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Pre-weaning mortality costs the U.S. pork industry an estimated $1.6 billion each year, according to USDA Agricultural Research Service scientists. However, with close attention to the birthing process and newborn piglets by farrowing room attendants mortality losses can be significantly reduced.
"Teamwork by trained and motivated farrowing room attendants is invaluable to sows as well as newborn piglets," says Larry Coleman, DVM, Broken Bow, Neb., who oversees veterinary care for a 5,000-sow operation.
"Producers need to bear in mind that inside the sow are 15 piglets that must pass through a very small opening and the probability of that happening unassisted is actually quite low," Coleman says. In the system he oversees, one attendant examines each farrowing sow at 20-minute intervals and assists with delivery if needed. Coleman says the efforts of a conscientious farrowing attendant can keep piglet stillbirth rates at 1 to 2 percent.
Read more on care of the sow during farrowing and lactation here.
In the system Coleman oversees, a second farrowing room attendant dries the newborn piglets. Gentle massaging with a clean towel not only dries piglets but helps stimulate suckling. This specialist then places the piglet in an appropriate-sized litter if needed. This ideally takes place before the piglet has selected a teat. After the initial nursing, the attendant places piglets in a split-suckle box.
Newborn pigs have only about an hour's supply of energy at birth. Since colostrum provides vital energy for heat production and immunity, ensuring that each piglet suckles as soon as possible after birth increases survival rate.
Because colostrum production occurs during the first 24 hours after farrowing begins and then dwindles quickly, there's a limited window in which to act. "You want to get the maximum amount of colostrum into the piglet in the first 6 hours of life in order to maximize its chance of survival," says Ken Stalder, professor of animal science, Iowa State University. "Once each newborn pig has stopped suckling for the first time, it should be marked and placed into a warm creep area. As other pigs are born, they get better availability and intake of colostrum as it is divided across all pigs born alive."


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 22/1/2013 (1674 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
DON'T WORRY: No turtles were harmed in the course of this week's recipe swap. Wanda Urschatz was looking for a recipe that replicates the chocolate-caramel-pecan combo of the popular sweet. Thanks to Heather Howell, who sent in a recipe for a turtle brownie. Thanks also to Janice Lamb and Wilma Dick, who sent in recipes for a turtle cake.
We have another Shanghai request, this time from Tracy Joyal, who would love the now-closed restaurant's recipe for beef subgum with almonds, served on a bed of crunchy noodles. Bonnie Miller is looking for a recipe published in the 1990s, when Annie Buckland was doing food writing for the Free Press. It was a pumpkin dessert that Annie offered as an alternative to pumpkin pie. If you can help with a recipe request, have your own request, or a favourite recipe you'd like to share, send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com, fax it to 697-7412, or write to Recipe Swap, c/o Alison Gillmor, Winnipeg Free Press, 1355 Mountain Ave., Winnipeg, MB, R2X 3B6. Please include your first and last name, address and telephone number.
Turtle cake
1 x 515 g devil's food cake mix (plus eggs and vegetable oil to prepare cake according to package directions)
80 caramels
1x 300 ml can (1 1/3 cup) sweetened condensed milk
114 g (125 ml or 1/2 cup) butter
250 ml (1 cup) chopped pecans
250 ml (1 cup) chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 175C (350F). Grease one 22x33 cm (9x13 in) and one 20x20 cm (8x8 in) pan. Prepare cake mix as directed on box. Pour a thin layer of batter onto each prepared pan and bake for 10 minutes. In a heavy saucepan over medium-low heat, melt caramels with milk and butter, stirring frequently. Pour onto baked layers and then cover with remaining cake batter. Sprinkle with chopped pecans and bake about 15 more minutes or until cakes test done. (Smaller pan may bake more quickly.) Sprinkle warm cakes with chocolate chips immediately. Cool before cutting.
Tester's notes: This is a very moist, very rich cake, with layers of caramel and chocolate. This recipe uses the largest size of cake mix, and Wilma found that the cake was so chockablock with extra ingredients that a 22x33 cm (9x13 in) pan overflowed, so she now uses two pans. This makes perfect sense, though I did struggle with how much to put in each pan -- I initially put too much batter into my small pan -- and with adjusting baking times so that each came out at the right time. With some watching, it worked out fine in the end.
Turtle brownies
1 x 500 g package soft caramels (about 60 Kraft caramels)
75 ml (1/3 cup) evaporated milk
1 x 2-layer chocolate cake mix
175 ml (3/4 cup) butter or margarine, melted
75 ml (1/3 cup) evaporated milk
250 ml (1 cup) chopped pecans or walnuts
250 ml (1 cup) chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 175C (350F). In a double boiler or heavy saucepan, melt caramels and first amount of evaporated milk. Combine cake mix, butter, second amount of evaporated milk and nuts in a medium bowl and mix well. Spread half of mixture in ungreased 22x33 cm (9x13 in) pan. Bake for 6 minutes. Sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over top. Pour caramel over chips. Drop remaining batter over all. Return to oven and bake for 15-18 minutes. Cool several hours in pan before cutting into small squares.
Tester's notes: This recipe results in a rich, chewy brownie. The chocolate mixture is thick, as for a fudgey brownie, so don't worry about completely covering the pan with the batter: It will spread when baking. Also, as with a fudgey brownie, it is better to undercook a bit and let it firm up as it cools. I overbaked a little, and the brownie was hard at the edges. (Lovely and gooey in the middle, however.)
Heather has a great tip: For easy wrapper removal, place caramels in freezer for 30 minutes.

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Winds are expected to gust across much of Orange County on Friday and Saturday as temperatures reach into the 80s, the National Weather Service says.
But by Sunday, conditions shift dramatically, with air-flow turning back toward land from the ocean. And by midweek, cold temperatures prevail once again, with possible rain in the bargain.
For the next two days, however, it's all about wind and warming.
The Weather Service has posted a wind advisory until 10 a.m. Saturday, with winds from the northeast Friday morning in the 15-25 mph range, especially near mountains and foothills, and gusting to 40 in the windiest spots.
Orange County's Fremont Canyon recorded a gust of 40 mph.
The gusts should peak in the morning, then settle back to 30 mph in the afternoon.
Skies should be mostly sunny with highs of 78 to 83.
Saturday it's a similar story, but with a few more degrees of warming: 81 to 86 inland, 76 to 81 on the coast. Winds could gust to 30 mph in the morning before backing off later.
Then low-pressure air from the northwest should displace high pressure Saturday night, bringing a sharp turn toward cooler weather.
The ocean influence also returns, with a deepening marine layer by Monday.
Sunday should remain mostly sunny, but with inland highs dropping into the 66 to 71 range, 63 at the beach.
Partly cloudy skies and patchy fog are back Monday with highs of 60 to 65 inland, 60 on the coast.
And patchy drizzle is possible Monday night, and there's a chance of rain Tuesday as a storm system moves in over the region. Highs Tuesday fall into the 53 to 58 range.
Rain is likely Tuesday night, and possible again on Wednesday, which should otherwise be partly cloudy with highs of 55 to 60.
Thursday is partly cloudy and 58 to 63.
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C.H. Robinson Project Logistics Join Project Cargo Network
CALGARY, Alberta — C.H. Robinson Project Logistics (formerly Transera International Logistics) have been approved as PCN Member representing Canada. C.H. Robinson has a large network of offices handling general cargo. However, the Canada offices that have joined PCN are part of a smaller subsidiary focused on project cargo and heavy lift services.
The company offer excellent coverage in Canada with offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Mississauga and Vancouver, with a total of 100 employees. Corporate Quotations Manager, Shamim Premji states: "We help our customers deliver their project freight on time, on budget and in good condition. People know us as a reliable, professional forwarder for over dimensional and heavy lift shipments. With a seasoned, highly skilled and motivated staff and project team, we combine the best of all worlds: preplanning advice, worldwide resources and onsite representation for your project freight moves."


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Hands On With Western Digital's New 5mm Hybrid Hard Driveby Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/11/2012 8:03 PM EST
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MonkeyPaw - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkDo they feel pretty solid? I'm curious how shock resistant they will be. Reply
Souka - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkI'm guessing typical
40G operating
300G non-operating
I also suspect the transfer and seek will be horrible (except for cached data on the SSD part). Reply
1008anan - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkAt what etch lithography are the Nand fabricated?
Could you describe what combination of Nand (one level cell, two level cell etc.) and traditional HD are in this hybrid? Reply
Spunjji - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkInformation elsewhere suggests it's MLC. Reply
Alexvrb - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkElsewhere I've heard that it's MLC, so two level. Not sure if capacities are raw capacities or what. Sometimes SSD cache drives are marketed by their usable capacity (sold as a "30GB" cache drive when it has 60GB of raw capacity).
Anyway, I'm curious about something. It says that both reads and writes are cached. But I've read elsewhere that the data is all redundant, anything in the flash is also on the platter(s). Well, it's not fully redundant if you have to wait for the disk to catch up. I guess the risk isn't really significant if the software/driver running the whole show is intelligent enough. Reply
Spunjji - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkNot sure how I feel about this variable cache size on the drive... doesn't sound so good to me. Reply
piroroadkill - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkYeah, it's a bit dodgy.
