and end all compatibility BS? If you're talking quality, divx/xvid etc is NOT DVD Quality. No matter how you encode it. Burn a DVD and get it over with :)
RE: 64bits breaking 4gb. That's not what its about for us Desktop users. It's about the extra registers etc. We are probably 3-5yrs from 6-8GB on desktops (as norm). On desktops you've seen anands (etc) tests with 2GB or under but getting the EXTRA registers benefits. In a server review I'd expect 8GB or more tested. In a desktop review 4GB will make no difference in anything they'd probably throw at this review. Also, if you can afford GB dimms, you'll buy a server BECAUSE you're trying to break the barrier for X app that you use and have 16 slots probably for smaller sized dimms (at 1/2 the cost). Desktops have no more than 4GB support in ANY board on either side. We are only after the OTHER benefits of 64bit. The extra registers can be used with just a GB of memory. I'm not against having 4GB in my machine, but I don't see how it would change any of these tests. Just 2GB in one test setup could show us if anything would happen, no need for 4gb just yet.
I'd also like to see more games thrown at these machines. Use fraps to toss in more game types that don't have benching built-in. Painkiller, Perimeter, Ground Control 2, City of Heroes,Battlecry3 etc. CPU/Motherboard tests should look more like the videocard tests. On top of that, aren't we all downloading something in say Xnews/Agent etc while playing some game? How does that affect FPS? Pick a game and test the same group like that. Saturate your cable connection by firing up an easynews download or something, and benchmark a game. I'd think this would show NForce3 and Intel's chipsets at a MAJOR advantage as the Ethernet is NOT PCI. I'd bet tons of people download while playing games (online or not). Life sucks on PCI in this case.
One more comment/question. Where is the driver that scored 80+ in DRV and DX and dominated the rest of the workstation tests, even aquamark etc in this review: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2036&am...
We're talking 20-40% improvements and that was on a 5950 vs. this reviews 6800ultra. Seems I'd really want that performance for FREE. Where's that driver? 88 to 57 in DRV? SHEESH. How'd they do that? Where can we get it? I expected workstation domination on nvidia boards here. Reply
Anemone - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - linkSilly me on the MSI lan - new board using the NF3 250 LAN, right design, I didn't read carefully.
My bad
Anemone - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - linkI like them being interested in overclocking and speed :)
Curious of Asus will put out a NF3 ultra board. Curious why MSI didn't use the NF3 Lan - since its better and lower in cpu useage.
Great review!
llamas - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - linkHow long do we have to wait for micro-ATX motherboards in socket 939? Reply
JKing76 - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - linkThanks Wesley! Can't believe I missed that. Reply
Richdog - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - linkReply
Richdog - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - linkReply
bigtoe33 - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - linkIf you are looking for the K8NN939 beta M03 again its availabale at bleedinedge.com on bigtoe's bios bin.
grdh20 - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - linkhttp://forum.abit-usa.com/attachment.php?s=&po...
abit av8 1.3 bios link Reply
grdh20 - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - linkThe msi K8N Neo2 will hit the states in 2 weeks according to MSI.
How will the A8V rev. 2.0 be sold in terms of order by model #. Same or different? Rev. # is only printed on the PCB, not the box. Reply
Brickster - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - linkI love my new Gigabyte 939 board! It kicks a*s and is perrrty in the dark! :) Reply
Wesley Fink - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - link#36 - The new Gigabyte BIOS DOES have multipliers in BIOS as I detailed in the review specifications. See the link in #35. Reply
RyanVM - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - linkWith performance getting so similar between the various boards/chipsets, it seems to me that AT is overlooking some of the bigger differentiating factors: integrated features. It would be nice to see how the USB, Firewire, IDE/SATA, Ethernet, Sound, etc. implementations differ in CPU utilization and overall performance.
For example, the Gigabyte (inexplicably) uses a 3rd party GigE controller instead of the NF3-250's controller. What impact on throughput/CPU utilization does this have? How is VIA's SATA implementation compared to nVidia's?
