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The book on Bettman, the man behind the lockout
The last time Gary Bettman grabbed a mike and stepped onto center ice at Staples Center, something happened that took him by surprise. There was no cascade of booing to drown him out.
The NHL commissioner, a consistent target of fan distain over the past two decades, almost sheepishly handed the Stanley Cup to Kings captain Dustin Brown on that June evening last summer and then actually appeared to be enjoying himself.
"He was loose. He was happy. And for once, the presentation of the chalice wasn't overshadowed by the fans' hatred of the man giving it away," wrote author Jonathan Gatehouse, whose new biography, "The Instigator: How Gary Bettman Remade the NHL and Changed the Game Forever," (Triumph Books, $24.95, 344 pages) couldn't have been better timed.
With Bettman authorizing the latest lockout of the players as a new collective bargaining agreement slowly is being worked out, already wiping out the first two weeks of a regular season that for the Kings was scheduled to start Friday against the New York Rangers with a banner-raising ceremony, now's as good a time as any to examine the man who really is the instigator for the league's 30 owners - the first guy they send out to drop the gloves and do their fighting.
This is a nasty hat trick of sorts for Bettman, whose previous labor negotiation strategy led to the complete annihilation of the 2004-05 season and a 48-game shortened schedule in 1995.
Next time Bettman shows up in L.A., wanna bet there's a different reaction?
And wouldn't you know if it wasn't for another Kings owner, the notorious Bruce McNall, convincing Bettman to leave his NBA front-office post as commissioner David Stern's legal eagle and take this job in 1992, we might not even be in this place today.
McNall cashed out shortly after the hiring. Bettman somehow has stuck around and become very rich.
Gatehouse, a Toronto-based business writer for Canadian news magazine Maclean's, explains what readers might extract from his crisp, pointed research of Bettman at a time when the league is at another sort of tipping point, much of it at the expense of a Kings formal coronation:
QUESTION: Based on what you know about Bettman's way of doing business, how do you see this NHL lockout playing out? Is the NHL Players Association's new leader, Donald Fehr, the Bettman mirror image you describe in the book, going to drag this out past Jan. 1 and maybe beyond?
ANSWER: I think Bettman mapped out every move in these negotiations well in advance, just like the last time. And knowing Fehr, he's probably done exactly the same thing. So really, this is going to be about who is best able to keep their side from flinching. It's a game of chicken. If it was up to just these two guys, they would fight to their dying breaths. But thankfully, it's not.
Q: Do you believe Bettman will be all that concerned about a whole season wiping out, knowing fans came back after the last season was canceled?
A: Maybe I'm too optimistic, but I really find it hard to believe that this is going to last an entire season. There's too much money on the table. And both sides already know what the final deal is going to look like - something closer to a 50/50 revenue split like they've got in the NFL and NBA. Now it's a matter of finding a mutually acceptable way of getting there.
Q: From the L.A. perspective, the Kings just win the Cup, Hollywood thinks it reinvented the game, parties all summer long. Now it's a bummer the regular season opener planned for a week from Friday is put off. Do you think those newbie L.A. fans who didn't boo Bettman after Game 6 of the Finals last June will really let him have it this time when he's back on the ice to present the Cup again to start the 2012-13 season (if there is one)? Or if they were to read this, might they cut him some slack?
A: You know the fans in L.A. a lot better than me, but I assume they're just as frustrated and angry as anyone else in the league. And Gary's there to be hated. That's his job. The owners pay him $7.8 million a year to suck up all the anger and outrage, so they can still go out to dinner in their home cities and not get punched in the face.
Q: I'll bet a lot of L.A. fans may have forgotten, or didn't even know in the first place, about the McNall connection to hiring Bettman. Now you're quoting McNall near the end of the book in having a different tone now and saying "Gary isn't the league." Will this put a different spin on Bettman in L.A. as well?
A: No question, Gary Bettman owes his job to Bruce McNall. He was the guy who "discovered" him and convinced the other owners that he was the right man back in 1992. As to whether Bettman is still the right guy, Bruce seems to flip back and forth. For a long time he's been bitter about how he was sort of written out of the NHL story after his downfall. But as you know, the Kings and the league were pretty good to him during the playoff run. He even sent me a picture of him and Dustin Brown with the Cup.
Q: Going forward, does he seem to be the right guy to "carry on" and lead the league another 20 years?