Also, do we really need that extra 2mm and sacrifice standard interfacing?
The 7mm 1TB sounds more interesting, and should have a standard interface.
7mm 1TB with a 30GB very fast cache and a SATA3 interface at a price point close to 1TB laptop drives anyway - that sounds like a marketable product.
They just need to do it right. None of this random cache size nonsense, and the cache has to be meaningfully fast. Reply
Wolfpup - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkYeah, I want normal sized drives. Seagate's Momentus XT is really awesome, and I trust Seagate's drives more, but still I've very excited to see how a normal sized WD performs, and whether the larger cache helps.
I'm REALLY impressed by how the 4GB cache helps on the first Momentus XT...WAY more than you'd probably think, thanks to a smart controller (my XT and SSDs feel more alike than my XT and a normal drive). The new 8GB version would of course be better still. Also Seagate uses SLC, which makes sense for something being rewritten constantly, but still, I'm excited to see this! Reply
Xajel - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkWonder why makers doesn't make a 2n1 drive that is have separated SSD and HDD but in the same package, the SSD should be 120-256GB for the OS, and the HDD should be 500-1TB for the data... it could have two separate SATA connectors one one connector with built-in SATA splitter... While Hybrid drives are very nice and has much faster performance compared to normal HDD, they can't compete against the performance of separated SSD + HDD... or at least make the hybrid with more 500MB/s R+W NAND, 120GB minimum... Reply
amikey - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkI actually think this is a good idea, and if it were on one connector would negate the need for us to have two separate storage devices.
Mass market appeal though? Probably not. Reply
dg27 - Thursday, January 24, 2013 - linkThis what I have been hoping for as well. If they can make it they'll sell at least three of them! Reply
Golgatha - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkhttp://www.amazon.com/SILVERSTONE-SDP08-3-5-2-5-In...
Add a SSD and a laptop hard drive. Reply
extide - Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - linkLOL, and your wish has come true! http://www.anandtech.com/show/7540 Reply
Meaker10 - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkThis is already obsolete compared to a mSATA + 2.5" standard drive combo. Reply
wicketr - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkHaha. How do you plan on getting that 2.5" standard drive into an ultrabook or tablet? Reply
bill.rookard - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkSince this is apparently a standardized connector (although admittedly rare), why in the world other than sheer greed or stupidity would Asus and Apple implement their own proprietary connector? Why make a whole new, non-standard connector instead of just using a standardized one?
By using the rare but standardized connector, it makes it, well, less rare - to the point where maybe someone else will adopt it. Maybe the aftermarket would produce replacement drives in event of a failure or perhaps an upgrade? Reply
piroroadkill - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkWell, you already answered it from the POV of Apple: greed and stupidity. Reply


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My name is Loretta Breuning, and I'm a docent at the Oakland Zoo. My favorite place in the zoo is the cart full of primate skulls. Kids run over when they see the skulls, and that makes it fun to be a docent. I like to talk to the kids about adaptations, like the baboon's big nose that's good at smelling predators. But most of all, I like to hear their questions.
"Is it real?" is usually the first thing they ask. In a world full of Photoshop and Reality TV, people care about what's real. I explain that the resin models are cast from real skulls. But kids get so excited about the real ones that I give everyone a turn to touch them with one finger. I am impressed with how grateful and polite the kids are as they take turns touching.
Every few minutes, someone asks "How did he die?" or "How did you get this?" Kids are obviously thinking about the stewardship of the animals. I reassure them that zoo animals get the best medical care and live to a very old age, but when we can't save them, we save their bones to honor them and their species in the future.
A lot of kids have something to teach me. One day, I was amazed to hear the words "that's the spinal cord attachment" coming from a kid who was shorter than the cart. His mother told me he learned it on a KQED science show.
I used to ask well-informed kids if they watch Animal Planet. But a few kids told me, "No, I read books." Now I've learned my lesson and I presume kids read books.
Parents often have something to teach me, too. One mother pointed to a tiny hole in the jaw of a skull and said, "That's where the dentist injects anesthesia." She was a dental assistant and told me that the little holes are where the nerves go. I had always wondered about those holes, and I gladly pass on the knowledge.
Some kids have so many questions that I want to suggest resources to enjoy at home. If it's bones they like, I send them to eskeletons which has beautiful images of each mammal's skeleton. If you like to watch gibbons swing, you will love the close-ups of their wrists and shoulders.
If a kid wants to know more about what's inside the skull, I will tell them about brainmuseum. It shows dozens of different mammal brains- photos of real ones, flashing one after another; (click on "brain evolution" on the left bar).
A day at the zoo always raises big questions about life. One day, I heard a three-year old girl saying "But Mommy, how did they get the skin off?" They were standing in front of sarcosuchas (the big skeleton of a crocodile ancestor in the Children's Zoo). That's not an easy question to answer. I think people love to come to the Zoo because it helps us think about the nature of life. If you're interested in becoming a docent or a Zoo Ambassador, you can get more information here.


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What Am I?Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
You have no control over me,
I am not real, though sometimes you believe me,
I come back every night, but am often forgotten,
Though left alone, I will never become rotten,
Sometimes I remind you of things yet to come,
Sometimes, watching me, you do things you've never done,
I rarely ever turn out to be true,
Now I am done with this riddle for you.
What am I?
AnswerA dream.
You cannot pick what your dream is going to be.
Though they are not real, when you are asleep it seems real.
You have a dream every night, but most people forget them.
No one ever bothers, visits, or takes care of dreams (of course not, you can't!) but they don't get rotten (they're intangible, so how could they?)
Sometimes, if an important event is coming up, you will have a dream about it.
In dreams, you may do impossible things.
The events in dreams rarely happen.
What Next?
See another brain teaser just like this one...
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Ok people, here you have it.
The competition officially starts next Monday July 5th.Every 24 hours we will announce two photography missions. You will be required to choose one and submit a photo based on the required criteria. The criteria will be announced 24 hours in advance to give you time to plan.
The missions will be announced at 1600 SPT (SitePoint time - GMT +12 hours) See Current SPT, with the first two being announced on Sunday 1600 SPT
You can submit your image by posting in the daily competition thread
At the end of each 24 hour period, our mystery judge will announce one winner based on the quality and uniqueness of the images and the next two subjects will be announced.
Each daily winner will win a PDF of our new book, Photography For The Web.
At the end of the week, every entrant that submits 7 images (one from each day) goes into the draw to win the grand prize.
The grand prize is a photo showcase in the SitePoint Community blog, along with a brief bio with a link to the winner's site. The prize also includes a brand new SitePoint t-shirt (once it is printed!) and a print version of Photography For The Web.
The Rules:
Photos must be shot in allocated 24 hour period. Photos from five years ago are not allowed.
Entrants may take part as many times as they like, but an entrant may only win once (except for the grand prize, for which everyone that submits 7 photos goes into the draw to win).
No goofy Photoshop effects or overdone photo-manipulation. Entrants are allowed to correct colour, contrast, and make minor tweaks such as removing litter or distracting objects from a photo, but no surreal colours or crazy filters.
It started a couple of days ago
when its going to start
Exactly right. 24 hours to plan and 24 hours to submit.
So to make things super clear...
In ~5 hours from now I will be announcing the subjects for Monday. You will then have 24 hours to plan your mission, at which point you can begin submitting (and you'll have 24 hours to do that).
Does that help? I'm not completely sure that I haven't made things even MORE confusing...
So, for each assignment there are 48 hours from start to finish. Right?
For people struggling with the time thing, it is easy to count just the hours from the time you Sarah are posting. People can look at the post time, for each of us has a different time, but we all have the same 48 hours
I'll post a new thread for each competition day.
And I figure that posting the subjects 24 hours before you begin submitting, and then giving you 24 hours for submission will hopefully mean that even if you get the time zone thing mucked up, you'll still have time to submit.
And yes, we have indeed... seems like forever.
I've managed to book some time off work so I'm pumped for this. Bummed that I'll be finding out the subjects at 4am though (I'm in the UK ...is that right?) Gonna have to stock up on the coffee/red bull!
Unless the calendar is different in NZ the 5th is Monday. Of course for those who live slightly east of there it will still be Sunday when the competition starts.
That does sound like a fun run. Well guys, let's see some good stuff
This timezone thing is surely confusing for a lot of people. I remember that from past competitions, even staff gets confused.
I'll say. Between timezone, daylight savings and the international dateline, members online from all over the world, some posting they need a coffee to wake up while others say they need to go to bed - within minutes of each other - it's enough to make me think I fell in the rabbit hole!
it's enough to make me think I fell in the rabbit hole!
Or simply an indicator that the world is as small as we think.
Question: might you clarify which thread on the forum to which we should post our attachments?The contest announcement and this rules thread perhaps could/should/might be combined?
Ps. Hawk -- just noticed, we've been hanging around these digs for a while now. Geesh, time.flys.
So is this starting tomorrow (Sunday) or Monday?
Yup - that's right. I'm in NZ.