It seems to me that those are become more relevant of questions than "Which board has a higher Winstone rating?" Reply
Parc - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - linkI had heard the Gigabyte board would not let you adjust the multipler in the bios but I saw a picture where it could be adjusted from the software in windows? Is this true? Any disadvantages to this? Also just how bad is the voltage limit holding the Gigabyte board back? Is there anyway Gigabyte could allow you any more voltage adjusts through the bios in the future or is this board hopeless for volts? Reply
bigtoe33 - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - linkFor all who want the AV8 bios...first join the forums over at www.bleedinedge.com, then look in bigtoe's bios bin. you will find the bios under abit amd boards.
http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32... Reply
Wesley Fink - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - link#31 - A friend will post a host for the BIOS soon, as I can't handle all the individual requests. Until then email me and I will be happy to send it to you.
#32 & #33 - The Socket 939 boards WILL handle ECC and non-ECC memory, but I suspect the question is larger than this. Socket 940/Opteron requires REGISTERED memory and the ECC can be on or off. We have tested the 939 with Registered memory and it is definitely NOT compatable with Registered memory. If you want to keep using Registered memory (Which you may have bought for 940) you will have to stick with an Opteron. Reply
Klaasman - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - link#32 Socket 940 boards require ECC memory. 939 don't but they might run it. Go to AMD's website and see. Reply
FactorOfTwo - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - linkDo any Socket 939 boards support ECC memory? I am having a hard time finding a definitive answer to this question.
TheLiquidH20 - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - linkQuote - The general performance of the VIA and nVidia-based 939 boards was virtually the same in DirectX 9 games, with one notable exception. Microsoft's Halo performs almost 15% better on the nVidia nForce3 Ultra .
Could this have something to do with Halo being a direct port of the xbox ? Seeing that the Xbox is basically one , big intergrated nForce ? . Would explain microsoft adding some optimazations for niVdia hardware . Reply
Klaasman - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - linkIve got an ABIT AV8 and I wouold like to get a copy of that 1.3 bios you claim you had. Reply
rjm55 - Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - linkThis is the first time I've seen AnandTech use color in the benchmark graphs. It really makes reading the data a LOT easier. Thanks! Reply
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - link#5 and #26 - I received a retail K8T Neo2 about 10 days ago and the board is now entering retail. I received the retail K8N Neo2 about 4 days ago and I am told it should enter retail in the next week to 10 days. That is the best information I have, but the date has already slipped from early July to the end of July. MSI should have the most reliable information on when the board will finally hit the retail channel. Reply
kmmatney - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - linkThanks for using the AutoGK encoding benchmark! I prefer the XVid codec, over DivX, but I very much appreciate the benchmark. AutoGK is by far the best freeware encoding suite I've come across. Reply
kd4yum - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - linkSee #5
Where is the MSI 939 board?!
Wesley, I asked same question in another Comments section. I can't get answers from MSI (phone) or Newegg (phone). Can you?
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - link#23 - I am now working on a 925X roundup and had switched mental gears. It looks like I need to check my mind set before correcting reviews :-) Now fixed. Reply
kd4yum - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - linkReply
thebluesgnr - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - link"Our FX53 topped out at about 3.59 GHz on the ECS KV2, which is slightly below the 3.6+ achieved on the top 939 boards."
Is this ECS a P4 board? :P
This was a great article. I agree with other readers, CnQ should definately have been tested, as well as audio and IDE subsystems.
btw Wesley, will there be reviews of KT880 socket A mobos in the future?
TrogdorJW - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - linkJust a few comments. It's a little (*little* mind you) unfair to compare FX-53 to P4 560, given the price advantage of the P4. Then again, comparing it to the P4EE is a little unfair in the other direction. It might have been nice to include one or two other systems in the benchmarks, though, like a 3400+. Sure, we can cross-reference other articles, but if you have all the data already it would be a lot cleaner. I'm especially interested in seeing AutoGK benchmarks with the "lesser" Athlon 64 processors (3500+ and 3400+ would be good, or maybe even 3200+ - not everyone has $400+ to spend on a CPU!)