A: Listen, if Gary Bettman wins this lockout - which I'm convinced he will - he's emperor for life. Whether he's the right guy to carry on will be immaterial. The owners respect money and he's made them plenty.
Q: Did your opinion of him change as you were doing this project, for better or worse?
A: I had interviewed him a couple of time, but I only knew him in the way that the fans know him, as this sort of aloof, often disdainful figure. A guy who seems to carry a pretty big chip on his shoulder. I came to respect and even admire him in some ways. He's a smart guy and he has a really difficult job. There's always a crisis in the NHL and a million people who think he's handling it in exactly the worst possible way. But as a fan myself, I also see that other side. So I tried to keep it balanced. Still, whatever way a reader comes at it, I think there's plenty in this book to reinforce his or her prejudices.
Q: So what do you want readers to take away most about Bettman after reading this?
A: That's a good question. I guess it's to have a better understanding of how much influence Bettman has had on hockey - the product on the ice, the way it's marketed and broadcast, even where it's played. It's really Gary's game now. At a time like this, people tend to get focused on the labor stuff to the exclusion of everything else, but his legacy runs much, much deeper than the salary cap.


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there are more than 200 testimonials in database table.
i want to show only those testimonials whose character count is more than 50 characters.
But at a time only one testimonial should be displayed.
$qry="select * from testimonials_table order by rand()";
how can it be done ?
I tried it with word count
But it shows white blank space when the words count is less
$qry="select * from testimonials order by rand() LIMIT 0,1";
$testm = $row['testimonial'];
if(str_word_count($testm) > 7)
/* display testimionials here*/
You will want to use the MySQL LEN() function in a WHERE clause.
Won't this query result in the entire database having to be scanned each time?
I'd do this by storing a count column in the database table (so the column is an int that holds the number of characters in the article), and then query according to that.
thanks cpradio
it works for me
You know this will now have to scan every single row in your database table?
Agreed, that would be the optimum way of handling it so a table scan doesn't occur. Or removing testimonials under 50 characters and removing the WHERE clause.
if i create a count column in the table then my query will become
where count > 7
am i correct ?
If yes then how will it work faster then MySQL LEN() function.
whats difference in both. I would like to know your views on this.
Hi Vineet,
This has to do with how mysql will treat your query. See, when you do the LEN() query, it will work the way you want (in that it produces the expected results), but you see, mysql has no way of knowing how many characters are in each testimonial without first checking each row in the database to see how many characters are there. This means for every single row, it will read the entire thing and do a count on the number of characters, so if you had 1000 testimonials, each time you do this query, it will have to scan all 1000 rows.
If instead of doing this, you cache the results of the number of characters and store this in a new column, mysql can tell by querying this number, which rows to return, without having to scan all of them. So say you have 1000 rows and say 50 of them should be turned, mysql will work out instantly which rows they are by querying this number, which has already done the work of the LEN() method in the original query. So in this instance, you would have 1000 rows, but mysql won't have to scan them all and will simply return 50 without going through every row.
In order to do this, you will need to insert the cached number in the new column (call it something like number_of_characters or something like that) each time you insert a testimonial in the database. For the existing records you have, you will have to write a one-off query to go through each row, do a count and insert the value, but this will only need to be done once.
Does that make a bit more sense?
You mean to say
query with MYSQL LEN() Function is doing 2 jobs >> counting + comparing
But on the otherside if a "number_of_characters" column is added to table then
query column_count > 7 will do only 1 job of comparing, thats why it will be fast.
Yeah, that's it...
Basically the job of doing the count is already done with query count column, so mysql can use that data to do the comparison, whereas the LEN() method requires both, meaning each row has to be scanned every time the query runs.
ok one more question
if the character_count_column already exists in the table from the starting.
then both the queries
where mysql len() > 7
where character_count_column > 7
will work equally fast because both are doing only 1 job ?
No, if you do the len() method in the query, it will do the full table scan again. If you just use the second query (WHERE character_count_column > 7), then you solve the problem.
ok thanks
where do you check that it is doing full table scan again and again ?
does mysql show any performance stats like this ?
Basically, you are correct, but just thought I would explain a table scan a bit more.
Whenever you use a function around a column name in your WHERE clause, GROUP BY, or HAVING statements you will invoke a table scan. Depending on the rest of your WHERE clause, GROUP BY, or HAVING statements it may have to look at EVERY row in your table or it may have been able to filter it a bit further before scanning the rest of the rows.