First off, you would be amazed how many people submit photos that don't actually fall within the area of the competition. To use a concrete example: In the 1st round of the Crestock competition, the title of the photo was to be 'The Meaning of Life'. Now, I'm all for having a wide array of possibilities and interpretations, but there's something to be said for at least tenuously staying on target.<snip/>
GMT + 12 is not the same time zone as Melbourne, it's 2 hours ahead. So that's midnight in New York, does that make it any easier?
900 - 2000 px length for the longer side of the photograph.
DPI doesn't matter.
JPG or PNG.
Upload as attachments or the threads will start taking forever to load.
DPI doesn't matter.
JPG or PNG.
Upload as attachments or the threads will start taking forever to load.
errmmm, so I guess something like my avatar is unacceptable?
I went to the timezone link and:
selected "Use The Following Date/Time:"enteredDate: July 4 2010 Time: 16:00:00 24-HourforFrom Time Zone: Melbourne/AustraliaTo Time Zone: America/New_York (the nearest to West Springfield MA)
And I got16:00:00 Sunday July 4, 2010 in Australia/Melbourne converts to02:00:00 Sunday July 4, 2010 in America/New_YorkDaylight Saving Time is not in effect on this date/time in Australia/MelbourneDaylight Saving Time is in effect on this date/time in America/New_York
Not bad, I can be awake at 2 AM for this! If one of the first missions is a black wall at night it will look like
BTW it's a 400x300 pixel 3KB jpg
Is the size/weight/format OK?
Any dimension/filesize/filetype limitations? eg. what the forum allows for attachment uploads?


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MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – Seven shutout innings from Ashton Whidden in game two, helped give Saint Leo (18-19, 5-3 SSC) a doubleheader split with the Barry University Buccaneers (22-14, 4-4 SSC) in Sunshine State Conference action from Buccaneer Field. In game one, the Lions fell 7-1 but upended the Bucs in game two, 1-0.
Overall, nine different Lions collected hits including two from leadoff hitter Elysha Agen. Alex Garris scored a run in her 1-for-5 performance, while Ana Castillo connected on an RBI double in the game two win.
In game one, the Lions jumped on top of the Bucs when Alex Garris, who singled earlier, scored on a wild pitch to give SLU a 1-0 lead in the third inning.
Barry answered with a run of their own in the bottom of the third on an RBI single to tie the game at one.
After going scoreless in the top of the fourth inning, the Buccaneers posted a six-spot on the board to catapult them to the eventual final score of 7-1. Barry scored four of their six runs with two outs, including a two-RBI single by Monroy.
Saint Leo could not match the output as they went down in order during two of the next three innings, pushing Barry to the game one win.
Jaime Walker dropped to 5-6 on the season as she was tagged with the loss.
Game two was a pitching duel right from the start, as both pitchers posted zeroes over the first four frames.
The scoreless affair was broken in the top of the fifth inning when Castillo stroked a double to left centerfield scoring Agen from first base.
Backed by outstanding defense from Danielle Moreda, the one run lead was all the support Whidden needed as she held the Bucs off the board in the fifth inning, and put them in down in order during the sixth and seventh innings to preserve the 1-0 win.
Whidden was spectacular for the Green & Gold, scattering just four hits and allowing one just walk as she capped her third complete game shutout of the season.
The Lions will wrap-up the SSC series with Barry tomorrow afternoon from Buccaneer Field. The game is a make-up for the Friday night postponed contest with first pitch set for 1:00 p.m.
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Our elected officials refuse to stop spending money that we don't have. They refuse to stop borrowing money from China that our grandchildren have to pay back; and they refuse to stop raising our taxes. We have the power to remove all of them from office. All we have to do is vote.
The Tea Party movement woke up a sleeping giant, the Christians of America. There are millions of us working together to take America back and restore her to her former glory. All we have to do is vote.
We are paying a heavy price for ignoring our duty to God and country by not voting. It almost cost us our freedom; but it's never too late to start doing what is right. All we have to do is vote.
Make it your mission to vote in every election. Persuade everyone you know to do the same: your neighbors, your co-workers, your relatives, your children, your grandchildren—everyone who is old enough to vote.
Get them to register to vote online at this website: http://www.canIvote.org . They can download the forms that they need to register; and they can find out where to file them, and where to vote.


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I was a little dissappointed with Coopers in Llano, their vinegar based sauce wasn't my favorite, but the meat was smoked well.
I like the Salt Lick in Austin, but I feel I can do better in the back yard. Its also quite a haul from Killeen.
Texas Shutterbug, Fat boys in Temple is also pretty good, I think it is alot better than Clem Mikeskas.
Doesn't anyone in Texas use hickory!!!


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I have recently started freelancing as a webdesigner. I have landed some jobs, but not enough. Anyone out there have any tips for a fresh freelancer? How to get jobs? How and where to advertise your services etc? The few jobs i have landed/done so far is from being featured on some css-galleries.
Is there any good site for advertising yourself and finding jobs? Like a meetingplace for webdesigners/developers?
My site: <snip>link deleted</snip>
Hi ya,What used to be called the SitePoint marketplace and is now a part of Flippa is a great place to advertise for this kind of thing.You'll find that here.
Best of luck.
Thanks, will check it out=)
Have you ever heard of Craiglist, there are a lot of freelance work on that site.
There are also sites like freelancer.com, elance.com and others (tho its quite hard to get a project there for new freelancers)
Hmm a day after i created this thread i got a honorable-mention at awwwards.com and since then I have gotten loads of freelance-work and one offer for a full-time job as a frontend-dev/webdesigner.
Yh, im happy:P
I joined freelancer but it seems like everyone wants you to do stuff for almost nothing in return... ecommerce wordpress site for 400USD as an example.
you should try backpage or craigslist
guys i am facing difficulties in getting project from freelancer . tell me what to do
If you mean freelancer.com, let me tell you that everybody has problems getting projects from there and from similar sites.
The only thing that you can do is to phrase your proposals better, stick around and offer competitive prices
I can suggest three ways to reach clients.1. Join freelance websites like Elance. Odesk etc.2 Create your own blog or website and offer your services to visitors.3. Participate in design contestson sits like 99designs
There are a lot of freelancing sites online like odesk, freelancer, elance, and etc. First of all you need to Promote yourself and what skills are you familiar with! It's not really an easy thing on finding freelance job's because of the tight competition, You must really work hard on getting one! best of luck...


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Okay fellow Timmy drinking Cannucks, today is our day. This is just a reminder to take the time and vote. There are some very important issues at stake and if you want to bitch later you have to vote. We cannot let that pitbull in a sweater vest destroy our country. At this point I am actually still undecided, but I do know who I do not want.
At any rate if like me you are still undecided, take the time to read over the platform of ALL of the parties. Don't fall for the rhetoric and just vote the facts.
Most importantly think about what kind of Canada you want to live in.


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Enjoy the flavors of fall with this healthy twist on Cincinnati Chili. Using Spaghetti squash in place of regular pasta reduces calories and provides a nutrient boost. Pumpkin puree adds health-promoting antioxidants and helps to create a rich, satisfying full-bodied chili.
Pumpkin Turkey Chili
Serves 6-8
1 cup chopped white onion (NuVal Score 93) - ($0.30)
1/2 cup bell pepper, chopped (NuVal Score 96) - ($0.50)
3/4 to 1 pound Jennie-O lean ground turkey (NuVal Score 46) - ($2.56)
1 package (1.25 oz.) Meijer Chili Seasoning Mix ($0.50)
1 tablespoon to 1 1/2 tablespoon McCormick Southwest Seasoning spice blend (optional)
1 can (15 oz.) Meijer pumpkin puree (NuVal Score 94) - $(0.99)
1 cup Meijer reduced sodium chicken broth (NuVal Score 4) - ($0.57)
1 can (15.25 oz.) reduced sodium black beans, undrained (NuVal Score 89) - ($0.89)
1 can (15.25 oz.) Meijer corn (no salt added) (NuVal Score 91) - ($0.59)
1 can (28 oz) Meijer diced tomatoes (NuVal Score 44) - ($1.29)
1. Brown ground turkey, onion and bell pepper in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook until turkey is evenly browned.
2. Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low.
3. Simmer 30 minutes. Add more broth or water for thinner chili.
4. Salt and pepper to taste, if desired. Serve over spaghetti squash.
Tip: Spoon single portion servings of any leftover chili into freezer-safe containers. pull from the freezer and thaw for a quick lunch or fast dinner alternative to fast food on busy nights.
Nutrition information (per serving): 347 Calories, 7g Fat, 2g Saturated Fat, 50mg Cholesterol, 410 mg Sodium, 44g Carbohydrate, 12g Fiber, 27g Protein.
Total Cost - Chili: $8.19
Spaghetti Squash
Serves: 6
1 large spaghetti squash (about 2 to 2 1/2 pounds) - ($1.73)
Meijer nonstick cooking spray (for oven baking)
Salt and pepper to taste
Oven Bake Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Halve spaghetti squash lengthwise and remove seeds and membranes. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
3. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Place squash halves cut side down on baking sheet and bake 45 to 50 minutes, until tender.