Of course, while it might be less fair to Intel, I would like to get AutoGK numbers using Xvid as well. That's how I use it, as I feel the quality is a little better than DivX. Oh, and while you state that you used 2-pass encoding, what was the target resolution? 640x360, or 720x408, or something else? And did you specify a target size, or was it on unlimited quality? All those are important questions, I think.
One final request: I truly appreciate the memory stress testing benchmarks. However, I would like it taken a little further. All of the boards claim that they can support up to 4 GB of RAM. I would love to see some tests showing this configuration. After all, 64-bits is really about breaking that memory barrier. Even if the boards need to run 4x1GB at DDR266 or DDR333, it would be good to know. (Too bad there simply aren't many good 1 GB DIMMs available yet.) Reply
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - link#14 & #20 - Perhaps tests with the X800 XT on nF3 compared to the 6800 Ultra will at least shed a little light on where the efficiencies lie - in the nF3/nV Video combo or in the nF3 itself.
#16 - We will make an effort to talk a bit more about Cool'n'Quiet in individual board reviews, but in a roundup like this it is difficult to explore that level of detail, and still hold the article length to anthing you might want to read. We try to do more with features in individual reviews.
#19 - We report the full range of vCore in our board charts for people like you who are interested in umdervolting. If you notice some boards begin vCore at default, while others make a wide undervolt range available as well as overvolt. We try to report this range as accurately as possible for this reason. Reply
Pete - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - linkWesley, very interesting numbers. Halo is supposedly limited by some inefficient DX9 layers/commands, so I at first thought maybe nV had somehow optimized or bypassed some DX9 calls. The office and Content Creation benchmarks advantage is more puzzling, though. Could nV's performance edge be the result of some intelligent caching or either the HD or the CPU?
Testing an X800 for reference is a good idea for Halo. Just be sure to retest the office and Content Creation suites, too, as the performance boost there is equally curious, IMO.
I found one typo, on the system specs page. It's Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, not Wolfenstein: Enemy Within. :) Reply
JKing76 - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - linkSure there's Cool'n'Quiet, but how about adding manual undervolting capabilities to the review? A lot of mobos only allow upping the vcore, but undervolting is a great tool for creating a truely cool and quiet system without losing performance. Reply
XRaider - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - linkLove that FX53 and the MSI K8N Neo2 together. Sure is purdy nice!! ;) But must...hold...out...until...price..drops...some..more.. ;o)
Great article BTW! Reply
XRaider - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - linkLove that FX53 and the MSI K8N Neo2 together. Sure is purdy nice!! ;) But must...hold...out...until...price..drops...some..more.. ;o)
Great article BTW! Reply
jojo4u - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - linkI miss information about Cool'n'Quiet. It's a shame that anandtech.com only is insterested in overclocking and speed. Reply
esSJae - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - linkNice, another article touting the non-existent MSI K8N Neo2.
Sure, you can go to MSI's Taiwan site and download the manual and BIOS, but doesn't seem to be much point in that. Reply
DAPUNISHER - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - link"We never expected the nVidia nForce3-250 Ultra to be a better performer in Winstone benchmarks than the VIA K8T800 PRO. However, both the nF3-250 boards are outperforming the VIA boards by a significant percentage. Since the nVidia 6800 Ultra video card was used for all benchmarking in the roundup, we plan to verify these results with an ATI X800 XT as soon as that board is available to the Motherboard Lab for testing"
Is this to determine if it's a result of forceware opts that is responsible for the difference observed? Reply
RyanVM - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - linkAlso, networking benches would have been nice (throughput and CPU utilization). It would be interesting to see what kind of impact Gigabyte going with a 3rd party ethernet controller has in comparison to the MSI board using the NF3's controller.
On a somewhat related note, when will the Neo2 actually be available for purchase? Reply
Marlin1975 - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - linkHow about telling board makers to use better Sound for their boards.
I got my board as it came with a VIA Envy soundcard. When I see RealTek sound that tells me they don;t care about quality, but about what they can say comes with the board.