Since this would be the ONLY condition to your WHERE clause it would have to scan every row in your table, count the number of characters and then use that in the condition. The additional column will allow your table to use a more optimized routine for getting the data you want. As the count is no longer needing to be calculated, that part was already done. So now you can technically index the count column and the database will perform an INDEX SEEK instead of a TABLE SCAN which is much much faster.
Granted with 200 records you won't see a huge performance loss going either way. Once you start approaching more records, then it will become more apparent.
I hope that helps.Good suggestion @aaarrrggh ;
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you think hes a character? i do know that inoshishi means boar but it could also be the name of the pig sasuke and itachi fought. [1]-[2]
- I don't think so, it simply made a minor role. --Ilnarutoanime -NejiLoverr- 09:55, March 29, 2012 (UTC)
Mangazone translations are "more trusted" Here they simply called it [wild] boar.---Cerez365™ 10:06, March 29, 2012 (UTC)
- Isn't that link Mangareader? Yes I like their translations. --Ilnarutoanime -NejiLoverr- 10:12, March 29, 2012 (UTC)


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Eric Robinson is adamant he is not an angry man.
These days, it would be easy to conclude otherwise. Last week, we learned Robinson, the highest-ranking aboriginal politician in the NDP government, used the term "do-good white people" to describe women who held a burlesque performance to promote the sale of a calendar to raise money for Osborne House, a women's shelter.
Robinson felt the fundraiser was in poor taste, especially considering the cause was a safe haven for abused women. He did not say this publicly; his comments were revealed in an email exchange that was released to the media by Osborne House itself.
In interviews immediately following this revelation, Robinson was unrepentant, arguing that based on the racism he had suffered at the hands of white people, he was entitled to use the term. Those comments not only undermined an apology he issued late last week, it has kept the Tories baying for his resignation.
'I do think a lot of people think I am angry. But I think those people don't know me' -- Eric Robinson
There are many within the NDP and government who were not surprised when Robinson's comments were revealed. Sources described the veteran politician as "prickly" and "angry." Some said in debate over policy, he was quick to raise the issue of race. That he could be demanding and quick to show temper, especially if he thought his opinions about aboriginal policy were being undermined by a non-aboriginal colleague or staff.
Without much prodding, Robinson acknowledged he is aware some see him as "the angry Indian." It is a characterization he vehemently denies.
"I do think a lot of people think I am angry," Robinson said in an interview. "But I think those people don't know me. Am I that ugly, that I look angry?
"I don't know. I have tried to operate on the basis of respect and love; that's what I was taught as a child and that's how I've tried to live."
And yet, Robinson also conceded that his childhood -- which included four years in a residential school and being sexually abused -- have "shaped the rest of my life." In legislative debates and in speeches, he has talked openly about those experiences. He has also called upon those experiences as context for his inflammatory email remarks.
Robinson maintained his use of the term "do-good white people" was wrong, although he also expressed concern he was being singled out largely because of race. And that some of those who have described him as angry are in fact just intimidated by "an outspoken Indian."
The challenge facing Robinson as he tries to ride out this storm is this is an issue that stokes resentment among a lot of different groups.
White is a common term used in the aboriginal lexicon. Many aboriginal people who live with racism in every day lives do feel entitled to use the term "white" and to object if necessary to what they consider patronizing gestures from non-aboriginal society. They will see Robinson as a kind of hero for speaking his mind, and bemoan efforts to punish or repudiate him.
Similarly, many non-aboriginals who have been frequently whipped by the long stick of political correctness will react with anger that an aboriginal leader can get away with a charged, racially motivated comment when they constantly walk on eggshells.
It would help all of us through this complex story if we accept a few undeniable realities.
'Do-good white people' are a fairly well-established phenomenon on this planet. The history of white people is strewn with a lot of corpses, killed by misguided kindness and generosity. As well, white people have patronized, coddled and, ultimately, dehumanized cultures all over the planet in the name of some worthy cause or another. Let's own that and move on.
Second, we understand that a white guy can say "do-good white people" with impunity but a person of colour cannot. And vice versa. There is an intrinsic hypocrisy that governs rules for the appropriateness of language and humour across all kinds of religious, racial and cultural boundaries. And although it is maddening, most of us are completely, utterly comfortable with the hypocrisy.
Where does all that leave a man like Robinson?