4. When cool enough to handle, use a fork and separate the spaghetti squash into strands.
5. Serve topped with Pumpkin Chili.
Microwave Oven Directions:
1. Half spaghetti squash lengthwise and remove seeds and membranes. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
2. Place squash half cut side down in a microwave-safe baking dish with 1/3 cup water. Microwave on high for 5 to 8 minutes, until tender. Repeat with 2nd half.
3. When cool enough to handle, use a fork and separate the spaghetti squash into strands.
4. Serve topped with Pumpkin Chili.
Total Meal Cost: $9.92


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Book or Film?
Will this be written in universe based on the novels or the films? For example, the story describes what happens in the books, and in the end you can have a section of "differences between the films and books" or something like that. Or vice versa. Thoughts? - Squishy_Vic (Send an Owl)
- It should stay book specific when applicable. A separate article about the differences would be okay. John Reaves 01:20, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
Why are most of the pictures from PoA?
I find it awful that most pictures are from PoA. How about for Hermione her BEAUTIFUL pictures from GoF?
I'm going to get some screencaps from the films for this article tomorrow.
Anyone got any suggestions? -- Lost Soul talk contribs email 19:29, 12 April 2007 (UTC) The aspect ratio of the Harry as a baby picture is wrong. The screenshot probably comes from a DVD, which is anamorphic. The image should be streched by 33%.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.127.116.11 (talk • contribs).
Well I could talk about this on this page only.I am amazed to see ads on every page of the Wiki. What are the doing here? All the previously running wiki projects are free from ads.
Harry and the last Horcrux
This is the only place I could think of writing this idea so please tell me a better place and what you think of the theory: what if Harry was the Last Horcrux. and whenever Voldemort attacked baby harry trying to get rid of the prophecy he actually helped the prophecy by accidentally making harry a horcrux because maybe the prophecy says Harry will sacrifice himself to kill Voldemort. Now I know that you have to take a soul to make a horcrux but maybe Voldemort put the last part of his soul (the part that is keeping his body alive) into Harry, so essentially voldemort's soul becomes one with Harry's. So I think harry is going to destroy all the horcruxes and learn he has to die to stop voldemort. Now i would really like it if the book skipped to like two to five years later or something and Ginny is pregnant that way harry dies with an heir, but i doubt that will happen. so let me know what you think.SilverSword 19:50, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Never Mind I found my own answer. User:188.8.131.52 20:13, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
and surrogate parent?
The book doesn't say anything about Teddy Lupin coming to live with Harry. He merely sees him at the Kings Cross. After all, Teddy had his grandmother to take care of him, so I don't know if it should be mentioned that Harry was the surrogate parent, because that is merely speculation and not reality. I think these simple words should be removed unless someone can provide evidence that Teddy actually went and lived with the Potters. User:18.104.22.168 18:09, 27 July 2007 (UTC) You're right, they never mention Teddy Lupin living with Harry, but he goes to their house a couple times a week. So he could be considered a surrogate parent. Skyreader 22:12, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
refrences to the real world
Can I please point out that as a Wiki were not allowed to have references to the real world (eg the titles of the books) in the main part of the article. As it is nearly every paragraph of this article starts with "In Harry Potter and the..." this needs to be sorted on nearly every article thank you.-KickAssJedi 08:41, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
- Fixed per Harry Potter Wiki Policy. DarkJedi613 20:45, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
It was clearly stated in the last books that all wizarding families were related in some way or another. Potter is half-blood, so he should be related to most wizarding families anyway. But somehow, all family ties that should be there are non-existent and the only family he has, are a bunch of muggles. Can anyone clarify this? 126.96.36.199 19:27, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- Although all wizarding families may be related, that does not mean his direct family has survived at all. Saying all Wizarding familes are related is the same as saying all people in the world are related. Its true to an extent, but that doesn't mean you consider them all family. All it means is that at some point all the wizarding lines there are crossed, not that Harry has to have cousins or aunts and uncles. (P.S. Sign your talk edits.) -- DarkJedi613 (Talk) 20:09, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
Would it be better to simply list the Weasleys in general as relatives rather than each and every one of the dozens of individual Weasleys? Mafalda Hopkirk 18:52, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Salazar Slytherin
In COS, Harry wonders about if he is related to Slytherin. In HBP, Marvolo Gaunt says he's related to the Peverells and Slytherin. That means Harry is somewhat related since he's related to Ignotus. Should Slytherin be in ancestor? Syugecin
- He's not necessarily, their relatives could be on different sides of the family. -- DarkJedi613 (Talk) 01:04, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
- Well, but if he's related to the Peverells at all...the Peverell line has to start somewhere, and that would be the link. Hufflepuff Half-Giant 05:40, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
- Oh, I see I misunderstood the question and answer. Yeah, they aren't necessarily related. Hufflepuff Half-Giant 05:55, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah it's not said if Slytherin is related to the Peverell's at all. He could have married into part of the line but not necessarily mean being related to Harry.Dbones2009 19:10, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
- Oh, I see I misunderstood the question and answer. Yeah, they aren't necessarily related. Hufflepuff Half-Giant 05:55, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
- Well, but if he's related to the Peverells at all...the Peverell line has to start somewhere, and that would be the link. Hufflepuff Half-Giant 05:40, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
"Harry is also distantly related, on his father's side, to the Blacks, Malfoys, the Weasleys, the Longbottoms.." that's disturbing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.127.116.11 (talk • contribs).
Head Auror
Unless I missed a recent interview which is very unlikely, I missed her saying the year he became head auror. Therefore, I changed it back to how it was without the date saying by 2017 he was Head Auror.Dbones2009 11:51, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
- Wizard of the Month on http://www.jkrowling.com confirms he joined the Auror Department at the age of 17, and became the head in 2007. - Cavalier One 12:31, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you...Dbones2009 15:00, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
Book 1
I was rereading this, and when HRH lose 150 points, the Gryffindor Qudditch team turns on Harry. The rest of the team I understand, but was anyone else surprised the Weasley twins turned on him? Cubs Fan2007 05:31, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
- Actually, the group that loses 150 points is Harry, Neville and Hermione. Ron had nothing to do with it. I guess the Weasley twins were shocked that Harry & friends would actually lose 150 points from Gryffindor in one go. Probably not as shocked as the rest of the team, but they're not exactly as close to him as Ron, either. 18.104.22.168 13:01, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Sacrificial Protection
Does J.K. Rowling actually say that the students were given such a protection due to Harry's attempted sacrifice? I don't think merely dying for someone, or dying trying to prevent someone else from dying qualifies. Dumbledore suggested that it also requires a very deep love, such as the love Lily had for Harry. As much as Harry cared for those fighting against the Death Eaters, I don't think that it was quite the same. Maybe for some of them, but certainly not all of them. If dying for someone protected the other person from similar slaughter, it would happen a lot, such as when Voldemort killed that family in Deathly Hallows in his search for Gregorovitch. Those children didn't get the protection, yet their mother died for them. Any dang way, I'm really just asking if Rowling has SAID there was a protection due to Harry's attempted sacrifice, or if it is something assumed: "Die for someone, they are protected." Hufflepuff Half-Giant 19:08, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
When Harry is dueling Voldemort he says that the reason that none of Voldemort's spells worked was because of that protection.
Voldemort may have learned from his past mistake, it never specified in Deathly Hollows that Voldemort actually killed the children in question while he was looking for Gregorovitch or, if he did, that he didn't use some non-magical method to finish them off.
Note on Recent Edit
Just wanted to let anyone know who comes across the page in the next hour, I started a section on Draco Malfoy and his relationship with Harry, but can't finish it just now. I will return in about 20 minutes to finish it. Mafalda Hopkirk 21:15, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Phrasing and inappropriate terms
With "good faith" in mind, my feelings are that in some cases, people have used inappropriate phrases some of these articles. For instance, in this article it lists Cho Chang as Harry's "love interest." I think this is bad and frankly sexist. Female characters have more value than just being love interests. Though I know Cho is a minor character, I feel it is disrespectful to the character, or at least the author, to discount a character as merely a "love interest." In another instance, such as the article on Perkins, someone put in his article that he's an "old deaf wizard" which is insensitive. I feel that personally as I'm partially deaf and I reworded it. Again i'm not trying to attack anyone for insensitivity, but we should be more mindful how we phrase things. In an encyclopedia, we should word things like we would word an article on ourselves, no? Mafalda Hopkirk 22:35, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
- Describing someone as a "love interest" of Harry does not mean they have no value, etc. It simply means that Harry is in interested in having a relationship "beyond friends" with her. If it had said that "The only reason Cho is in the series is to serve as a love interest of Harry," then I would agree it needs to be rewritten.