Even C-Media has a new full (non-ac97) soundchip out now that can;t be that much more then a realtek 850/650/655 chip. Reply
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - link#7,8,9 - Corrected. Since ECS did use a SiS chip on their VIA board for secondary RAID, I got confused and spread the chipsets around :-) Reply
Stefpet - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - link...but when will we see K8T890 or nforce4 motherboards?
I don't want to be forced to replace the motherboard with a new one to get that top performing PCI Express card later... Reply
Crassus - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - linkFinal words, somewhere in the middle of the page:
"The ECS is a remarkable step forward for ECS"
Great work, though. Reply
RyanVM - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - linkSilly me, I meant ECS, not Epox. Reply
RyanVM - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - link"8 USB 2.0 ports supported by nF3-250" for the K8T800PRO-based Epox KV2? Reply
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - link#4 - Corrected. With more than 9000 words a number typo seems inevitable. Reply
BLHealthy4life - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - linkStill can't find the MSI K8n Neo2 mobo for sale anywhere.
Been waiting and waiting....and waiting some more...
AkumaX - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - linkOur FX53 topped out at about 2.59 GHz on the ECS KV2, which is slightly below the 3.6+ achieved on the top 939 boards Reply
bigtoe33 - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - linkAsus USA did block sales of the A8V but some US resellers decided to go it alone with imported european boards.
While it does p1$$ me off that there were still boards in europe not upto scratch you have to commend Asus USA for blocking sales and trying to at least look after some customers...they are also honouring RMA's also.
So #1 it does show some resarch was needed before you bought your board as i tried to let everyone know that the first boards available were not PCI lock fixed although any of them do work with the lock and work VERY well. Reply
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - link#1 - Asus never advertised or listed an AGP/PCI lock as a feature on the original release of the A8V Deluxe. That is the only reason we have not yet reviewed this board. While we did have a sample with a working lock, we have stated in every comment about the A8V in memory reviews and articles that Asus had not yet released a production board with this feature, but that they planned to implement this feature in the future.
It is also our understanding that the US office even held release of the board to the US market, but many huge on-line vendors direct imported this board or brought it in from European sources. Since we were working with Asus, we know they tried very hard to hold release of this baord until they could work through issues of adding a stable PCI/AGP lock to the A8V.
It is our understanding than Revision 2.0 will implement an AGP/PCI lock, but we have not yet seen the production board, which we expect this week. We will confirm the new feature when the board is received.
We tried to caution readers about the AGP/PCI lock on early VIA boards as loudly as we could. In fact we got a lot of flak from manufacturers and VIA about our articles on the problems with the AGP/PCI lock on early VIA boards.
Asus did not even list the AGP/PCI lock as an option on the AV8 Deluxe. Our suggestion is to contact Asus, but you got the features Asus advertised and listed for this board. Reply
shamgar03 - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - linkI bought a ASUS A8V like 3 weeks ago, but in the article it says they are re-releasing it or something, does anyone know if they are going to patch that with bios updates, or did I just get the shaft? Reply


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Stuffed Animal Sleep-over for Preschoolers
Ever wonder what your toys are up to at night? Maybe they'll tell you about it!
Remember to drop off your stuffed animal or doll on Tuesday, December 17, between 3:00 and 7:00 p.m., for a fun-filled sleep-over at the library.
The next morning, on Wednesday, December 18 at 10:30 a.m., join the toys for stories, a snack, and a slide show of their sleep-over adventures.
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The Scuba Trust was founded in 1996 by Brenda Carey, Leon Golding and Rikki Singh. Its initial aims were to act as a focal point for the organisation of scuba diving holidays abroad for people with disabilities. It has now grown into one of the UK's leading dive organisations to help individuals with disabilities (and their friends) learn to scuba dive.
The aim of the Trust is to provide a level playing field by arranging training and obtaining funding to subsidise applicants who, due to disability, encounter difficulty in finding suitable instruction and who may face a greater outlay for training and recreational diving after certification. The number of 'Friends of the Scuba Trust' currently stands at 285. The Scuba Trust relies on donations to ensure we can continue our work of levelling the playing field to enable our disabled friends to learn to snorkel and scuba dive.