The question here is not whether Robinson the residential-school survivor can use the term 'do-good white people' with impunity. It's whether Robinson the deputy premier and cabinet minister is entitled to use it. In general, we know the same words could be uttered by two different people, and have two entirely different results. As a political leader, that realization will not spare Robinson the suffering he has coming at the hands of the Opposition.
For now, Robinson has been forced to fight the allegations he is a racist with a recitation of his long and decorated political career.
Robinson should be proud of his record. At the same time, he should be concerned that simply because of what he said, he needs to put all that effort into reminding everyone what he has done.


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In Regional Roundup, we've gathered the top stories from each of our eight weekly newspapers every Thursday. Here are the regional stories you don't want to miss from Feb. 6 to Feb. 12, 2014.
Ex-Aurora mayor survived World War II despite injuries, malaria
As a U.S. Marine serving in the South Pacific during World War II, Aurora's George Hettinger, a radio operator, carried a 40-pound radio on his back.
"You can imagine walking through a field with a large radio and antenna," he said. "You were an excellent target for the Japanese. They knew if they knocked out the radio man, they'd knock out communications.
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Cuyahoga Falls Board of Education will scrutinize school district's field trip policy (with video)
Cuyahoga Falls School Board members say they want to move forward by clearing up confusion over the school district's field trip policy.
Not so fast, says a spokesperson for its teachers union, scolding the board for the way it questioned teachers in connection with the trip at a school board meeting late last month.
Pastor Randall speaks to Christ Community Chapel about experience in Philippines' jail
Christ Community Chapel Pastor Tom Randall, who is known as "Uncle Tom" to the orphaned children he takes care of and has helped raise in the Philippines, used a mix of humor and sentimental seriousness Feb. 9 to recount his experiences of being held in a Filipino jail for 22 days.
Randall was the key speaker in three morning services at Christ Community Chapel, 750 W. Streetsboro St. Randall, of Stow, was greeted with standing ovations and roaring applause at each.
New Munroe Falls police chief sworn in
Just days after City Council voted to dismiss Police Chief Rick Myers, Mayor Frank Larson appointed and swore in former Cuyahoga Falls Police Chief Tom Pozza to fill the post. The swearing-in took place this morning (Feb. 7) at City Hall.
Larson said he is requesting that Council schedule a special meeting for 8 p.m. Feb. 11, after Council's committee meetings, for Council to approve the appointment.
Tallmadge Board of Education considers school calendar based on hours, not days
The Tallmadge Board of Education is considering a proposed calendar for the 2014-15 school year that's based on hours instead of school days.
The Board had a public hearing on the calendar during its meeting Jan. 15. The matter will go before the Board for possible adoption during its next meeting at 6 p.m., Feb. 19, at Tallmadge High School.
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(Video) Nearly 200 athletes at Brandywine Ski Resort for Ohio Special Olympic Winter Games
Nearly 200 competitors turned out Feb. 5-6 at Brandywine Ski Resort to compete in the Ohio Special Olympics 32nd annual Winter Games. A heavy snowstorm that fell the night before training and competition began added to the nearly 3-foot base of snow, leaving about six inches of powder on the slopes and near perfect conditions.
Marty Allen, program director for the winter games, said there were 194 competitors from 14 organizations represented.
Streetsboro's Parks Master Plan may be revised or replaced
A discussion among City Council members earlier this month has led the Parks, Recreation & Conservation Advisory Committee to consider reviewing or replacing the 2007 Parks Master Plan.
Speaking at the committee's Feb. 4 meeting, Carmen Laudato, chair of the advisory committee, said plans for further improvements at Thomas Heritage Park should be put on hold.
Update: Trailwood Drive man killed while changing tire on I-480 was former Cleveland State University police chief
Trailwood Drive resident and former chief of police for Cleveland State University Lester D. Mitchell, 64, died after being struck by a passing vehicle while changing a tire along Interstate 480 westbound Feb. 2.
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The biggest movie screen in town is going dark for good.
The Portage Place Imax theatre will close as of March 31, said Clare McKay, the vice-president of Forks North Portage, the non-profit partnership that runs the cinema.
McKay said the theatre has "sustained losses over the past few years," due largely to the theatre's inability to show most Hollywood movies in Imax 3-D on the day of their openings. Another nail in the venue's coffin was "another Imax opened down the street," said McKay, referring to the Imax theatre in Silver City Polo Park .
With one exception, the Portage Place Imax typically screened the bigger releases "two or three months after they had opened elsewhere," said McKay.