- With Perkins, I understand it is insensitive, I doubt the person who wrote it meant it to cause any hard feelings. Although if it is how JKR worded it then... -- DarkJedi613 (Talk) 23:32, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Citation for the JKR bit? Mafalda Hopkirk 17:57, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Should the four Founders' possessions (Slytherin's locket, Hufflepuff's Cup, Ravenclaw's diadem, and Gryffindor's Sword) really be considered Harry's possessions? The diadem and the cup, at least, are only in his possession long enough to destroy the horcruxes (and they're in Ron and Hermione's possession just as much as Harry's, for that matter). I don't see him keeping any of the items, except perhaps Gryffindor's Sword, but even that, I suspect, would be left at Hogwarts. Dumbledore left it to him (which was probably to draw Harry's attention to an item that could destroy horcruxes once the will was read out), but it's been said by others that it either belongs to Hogwarts or to the goblins. At the end of the series, Neville is holding it. None of them are possessions the same way the Invisibility Cloak or Number 12 Grimmauld Place are. Much of the information about them is repetitive as well, from the search for the horcruxes section. I don't think they should be included as his possessions. Oread 15:07, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
- I completely agree - Mafalda Hopkirk 20:18, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
- So do I. However, a summary of Harry's affinity with Gryffindor's Sword may be appropriate, along with Dumbledore's wish for Harry to have it in his will. - Cavalier One(Wizarding Wireless Network) 00:14, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
- I removed the diadem, cup, and locket from that section, but I left a modified blurb about the Sword, including Dumbledore leaving it to Harry in his will. Oread 19:52, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
- Since we are speaking of Harry's possesions here, should we mention about the golden watch that Molly gave him on his 17th Birthday? It belonged to Fabian Prewett, and if I remember correctly, it was apparently dented, but Harry still kept it 19 years later, as we read in the epilouge. We aren't sure the nature of the watch, but it could be magical like 12 arms watch of Dumbledore, and might be like the Weasley's clock that show the status of everybody in the household. I mean the thing has stars instead of arms, definitely something unique about it.Seasrmar 05:11, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
- I removed the diadem, cup, and locket from that section, but I left a modified blurb about the Sword, including Dumbledore leaving it to Harry in his will. Oread 19:52, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
- So do I. However, a summary of Harry's affinity with Gryffindor's Sword may be appropriate, along with Dumbledore's wish for Harry to have it in his will. - Cavalier One(Wizarding Wireless Network) 00:14, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Happy Birthday Harry Potter!--HallieryElizabeth 00:32, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
I noticed the editor's note in the infobox about not adding her as a sister-in-law. But the way I undertand the concept, she's related to Harry through marriage, since their respective spouses are related. -- Cubs Fan2007 (Talk) 17:18, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
- First just to have the link available: Harry Potter Wiki:Character infobox family guidelines. Anyway, an "in-law" is the direct family member of someone's spouse as far as I know. So...Hermione is Ginny's in-law but Hermione is Harry's wife's in-law, Hermione to Harry is going through two marriages -- thus not an in-law. -- DarkJedi613 (Talk) 18:01, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
- Just FYI, I've found online dictionaries that, in addition to the common definition, define "sister-in-law" as the wife of a spouse's brother: [1], [2], [3] -- Cubs Fan2007 (Talk) 19:32, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
- I knew you were going to come back and say that. I mean it can be added I suppose -- I personally don't really care. Not sure who added the comment. Just cite one of the dictionaries after it. Although in my opinion the whole list of family on this article is too long to start with. -- DarkJedi613 (Talk) 20:02, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
- Just FYI, I've found online dictionaries that, in addition to the common definition, define "sister-in-law" as the wife of a spouse's brother: [1], [2], [3] -- Cubs Fan2007 (Talk) 19:32, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
Marauder's Map
In Harry's succession boxes, an anon-IP changed the successor of the Marauder's Map to Harry' son James. But the way I understand it, James isn't the owner in the sense Harry is and the Marauders were; he only borrowed it. Should that be changed back? -- Cubs Fan2007 (Talk) 16:44, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
- I don't remember ever seeing anything saying that Harry gave the map to James.--Matoro183 (Talk) 17:18, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
- I would say leave it. James steals it from Harry's desk, he becomes the new "owner" -- its not owner in the sense of the Elder Wand that has to be disarmed to get, etc. -- DarkJedi613 (Talk) 17:54, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
- Am I missing something here? James stole...what?--Matoro183 (Talk) 17:58, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
- Go read James Potter II. "James would eventually steal the Marauder's Map from his father's desk drawer while he wasn't looking to have fun with it at Hogwarts." There's no source, but I do remember it coming from somewhere... -- DarkJedi613 (Talk) 18:11, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
- Am I missing something here? James stole...what?--Matoro183 (Talk) 17:58, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
- I would say leave it. James steals it from Harry's desk, he becomes the new "owner" -- its not owner in the sense of the Elder Wand that has to be disarmed to get, etc. -- DarkJedi613 (Talk) 17:54, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
I think the Map belongs to Hary and Teddy Lupin because their father's both created it and are now dead
- Using that kind of logic though you can argue that Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, James Potter, and Sirius Black all owned one-forth of the map originally and passed their claim down to their descendants automatically with their death. Only then would Teddy have a claim to his father's one-forth share. Pettigrew died, leaving no known heir, and thus his claim to the map is thereby dead with him. Being the sole heir of James Potter, Harry naturally inherited his father's claim. Sirius Black's will left "all his worldly possessions" (see Post-Mortem in his article) to Harry, which would, in terms of Marauder Map claims, seem to apply as well. If the remaining dead share were divided up accordingly Harry would have a controlling two-thirds share of the map. One must also not forget that in PoA Lupin had the perfect opportunity to exert his claim (being at that point it's only creator believed to be still alive and not a criminal) to the map. He didn't even though he did have it in his possession for a while. He left it with Harry believing that James would've enjoyed the thought of his son engaging in the same types of late-night antics that he once did. In essence, Lupin gave up his claim on the map to Harry and Teddy would have no claim. Thus, when the map is stolen by James II, Harry probably would have enjoyed the thought of his son carrying on the Marauder's night time excursions and allowed the map to pass into his possession. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 18.104.22.168 (talk • contribs).
Harry's birthyear
Having read through a fair bit of the articles, I cannot help but wonder why Harry is listed as being born in 1980. The first book was published in '97 with no apparent indication of year. I'd place Harry's date of birth to 1986 instead.
CurseBreaker 09:50, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
- JK has said, and I think that it is mentioned in one of the other books, that the first book is set in '91. Harry's birthdate is also on JK's website, I believe.--
Matoro183 (Talk) 11:29, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
- Let's see... Nearly-Headless Nick died on Halloween, 1492. (Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 8) It was Nick's 500th aniversary of his death on 1992 (1492+500=1992). Harry attended this 500th deathday party in his second year, placing the events of Chamber of Secrets on the 1992/1993 school year. Then, the events in Philosopher's Stone are placed in the 1991/1992 school year. Harry is supposed to be attending his first year at Hogwarts when he's 11 years old. So he was born in 1980 (1991-11=1980).
I hope I have helped you. (For more info, see Dating conventions)
But at the start of Goblet of Fire (set in August 1994 according to you), Harry mentions Dudley throwing his PlayStation out of his window, despite the PlayStation not even having been released until over a year later.
-- Seth Cooper 11:50, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
- One must also remember that on numerous occasions that JKR has noted that she has a horrible way with numbers. For instance, in the first book, supposedly set in 1991, the young wizards and witches are fawning over the new Nimbus 2000 in Diagon Alley. The next year, now referred to as 1992, the new Nimbus 2001 came out. The increase in model number from 2000 to 2001 means that the number in the previous model number (the 2000 in Nimbus 2000) can't simply be taken as a meaningless addition meant to simply make the broom "sound cool". There would then be a reason to believe that the beginning year for book one to have been late 1999 and that the 2000 was meant to showcase it as the Nimbus model for the next year. The most common use of this form of numbering is when new car models are released, 2010 models in the fall of 2009 for instance. It's not a stretch to believe that with the bleed over from the Muggle world into the Wizarding world this is a naming convention that may have been carried over as well. Starting in PoA JKR stopped introducing new broom models, particularly ones with model numbers, by introducing the Firebolt. It's quite possible that JKR simply forgot when she intended the first book to take place and simply picked an arbitrary starting year at some later date and then stuck with it. This would seem to be the only way of accounting for such errors and for the 7 year displacement in broom models. If such were the case, and the original starting year was 1999, Harry's birth year would then be 1988. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.127.116.11 (talk • contribs).
Could add this for irony: Of course, it became apparent to me very quickly that he had no extraordinary talent at all. He has fought his way out of a number of tight corners by a simple combination of sheer luck and more talented friends. He is mediocre to the last degree, though as obnoxious and self-satisfied as was his father before him. - Severus Snape
Random thoughts
I'd like your opinion on these thoughts of mine. Le;ave your opinions on my talk page.
- Harry should have been in Slytherin. I think that his Slytherin side was stronger than his Gryffindor side. - Harry should have broken up with Ginny for good and stayed just friennds with her. She's too firey and I bet that Harry is only with because she reminds him of his mother. - Harry should have been friends with Draco Malfoy. Draco is a much better pure-blood than Ron, and Draco didn't believe any of Harry's fame. I mean that Draco and Harry didn't see Harry as all that the Prophet said he was.
Gryff23 01:17, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
- Oho...your thoughts are very dark ones indeed. You should be Slytt23, not Gryff23...still I think that if Harry was to be with Malfoy, he would not have survived through the series. It was both Hermione and Ron who had helped him through. If he was to be friends with Draco, Lucius would most likely corrupt Harry's mind and we might be seeing another dark wizard. Draco himself is rather cowardly, even if intelligent. Finally, it is all thanks to Hagrid that Harry knew better than to allow the Sorting Hat to proclaim him to be in Slytherin.