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By reading quick through the manpage of Crunch, it doesn't say anything about such function (http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=b...n-pages/crunch).
Why do you want it like that?
I would like create a dictionary with following configuration:
- 10 by 10
With Letters "ABCDEF" and Numbers "0123456789"
1º Dictionary --> No repetitions example "ABCDEF0123, ABCDEF0124..., 9876543210"
2ª Dictionary--> With only one repetition "AABCDEF012,AABCDEF013,... 9987654321".
Is possible make this with crunch?
If not, existe anyway make this with another program.
thank you for the help
By reading quick through the manpage of Crunch, it doesn't say anything about such function (http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=b...n-pages/crunch).
Why do you want it like that?
./crunch 10 10 -f charset.lst hex-upper -d 1@
will generate what you want.
I like the bleeding edge, but I don't like blood loss
Doesn't work.
In max i only want one number/Letter repeat.
I have three zeros and three ones
i want like this 010239B45 (only one repeat)
i have crunch version 3.3.
results from command ./crunch 10 10 -f charset.lst hex-upper -d 1@
Anyway thxs for the help.
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i already try the crunch help but i can't make it.
The above syntax is the best crunch can do.
I like the bleeding edge, but I don't like blood loss
I suggest checking TAPE's blog, it has tons and tons of stuff about generating dictionaries and manipulating worllists:
- http://adaywithtape.blogspot.ca/2010...ist-sizes.html
- http://adaywithtape.blogspot.ca/2011...revisited.html
- http://adaywithtape.blogspot.ca/2011...runch-v30.html
- http://adaywithtape.blogspot.ca/2011...-wordlist.html
- http://adaywithtape.blogspot.ca/2009...ipulation.html
- http://adaywithtape.blogspot.ca/2009...lation_11.html
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I'm a compulsive post editor, you might wanna wait until my post has been online for 5-10 mins before quoting it as it will likely change.
I know I seem harsh in some of my replies. SORRY! But if you're doing something illegal or posting something that seems to be obvious BS I'm going to call you on it.
Sorry for my lack of knowledge guys--- i see there's a directory for CRUNCH on BT5r2 but i can't get it to work or even see the executable file... Do i need to download and install the latest version of CRUNCH?
Hi Ed - please disregard my last post - i was a bit lazy i suppose. I've managed to figure it out, installed it, run it and by some miracle or leap of faith --- actually got it running. My next question is..... lol ok thanks guidof
Hi, i need to replace all characters "o" with "0", "ch" ->"4", "sh" -> "6" is it possible make this with crunch? Thanks.


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Southern California's housing market continued to gain traction last month as the region's median home price rose by more than 16 percent, home sales grew by 25 percent and foreclosure resales hit a five-year low.
Though the region's median home price held steady at $315,000 from September to October, it was up 16.7 percent from the year-ago price of $270,000, real estate tracker DataQuick reported Tuesday.
Housing sales in the six-county area - which includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura counties - showed an even bigger gain.
A total of 21,075 new and used Southland houses and condos were sold last month. That was up 18 percent from September and up 25.2 percent from October 2011.
Home sales have been boosted by higher demand as a result of ultra-low mortgage rates and a dwindling inventory of homes.
Bob Lieffring, a Realtor and co-owner of Coldwell Banker Vista Realty in Valencia, can attest to the latter.
"When you count the city and unincorporated county areas, Santa Clarita has a population of about 200,000," Lieffring said. "At any given time, we might see 300 to 350 properties for sale at any price point for that entire population base. That might sound like a lot, but our normal inventory would be closer to 1,500 to 1,800 properties. So we're at about a fifth or a sixth of normal inventory."
Competition for homes has become stiff, according to Lieffring.
"Multiple offers is the norm," he said. "And prices are being bid up over asking prices."
Riverside County posted the biggest annual price gain last month. Its median home price hit $220,000 in October, a 17.6 percent gain from $187,000 a year earlier, according to DataQuick.