- One more thing, even if Harry made friends with Draco, their thoughts would conflict all the way and I doubt their friendship would survive for a month.
--Tonicquill 09:55, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Question about the 2nd killing curse that struck Harry
What is the frail, disfigured, child-like entity that Harry met at King's Cross when he was struck by that killing curse? Is it the part of Voldemort that was destroyed when Harry was struck? And had dumbledore been waiting for like a year all the while in the station for Harry to arrive? --Tonicquill 09:50, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
- JKR explained on her website that the "mutilated baby" was what was left of Voldemort's soul after all his Horcruxes had been destroyed. When Voldemort attacked Harry at the end of DH34, they were both knocked unconscious, and both their souls ended up in limbo (King's Cross). The appearance of Voldemort's soul reflects the damage he did to it.
- In a webchat shortly after the release of DH, JKR explained that, although Voldemort only had seven Horcruxes, his soul was actually split into eight parts. The Master Soul from which the seven Horcrux pieces were torn remained in his body.
- I don't remember JKR ever addressing whether Dumbledore waited for Harry to arrive at King's Cross. The way I read DH35, though, I think Dumbledore only showed up after Harry did. Dumbledore surprises Harry by approaching him from behind while he's examining Voldemort's soul ("[Harry] spun around. Albus Dumbledore was walking towards him...'"). ★ Starstuff (Owl me!) 15:49, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
- I see, thanks alot. Guess I didn't take the time to read her interviews...only books and encyclopedia's... --Tonicquill 17:37, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
- No problem. A good place to go if you want to read JKR interviews is Accio Quote! They've got quotations arranged by subject, which makes it easier to find answers to questions on specific characters, locations, etc. ★ Starstuff (Owl me!) 00:49, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
This articles a mess!
This article really is a mess. I cleaned up the relationships section a while back but other than that really it's all a little sloppy.
Am I the only one who thinks that Harry Potter being the main character should have the best page on this Wikia?
I was fixing a few things on Hermione Grangers page and I noticed that her page has a lot of clean, detailed and informative sections with good relative images. In comparison Harrys page looks terrible, Harrys "second year" section is merely two paragraphs long, and Hermiones is HUGE and she was petrified for the best part of Chamber of Secrets. I'm not saying we cut down Hermiones but I think alot of us need to pull together to fix Harry's page.
I'll do as much as I can, I sorted out the relationships and that's stayed clean and alright but the rest of the article really lacks... something. AND it's rated 5 *****?
Anyone else going to work on this with me? Afterall, Harry is the main character and if his page looks bad that makes the Wikia look bad.
- I agree, it needs a lot of cleaning up. I added etymology and the personality and traits section, and did a lot of expansion and clean-up of the third year section. I was going to add references as well, but I think that's something to do either as the article is being expanded and including more detail, or afterwards. I would be willing to rewrite the history section that covers Deathly Hallows (though in-universe, of course), and to do the referencing.
- By the way, there was a group project that was focused on just this, but it seems to have run out of steam. Maybe that should be revitalized? Oread 22:13, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
(Transferred from Talk:Scarhead following redirection of Scarhead article)
Should this term really have its own article? It's not a more general term particular to the wizarding world (like Mudblood or blood traitor) -- it's a nickname. By the same standard, we should have articles for "Weasel King" (Draco Malfoy's nickname for Ron), "Gred" and "Forge", "Prongs", "Padfoot", "Snuffles", "Moony", "Loony Lovegood", "Snivellus", etc. Oread 05:04, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
- I agree. We don't really need this page, as it is simply a nickname for a certain character.
Iluvgracie129 06:44, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
- Okay, then. Now i learned another lesson.--You-Know-Who 08:48, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Ginny Weasley
to the person who edited Relationships:Ginny Weasley.
Will you please only edit articles when 1) You're sure of it's truthfulness and 2)It's helpful?? Please don't go around messing up articles. A lot of work went into them. Thank you. Quidditch Lover 06:23, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
I was only correcting grammar. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]]).
It may not have been you, but somebody came by and wrote "Harry does not actually love Ginny," and some nonsense about him being gay. I undid the change, but the editor was not logged on, so I have no idea who it was. Quidditch Lover 06:58, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
No that wasn't me! Sometimes I shorten the articles, but I don't go crazy. I fix grammar so it won't be as distracting to the reader. And good thing we have people like you to take care of things! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]]).
Project Scarhead
I've run the whole article through an online essay grammar error detector I know. It didn't come up with any errors, so I think we're good with Grammar.Quidditch Lover 00:04, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
- I also just finished a spell-check over the whole thing. We are sticking to the British Spelling, right? Oh, and a general note for editing: when you have punctuation marks along wiht quotation marks, always put the punctuation before the quotation (i.e. ."/,"/!") Quidditch Lover 07:24, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Main Image
I like the new picture somebody put in, but I think it's a bit too big. I don't know how to fix it, though. Could somebody shrink it a bit?? Thanks Quidditch Lover 03:21, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
- Done. Pictures in infoboxes shouldn't exceed 250px in width. If you want to resize an image in the future, just add "|250px" to the image code, replacing "250" with whatever number you want. ★ Starstuff (Owl me!) 06:22, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks Starstuff. That's really usefull to know. I'll remember that in the future. Quidditch Lover 06:19, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
I found a cool image!! KingDonfin You Seem familiar have I threatened you before!!! 03:47, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
little over top with HP in my case
ok harry potter (HP) is the best movie/book in the wrold but than twilight comes along and trys to take the spot light!if your a littel over top like i'm please note me and i just may by able to help ( if you want help from a tottally crazed person that almost kill her classmate over the fact that hp is better than tw (twilight))
...sorry not to be rude, but what does this have to do with the Harry Potter universe and inserting more information for inquiring minds?
In the infobox. Lol, what?
Relationship: Dolores Umbridge?
Do we need to add Dolores Umbridge in Relationships section in Harry Potter's Main Page?
- For my own opinion, we don't need to add her. As she is only had interaction between Harry when she have the opportunity to teach at Hogwarts but we all know that Harry and Umbridge was never close to each other and for Harry, she hated Umbridge very much as up to the point that he and with Hermione and Ron called Umbridge as a devil woman. We must add Remus Lupin instead.
- About Voldemort, Although Harry had the same feeling with Umbridge to Voldemort. He is acceptable because we all know that Harry and Voldemort had a connection in each other through the scar on his forehead, And he is Harry's mortal enemy.
What do you think other HP Wiki editors? --ÈnŔîčö (Send me an Owl!) 15:37, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
- I don't think it's necessary to have a section for his relationship with her. I wouldn't oppose it if the section were more detailed, but as it is now, it's unnecessary. It is also misleading to describe Umbridge as Harry's "arch-enemy", since Voldemort suits that term better. Oread (talk) 15:48, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
- Harry's relationship with Umbridge was too short anyway. ShirleyA 00:51, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
Harry Potter DH Photo
Are we going to use that photo of Dan, as the main image? For me He looks so funny at that photo. Another thing is, we are not sure if that is officially for Deathly Hallows films to be include, or it's only a behind the scene photo. --ÈnŔîčö (Send me an Owl!) 22:07, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
- Never mind. I already updated the photo. --ÈnŔîčö (Send me an Owl!) 06:46, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
- Doesn't that picture look sorta weird though? I don't like it being the main image. ShirleyA 00:53, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
- I think a behind-the-scenes photo of the filming of DH isn't suitable for use in a character article. The photo could depict a take of the Tottenham Court Road scene that won't be used in the final cut of the film (or included as a deleted scene on the DVD). ★ Starstuff (Owl me!) 08:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
- Starstuff is right. And so, i want to suggest that we still using official photos from the Half-Blood Prince movie, I was selecting photos of Harry. For you, Which of these are suitable?
- I'd say no to the first as it's a bit fuzzy, and no to the third as it's too dark and Harry is facing away from the camera. How about this.Jayce Carver Talk 07:17, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
- Shall we vote on it, or does anyone else have any suggestions? Jayce Carver Talk 07:26, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
Good and Bad
One of the good things about Potter is that he's not the best person around. He swears, and is a bit arrogant. I think.--Tigan Barkwater Why not chat? 07:03, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
Early Life
Does there need to be that many sections regarding his life before Hogwarts? i think some sections could be merged. ShirleyA(The Quibbler) 08:20, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- The books are told from Harry's perspective (with the exceptions of HBP1, HBP2, and DH1), and, as such, we know more about Harry's childhood than we do about Ron's, Hermione's, etc., meaning that there will be more to cover. I don't have an issue with keeping "Early Life," "Life on Privet Drive," and "Muggle Primary School" as separate sections, but I do think "You're a Wizard, Harry" and "Phoenix-feather Wand" should be merged. ★ Starstuff (Owl me!) 01:41, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
Gaunt/Riddle family connections
While Harry is technically a distant cousin of Voldemort and his family, I don't see the reason for putting this in infobox. It has little or no bearing on the story and merely a conclusion we reached by considering the complexities of the family tree. While I don't object to mentioning it in the Relationships section, the infobox (which is already quite bloated) seems to be an unnecessary place to put this information considering its relative unimportance and obscurity. --126.96.36.199 22:55, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Look! It is constantly added to this article that Hermione, Fleur, Audrey and Angelina are sister-in-laws of Harry. They're not! A sister in law is the wife of a person's brother. Harry has no brothers, so hence, he has no sister in laws.--RandomEnigma 17:27, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
- Sister-in-law: "A sister-in-law is the sister of one's spouse. The wife of one's sibling and the wife of one's spouse's sibling are also considered a sister-in-law." - Nick O'Demus 17:35, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
- I have to concur with Nick. My mother's side of the family is bigger than the Weasley clan, and all them, regardless of their own relationship to my mom, are my dad's brothers- and sisters-in-law. --Cubs Fan2007 (Talk to me) 17:37, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
- I have to concur with both of these guys. Look up sister-in-law in a dictionary and you should find some definition related to the one Nick gave you. -- GrouchMan (Send an owl then scram!) 02:52, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
- I have to concur with Nick. My mother's side of the family is bigger than the Weasley clan, and all them, regardless of their own relationship to my mom, are my dad's brothers- and sisters-in-law. --Cubs Fan2007 (Talk to me) 17:37, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
Kids Names
It Say's In The Book The Children Are Called: Albus Severus, Lily Luna and i think James Lupin?