That was followed by L.A. County at $341,000 (up 13.7 percent), San Bernardino County at $170,000 (up 13.3 percent), Orange County at $455,000 (up 12.3 percent), San Diego County at $350,000 (up 11.1 percent) and Ventura County at $360,000 (up 7.5 percent).
The market is also seeing a big change in the types of homes that are selling. Discounted foreclosures now account for a smaller share of sales, while move-up homes are a larger share, putting further pressure on the median price.
"With interest rates between 3 percent and 3.5 percent, money is cheap," said Marty Rodriguez, owner of Century 21 Marty Rodriguez in Glendora. "It's now cheaper for many first-time buyers to buy than to rent."
Rodriguez agreed that inventories of bank-owned properties are down. Many lenders, she said, are focused more on short sales, which is when a lender accepts less money than is owed on the balance of a mortgage loan.
Distressed properties - including foreclosures and short sales - now make up a smaller percentage of her office's overall sales transactions than before, according to Rodriguez.
"It used to account for 40 percent of our transactions, but now it's about 25 percent," she said.
Foreclosure resales - properties foreclosed on in the prior 12 months - accounted for 16.3 percent of the Southland resale market last month. That was down from 16.6 percent the month before and 32.8 percent a year earlier, DataQuick reported.
Steve Johnson, who oversees the Riverside office of Metrostudy, a real estate information and consulting firm, said the Inland Empire's housing market is looking better.
"We're really seeing that the bottom is behind us," he said. "The drastic cuts that we've seen previously in prices aren't necessary now for banks and homeowners to sell their homes."
But inventory, he said, is a problem.
"We've had a lot of household formation going on, but we haven't been adding to the housing supply, either through listings or building," Johnson said.
Competition for homes has ramped up there as well.
"We're starting to see more competition for listings and that's resulted in multiple offers," Johnson said. "But it's going to be 10 to 12 years before we see the kind of price appreciation we saw during the housing peak."
Investors continue to account for an unusually large share of sales.
Absentee buyers - mostly investors and some second-home purchasers - bought a near-record 28 percent of the Southland homes sold last month. That was up from 27.7 percent the previous month and 25.4 percent a year earlier, according to DataQuick.
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HOUSTON - A two-alarm fire burned at a north Houston assisted living center on Thursday.
The blaze broke out on the second floor of the Lyerly Apartments on Lyerly near Fulton about 12:15 p.m.
Resident John Baker said the fire started when smoked a cigarette and used a plastic bowl as an ashtray. He said he put the cigarette in the bowl and it burned though and quickly spread.
"Tried to put it out, tried to throw it in the sink. I don't like to throw water on top of furniture or whatever because what I've got is what I own," Baker said. "It flared. As soon as the plastic bowl burned through to the table, it was out of control."
Firefighters said one woman broke a window and they rescued her with a ladder truck. They also helped many of the nearly 100 residents evacuate the building.
"Firefighters were actually rescuing people down the stairwells because the facility is staffed with stair chairs. Stair chair is a chair with wheels, almost like a dolly, specifically for this facility on every other floor," Capt. Ruy Lozano said.
Residents who live on the first three floors will be moved to other units in the building, officials said.
One woman was taken to a hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. Her condition has not been released.
The fire was extinguished about 12:50 p.m.Photos: Fire at assisted-living facility
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Blend all ingredients in a food processor or blender until smooth and creamy, adjusting the consistency with a little cold water if needed. A quick, homemade version of this Middle Eastern favorite. We use umeboshi paste for added flavor in place of salt. Serve as a dip with Eden Brown Rice Chips or with warm pita bread.
Per serving - 224 calories, 9 gram fat (37% calories from fat), 11 gram protein, 26 gram carbohydrate, 6 gram fiber, 0 milligram cholesterol, 468 milligram sodium


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Heidi Montag's album sells less than 1,000 copies
Despite her huge plastic tits and sexually-charged lyrics, Heidi Montag's new album Superficial couldn't even sell 1,000 copies. And if that's not hilarious enough, she dropped her entire life's savings into it because she had her brain replaced with a tennis bracelet. Us Magazine reports:
In fact, industry sources tell UsMagazine.com that the album has sold only 658 downloads to date.
This is likely upsetting news for the reality star, who told Entertainment Weekly last week that she went broke making Superficial but thought that "within the first week, we will definitely make our money back."
She told EW, "I put every dollar I have into this. I've spent over $1 million, almost $2 million, on this album. It's cost as much or more than a Britney Spears album because I wanted it to be that quality… The songs will make an impact in pop history."
On the bright side, once they take away her house because she can't afford the payments on her schnozz, Heidi won't have to worry about living outdoors. You know, because she's waterproof and bears hate the taste of mannequins.
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"The Reason For The Season"
(The story of the birth of Jesus - from the Candle Bible For Kids)
I have a lot of memories revolving Christmas and what it meant to me when I was a child. It brings back vibrant memories of colours, food, music, movies and people. The events that surround this festival, the countdown to the actual day, the enthusiasm and cheer is something else. If I were to open the chest of my memories, I would not be able to pick just one. There are just too many! When I was in school we used to have the Crib competition to look forward to. A crib is a miniature model of the actual scene of The Nativity - the manger where Jesus was born. It typically consists of a open manger (a trough or an open box in which feed for livestock is placed - as in a stable) and the worldly parents of Jesus - Mary & Joseph and shepherds and their livestock that were present in the area surrounding the manger. The best presentation of this Nativity scene would fetch prizes. I remember that whoever was interested to take part would have to form teams and give their names & I used to always participate with my bunch of friends - a mix of Christian & non-Christians. The participation mattered, not the winning (err, well, the winning mattered too and the disappointment always followed when we didn't win - haha!)
The run up to Christmas also had me listening to and singing the carols. A Christmas carol (also called a noël) is a carol (song or hymn) whose lyrics are on the theme of Christmas or the winter season in general and which are traditionally sung in the period before Christmas. Since I was part of the Church Choir we used to go Carolling (singing the carols from door to door) - those days were so much fun!
Have a blessed & meaningful season folks!!


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Northern Exposure - The Complete Series
This show gave a lot of your favorite actors their beginning! See Northern Exposure as a small town revolves around a doctor from New York's small practice in Alaska! Great show from the 90s!
How can you not get LOST? I love the premise and the island keeps getting creepier and creepier and ... well, I don't want to give anything away, but I do need the dvds so I can keep up with the new season. Can't Wait!Added 9 Years Ago from Amazon.com


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Before and After #41:
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3 comments:
- alx said...
He looks like a male version of P.J. Harvey in that first pic. Ironic.
- August 20, 2009 4:42 AM
- Marshall Stacks said...
the actual 'after' is a lot less hair ...
- April 08, 2012 5:06 AM
- Marshall Stacks said...
photographer Bleddyn Butcher has captured Nick at his most bouffant, and more recently receded than you have here. there is also a facebook page In Mourning For Nick's Lost Hair.
- April 23, 2012 6:13 AM
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text: The Arena Hotel is set in close proximity to the centre of the capital in a picturesque historical area at the bend of the Moskva River. The hotel surroundings include a number of historical landmarks and infrastructure objects - the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour; the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts; the Lev Tolstoy Museum; the I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University; the Luzhniki Stadium; the Chayka swimming pool; the Trubetskoy Manor in Hamovniki childrens park; the Gorky culture and recreation park; the Pushkinskaya embankment and others. The hotel windows display a beautiful view of the Novodevichy Convent. The Sportivnaya metro station is just within a two-minute walk allowing the guests to reach the city centre in 10-15 minutes.


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Bobby Flay Fit Episode 7: Overview — Have Funby Joseph Erdos in Uncategorized, January 20, 2013
Bobby Flay manages to stay fit and healthy even with a busy lifestyle as a chef, and he's eager to share his healthy eating and fitness plan with fans in a seven-part Web series, Bobby Flay Fit.