Lupin is a family name. His name is James Sirius.--Rodolphus 19:13, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
the death eaters did not want to harm him
"he was the only one of the six D.A."..
they didn't try to..Pintel 14:56, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
This is just me wondering, not really much to do with the article besides the point that it is listed, but How is Harry related to Tom Riddle/Voldemort? It says "distant" but I was wondering exactly how is he? 22.214.171.124 17:25, 27 July 2009 (UTC)´
- They are both descendants of the Peverell brothers.--Rodolphus 17:34, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
- Alright. 188.8.131.52 14:20, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
new comment on dumbledore relationship part?
I know you should refrain from using quotes from the movies, but I like the half-blood prince quote when dumbledore says:
- Dumbledore: Arent you wondering why I brought you here harry?
- Harry: actually sir, after all these years, I just sort of go along with it.
hows that? Wanted somebody higher-up's opinion before I made the change.18.104.22.168 18:27, 2 August 2009 (UTC).
- You're not supposed to refrain from a movie quote when it doesn't contradict the books. Go for it, add it. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 02:25, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
WAY Too Long
This entire article is a huge mess. It's way too long and filled with unnecessary information. Do we really need an entire summary of the seventh book here? And there are far too many "relationships" stuck in there... Either make a whole new page for "Harry Potter's Relationships" or cut it down to only the important people (Dumbledore, Hagrid, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, etc). 22.214.171.124 02:27, September 21, 2009 (UTC)
- Well he IS the protagonist of the series, so there is a lot more content that's relevant to him than to most other characters. As for the relationships, the same applies, although you're right in that it needs a lot of work in cleaning up. Several of those sections were recently added, and some of them do seem somewhat extraneous. Personally, I'd support removal of the more "generic" relationships, such as "Slytherin Students", "Death Eaters", "Ministry of Magic", "Ghosts", "Hogwarts Professors", "Magical creatures", etc,. and keep it limited to specific characters. - Nick O'Demus 05:29, September 21, 2009 (UTC)
- Length doesn't necessarily make an article better. The relationships section should be limited to Harry's important relationships - despite Tonks being a major character, her relationship with Harry is relatively unimportant. Likewise, Hedwig is an unimportant character, but her relationship with Harry is extremely important to his character.
- Further, characters such as Godric Gryffindor and Vernon Dursley's sister are completely unnecessary. 18.104.22.168 00:40, October 6, 2009 (UTC)
I agree, the relationship section is far too long. It should be reserved for particularly meaningfull relationships, not everyone he ever crossed paths with. The same can be said for alot of articles on characters. Jayden Matthews 11:47, October 20, 2009 (UTC)
- I agree with Jayden and with all those who said that Relationship section is too long.. i agree with the removal of those... --ÈnŔîčö DC(Send me an Owl!) 06:48, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
Um, is it just me, or is there far too much information above the ToC? Shouldn't that be a brief description? All of that information is mentioned elsewhere in the article. I think it needs to be trimmed down. Eleanor Rigby 16:23, September 27, 2009 (UTC)
- That lead just summarizes the article. Since this specific article is so long, it requires a relatively large summary. --Cubs Fan (Talk to me) 16:30, September 27, 2009 (UTC)
Prisoner of Azkaban in 1993, but October 16 is told as being a friday in Divination to Lavender Brown, it was a saturday in 1993. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.127.116.11 (talk • contribs).
- Numbers and dates aren't JKR strong suit, she even admits that. Ever noticed that September 2nd is always on a Monday no matter what year it is? - Nick O'Demus 11:41, October 20, 2009 (UTC)
never noticed the september 2nd always being a monday before, just thought this would be and interesting point to notice.
Title Image
Is there any way we could find a better picture of Daniel Radcliffe for the title image? I know it's recent (being from the set of a to-be-released film), but it is too much of a 'natural shot'. Not to mention that Radcliffe's facial expression shows absolutely no emotion in that photograph. There are plenty of other close-up images of Radcliffe from past films that we could use, surely. Any suggestions?--Yin&Yang 08:29, November 20, 2009 (UTC)
The main image should be from the most recent film if possible. The fact that his face is unexpressive is a good thing. Jayden Matthews 08:34, November 20, 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, I guess so. Still, that doesn't detract from the Ron and Hermione articles' title images. Rupert Grint looks a little suprised (if memory serves) and Emma Watson looks plain worried. I think we need to weigh up the advantages of recent photos, with photos that look too natural. Let's also not forget that the DH films haven't been released yet (nor fully completed for all we know) so do those photos even qualify as "from the most recent film"?--Yin&Yang 09:59, November 20, 2009 (UTC)
We just need to do the best with what we have. We can't always have both netural expression and most recent film, but, in this case, we do. Jayden Matthews 10:05, November 20, 2009 (UTC)
I'm going to be totally honest with you, I really don't mean to sound shallow and in no way am I trying to offend him, but Daniel Radcliffe looks a little creepy in that particular photo with that blank stare. It's not a personal attack on his appearance because we all have photos we're slightly ashamed of and I doubt even Daniel himself would like to have that picture as his main profile shot on a website. If we really don't have a better image from the Deathly Hallows film set then that's fine, but if we do (or you know where to find one), kindly replace it with the title image we have now.--Yin&Yang 10:43, November 20, 2009 (UTC)
Recent Changes
The recent change that added "Harry also hated Umbridge" in the Hogwarts staff of relationship section is redundant, because there is already a relationship section with umbridge on the page, saying that harry hated her. Is there another reason to add that last sentence? otherwise I think it should be removed. Ratneer 20:51, November 27, 2009 (UTC)
I agree. It should be removed. 1deano1 14:20, November 28, 2009 (UTC)
Half-Blood or Pure-Blood
Why is Harry a half-blood? His dad is a wizard and his mom is a witch. Two magical parents. The only way that I could see him being half-blood is if you were doing it by his grandparents or something. Please answer, I have been wondering about this for a while! Hermione524 03:03, December 2, 2009 (UTC)
Easily explained! A half-blood is a wizard who is more or less, "half" a "Pure-Blood" wizard. Harry, even though his parents were wizards, is a Half-Blood because his mother, Lily Potter, was a Muggle-Born witch. In other words, her ancestory was mostly Muggle yet somewhere distant in her geneology, an ancestor of hers had to have been a wizard/witch. The "wizard gene" was passed down through the generations without being expressed again (as far as we know) until it reached Lily Evans. James Potter's ancestors, on the other hand, would have comprised mostly of Pure-Bloods and hence, he is considered a "Pure-Blood" too. So you see, Lily had predominantly Muggle blood in her with just the slightest amount of witch blood to give her magical abilities. This makes Harry "half" a Muggle. Does that make sense? For more details see Blood purity.--Yin&Yang 04:52, December 2, 2009 (UTC)
Main Image 2
The main image has been changed. I was under the impression that there should be a community discussion before it was changed. Any ideas why it was changed/what happened? QuidditchLover(My talk)(contribs) 03:34, December 9, 2009 (UTC)
- Although I like the new picture better, I agree there should be a vote or at least an opinion. or RatneerOwl Alert! 02:01, December 11, 2009 (UTC)
- Lets start the vote then --Darth Jadious 17:03, December 11, 2009 (UTC)
Voting will remain open for one week from the start time, closing at 17:00 on Dec. 18th. Any votes not in accordance with Voting Policy will be struck.
Old Image - File:Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Profile.jpg (+0)
New Image - File:Dhharryroomhighreso.jpg (+4)
- --Darth Jadious 17:02, December 11, 2009 (UTC)
- --QuidditchLover(My talk)(contribs) 22:57, December 12, 2009 (UTC)
- -- RatneerOwl Alert! 23:01, December 12, 2009 (UTC)
- -- Seth Cooper owl post! 23:03, December 14, 2009 (UTC)
- On the old image, Harry's hair is far too much clear; looks like he has brown hair. On the new image, however, his hair is darker, and the image is therefore more canonical. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 23:03, December 14, 2009 (UTC)
- I agree with Seth. Ive seen alot of pictures that makes harry look like he has brown hair, and it annoys me alot. -- Ratneer Owl Me! 23:04, December 14, 2009 (UTC)
- It's been over a week, so it's official. "New Image" is the main image now. - Nick O'Demus 19:53, December 21, 2009 (UTC)
Why so much stress on dates?
Throughout the article people are putting dates on EVERYTHING. As if dates matter in a fictional world, if a scene is being explained is should be done so by books, not by dates that literally don't matter at all. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 126.96.36.199 (talk • contribs).
- Articles are written from an In-Universe perspective, which means using the time frame established in the story. References and the "Behind the Scenes" section, however, go by the real world information. - Nick O'Demus 07:52, December 9, 2009 (UTC)
this page should be bigger. --22.214.171.124 05:42, December 23, 2009 (UTC)
Who changed the picture to that blurry piece of slag? The old one was much better. Sky Shadow 07:13, December 24, 2009 (UTC)
- Reverted. - Nick O'Demus 07:56, December 24, 2009 (UTC)
Why????? Miki1234 07:59, December 24, 2009 (UTC)
- Because if you scroll up just a bit, you can see where the article's main pic was voted on. It should not be changed without another vote being called first. - Nick O'Demus 08:03, December 24, 2009 (UTC)
Prewett family
Couldn't Harry, technically, be a part of the Prewett family, even though it would be by his marriage to Ginny? -- GrouchMan (Send an owl then scram!!) 17:54, January 12, 2010 (UTC)
He is, tecnically.. However I don´t think it is really worth mentioning. Sirius stated that all pure-bloods are related. I don´t think we should include distaff members in categories or infoboxes.--Rodolphus 18:08, January 12, 2010 (UTC)


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It's a new day for Sandrine Lafond.
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Until she made her fringe debut this year with her five-star show Little Lady, Lafond spent her whole career dancing with professional companies, including Quebec's world-renowned Compagnie Marie Chouinard.
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taisingera - Saturday, August 24, 2013 - linkFor a couple of bucks more the B85 motherboards look much more interesting. Reply
ThomasS31 - Saturday, August 24, 2013 - linkCan these also change multipliers on K series? Usually the interesting question on these is can you build a cheap gaming OC setup with them for a moderate Haswell OC setup, like i5 4670K @ 4GHz... and a single GPU? Or you need to spend (sometimes a lot) more on motherboards to get there a pay for something you will probably never utilize? I am interested from this perspective on cheap/budget boards. :) Reply
georgefrs - Saturday, August 24, 2013 - linkGiven the lack of comparison points I'm not sure a full review would provide us with an objective measure. How about a comparison of 2 or 3 H81 boards? (assuming you can get boards from other manufacturers and Gigabyte et al don't mind you doing a "round up" style review).
Some coverage of H81 would certainly be beneficial anyway... a quick look on reddit.com/r/buildapc and similar sites shows there are a lot of system builders on tight budgets and they tend to cut corners by building around boards such as this! Reply
mfenn - Saturday, August 24, 2013 - linkA roundup would be helpful in determining if a B85/H81 is truly a cut corner or is actually a good value. Reply
andykins - Sunday, August 25, 2013 - linkThe expensive motherboards seem like a waste of money for my personal needs. I'd love to see more reviews of the low end boards to see whether I am right about that or not. Reply
StormyParis - Saturday, August 24, 2013 - linkYes I would.
I build PCs for the people around me. Most are adults, seniors or kids, and just went something run-of-mill, cheap (and small and quiet too thank you). This board is exactmly the type of board I'm buying blind several times a year because all review sites are run by geeks for geeks, and and don't cater at all to anyone outside of the 15-29 gamer/young adult demographics who want rooxorz buildz to overclock their watercooled multiGPU setups built with someone else's money. Oh, and flashy lights plizzzz :-p Reply
et20 - Saturday, August 24, 2013 - linkI fully agree.
I have zero interest in overclocking, RAID, SRT and whatever alphabet soup of useless technologies Intel bloats their chipsets with these days.
There's no need for the typical long detailed reviews we typically get here.
Something that focuses on the quality differences between a bunch of low end boards would be ideal.
The point would be to identify a set of products that are solidly engineered and safe to buy as opposed to ones that may have sacrificed reliability to get to a lower price point. Reply
DanNeely - Sunday, August 25, 2013 - linkWithout doing builds and stability/performance testing an article won't really be any better than looking at specs on newegg; and even if you drop testing raid/etc you've still done most of the work involved in a review. Reply
TGMGroup - Saturday, August 24, 2013 - linkRather than a review, it would be nice to have a chart showing what companies offer what, and how it compares to other competitors. For example, relating Ultra Durable to something that Asus or ECS offers.
Which is not to say that I would not find a review enjoyable. Reply
M4stakilla - Saturday, August 24, 2013 - linkI would be very interested in a review of such entry level mobo paired with a i3-4130 (entry level haswell) from a HTPC perspective.
Compare them for example to B85 or the cheapest Z87...
And also looking at for example analog stereo outputs (jack/RCA) on the onboard sound card... Reply
Fat80y - Saturday, August 24, 2013 - linkVery interested in a review. No features should mean low power consumption. Excellent for office pc, linux firewall, homebrew nas and the like. Reply
DarkStryke - Saturday, August 24, 2013 - linkExcept they're running low end realtec NIC's, which no nas should be using. Reply
savagemike - Saturday, August 24, 2013 - linkWould totally be interested in a review. Always interesting to see just how much you are gaining in performance for the extra money of the high end boards. Also where critical corners may have been cut.
The extra features, I have often found, sound great but then I end up using them rarely if at all. Reply
Jambe - Saturday, August 24, 2013 - linkIt'd be quite useful, yes, and I wouldn't mind some B85 thrown in if possible. I often buy from the $60-90 range which only rarely sees reviews despite the abundance of offerings. Reply
Minion4Hire - Saturday, August 24, 2013 - linkA review would be worthwhile. It's always good to know what holes and failings cheaper boards may have. Obviously more expensive boards tend to just be 'better', but it what ways? There are lots of builders that could get by with something like H81 but shy away due to some inherent and unquantifiable inferiority that must exist since it isn't as feature-rich as costlier offerings. Reply
cosmotic - Saturday, August 24, 2013 - linkA parallel port?! Reply
DanNeely - Sunday, August 25, 2013 - linkI'm mildly surprised they went with that one for the headline picture; but with fewer USB ports available, no digital audio, esata, firewire, or digital audio to use up back panel space there's room for them and the controller for LPT/RS232 is part of the same chip as the PS2 port so it's cheap to add to a few models (although I'm not sure why they did on several). End users of the legacy ports will be mostly commercial/industrial/scientific customers because when the device being controlled costs $10k to $10m replacing it when it's PC interface goes out of style isn't an option. Reply
DigitalFreak - Saturday, August 24, 2013 - linkSkip the review. I'd rather see you guys working on reviewing something worthwhile. Reply
Mr Perfect - Saturday, August 24, 2013 - linkWith Intel exiting the motherboard market, this level of product is very much in need of reviews. Intel motherboards with entry level chipsets have been the bread and butter of business desktops, so we need to know what to use from here on out. Reply
lodoss - Saturday, August 24, 2013 - linkI'd like more info on these types of boards. Like what everyone else is saying, it's good to know <b>why</b> these are cheaper. However, a typical review won't be able to fully achieve such a request. I'd like some sort of long term testing which is not possible for review units.
Do these "cheap" boards fail more often? Do BIOS updates stop earlier than the higher end boards? Are these tested against major Linux distros (ie. Redhat, SUSE, etc.)? Are these boards more buggy? Reply
loimlo - Sunday, August 25, 2013 - linkI'd love to see reviews concentrating on low-end/budget motherboards like AM3 760G, FM2 A55/A75, 1155 H81/B75 etc. Z87 reviews are fairly enjoyable, but I usually buy budget boards for friends/family computers. Frankly, budget boards tend to serve them very well. So the formal reference/comparison with regard to low-end vs high-end details like UEFI options, OC potential (One can still overclock AMD budget boards modestly), exclusive software differences, and VRM phase designs etc would do many AT readers good. I believe many people fall into this category. Just my 2 cents. Reply
Parablooper - Sunday, August 25, 2013 - linkInteresting. but as someone else said, the B85s are only $73, I don't see how much more "budget" it could get... Reply
Gadgety - Sunday, September 29, 2013 - linkI'm late to the party. Building on what ThomasS31 says, a simple set up with good audio and a single GPU, some moderate overclocking is what I'm looking for as well. Looking for a small set up for my kid who wants to do light gaming (Sims 3) and wants good audio for Pianoteq. So yes IAN, PLEASE DO a review. What would be EXTREMLY INTERESTING would be a comparison of the sound quality with ASUS Xonar, and play around with the op-ams. Reply
Gadgety - Sunday, September 29, 2013 - linkTo clarify - review the H81.AMP-UP which has both the adjustable amplifier and the clean USB power for DACs. Compare sound to ASUS Xonar. Reply