The focus of Episode 7 of Bobby Flay Fit is having fun: Take some time to relax and have fun; finding a balance will help you keep up your healthy habits.
In the final episode, Bobby recaps his tips: Moderation, motivation, mixing it up, discipline, inspiration and support. His last tip is just to have fun. Work hard, train hard and make good choices. Then take one day a week and enjoy it all.
Takeaways from Bobby Flay Fit:
Episode 1: Motivation
Want it: It feels good to push yourself and that good feeling will motivate you to continue.
Episode 2: Moderation
Portion control: Don't deprive yourself of the things your body needs and the foods you like, but calories really do matter. Try eating 25% less and see how you feel.
Episode 3: Mix It Up
Change Up Your Workout: Try new things to keep yourself from falling into an exercise rut. But remember, enthusiasm is key, and so is safety. Get advice from someone who knows before starting a new activity.
Episode 4: Discipline
It's All About the Choices You Make: Little bites add up. Avoid mindless eating and make sure you have plenty of healthful snacks on hand.
Episode 5: Get Inspired
Do What You Like: Pick activities and exercises that you really like to do. If it's something you enjoy doing, you'll do it a lot more and you'll have great results. Try taking a class; the camaraderie will inspire you to stick with it.
Episode 6: Get Support
Find a Workout Buddy: Exercise with a friend who has some of the same goals that you have so you can push each other to achieve your goals. The same goes for your healthy eating goals — cook with a friend as a fun, healthy activity. In the kitchen, choose lean cuts of meat and good-for-you ingredients like quinoa and whole grains.
Episode 7: Have Fun
Reward Yourself: You're going to work hard and train hard, you're going to make good choices. Take one day a week and really enjoy it and indulge in your favorite foods.


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Train Like A Strongman: Intro Package
You Want
Real Classic Strength?
This Is How You Get It.
SPRING CLEANING SPECIAL PRICEDont mess around.
Don't even mess around. If I could have started off my training this way, I would have saved years of effort.
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This is the way I start training everyone. If they have been lifting for years, I get them on this program. If they are just starting out, I get them on this program.
Neuro-Muscular Strength
It is a simple method of training the body, mind and neuro-muscular system. If you want to start teaching your body to move from a position of strength, automatically, without having to take the time to think through each move. This is the program for you. If you want to go at the way of the classic strongmen of days gone by, from a time before drugs, then this is the program you need to get going on.
Train Like A Strongman: Intro Package
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Train Like A Strongman DVD Volume 1
Train Like A Strongman DVD Volume 2
"Right as usual.Not everyone can be a bodybuilder,but everyone can enjoy bodybuilding. Olympic lifting, powerlifting, strongman or strongwoman, the same senerio. Genetics are hard to overcome. When I competed in the 70's, I benched 400# and squatted 500#. Several regional competitors were at the 450# and 650#+ levels. I realized I should enjoy as diverse a sampling of the strength sports as possible because I simply didn't have the underlying potential to be a champion, regardless of how hard I trained. Time to enjoy the simple pleasure of competing with myself. My strongman course gives me the perfect opportunity to train and not become bored or frustrated by being channeled into one particular strength protocol... and maybe I'll shoot some hoops afterward!"
Chris Bostick, Syracuse, NY
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Tough times challenge you to grow and develop new skills to deal with new challenges. If you find yourself in a tough situation you can't change, you can at least control how you react while you're in it. It's how you interpret a situation that determines how you react to it. Therefore, if you find yourself in a tough situation, pause—think about what you can (and cannot) control, starting with your thoughts. This can often give you strength in new areas. Reflecting, meditating, praying—or in some way connecting to something greater than yourself—is a performance tool that can help you persevere through the challenges you may encounter along the way.
For more ideas on how to take charge of your thinking, check out the HPRC's Performance Strategies on "Reframing your thinking traps for peak performance." And for even more ways to persevere, check out HPRC's Performance Strategies for "Optimizing Your Body's Response." Finally, for more ideas related to spirituality, check out the Spirituality section of HPRC's website.