The Dark Knight Rises did secure an opening-day berth at Portage Place last summer because of director Christopher Nolan's insistence that Imax theatres screening the movie on an Imax film projector was the best way to view the shot-on-film conclusion to the Dark Knight trilogy.
McKay says the theatre will honour all its previous bookings, including school screenings and birthday parties, until March 31.


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I have posted this to devshed as well, but I guess no-one has any suggestions there. Hopefully you will be able to point me to further understanding of this area.
I have 2 questions and I would be most grateful for some help please.
I am having great problems with understanding how nginx loads up a django application using fastcgi.
I have a development server running nginx and fastcgi on a Debian squeeze system.
In my django project directory, there is an index.fcgi which I want to be loaded when I go to the local domain http://mydomain.lcl
I guess that the index.fcgi is a python program which gets loaded and interpreted by the fastcgi server which gets called by the nginx location block to handle the index.fcgi.
I assume there is some mechanism to get from the index.fcgi to the django application directory and on from there to running the application.
My first question is...
Where can I read up about this process please?
My second question is...
What can I place in the index.fcgi to basically display "Hello World" or "this is index.fcgi" so that I know everything is being routed correctly through nginx, fastcgi, and reaching the django project directory?
something like this, but this does not do it.
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# djangoblog/index.fcgi
from django.http import HttpResponse
HttpResponse("Hello, world. You're at the djangoblog index.fcgi")
I have also found this which works to a certain extent. and may
help others in their understanding of the process somehow.
When I point my fastcgi server to this python program, it displays
the plain text in the browser, but does not show any html when I
change the Content-Type: (see below)
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# enable debugging
import cgitb
# this gives a 502 Bad Gateway error in nginx
print "Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8"
print "<title>my title</title>"
print "
This is the body of the page
"
# This works fine by displaying plain text in the browser
#print "Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8"
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"Speaking of Darwin, we've done several posts about the Turkish anti-Darwin campaigner Harun Yahya and his Islamic creation[i]st campaign against evolution. Most of the attention on this has been on his mega-book Atlas of Creation, how it's being distributed in Europe and what the reaction to it has been.
... an anti-evolution stand they've set up in the mall at the Burj Dubai skyscraper in Dubai. We're bound to hear a lot more about Darwin, evolution and faith this year..."
The Harun Yahya stand opened in the Burj Dubai Mall, the world's largest shopping center.


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"Steve Brodie, the man who took a chance, he jumped off the Brooklyn
Bridge(so they say) had a saloon on the Bowery back in 1892 with a gym in the rear. This was not unusual. A lot of barrooms supported gyms. The author (York Barbell's Gord Venables) visited the Turnverein in Union City, New Jersey, in 1960 and it was back of the bar in a Swiss Restaurant.
Bill Kennedy, a New York carpenter, performed nightly at Brodie's Saloon, lifting 1500 pounds in the straddle deadlift with handle and chain. The lifting feat became popular among strongmen of that era and it now bears his name - The Kennedy Lift." (Strength & Health, "Incredible Feats of Strength", Venables, Oct-Nov 1974, p. 59
Atomic Tip: Using the Hand & Thigh Bar with the Chain Lift Bar for a Kennedy Lift will allow you to go much heavier than a Jefferson Lift (barbell Straddle Deadlift), as you can "set" the bar in the partial movement. While you certainly can use bumper plates, cast iron 100's are far more dense. Make sure you use accurate ones, or at least weigh them so you can get the weight right from one end of the bar to the other. Obviously, you want the chain lift bar to have a balanced load, without loose wobbly collars.


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SHOPPERS in Yeovil are being encouraged to shop for a healthy lifestyle this summer thanks to a new ' Pop Up' leisure centre which opens in a former empty shop in the town's high street near the end of June.
1610.org.uk health and well-being experts from 1610 Ltd Preston Sports Centre in Yeovil and Stanchester Sports Centre who have jointly organised the venture in partnership with the Quedam will be on hand to give advice to shoppers about lifestyle choices at the former Athena shop.
A range of exciting sports, and fitness and play taster activities will also be available at the venue during the next seven weeks.
Local people will be able to experience taster classes and sports such as basketball, squash, badminton, table tennis, ballet, and gymnastics. There will also be a climbing wall and 1610 specialists from outdoor adventure and health and fitness to give advice on activities and answer questions on exercise and nutrition.
The Manager of Preston Sports Centre, Matt Harras says that the new pop up health and well being hub will help local people access the information they need to make a change to a healthier lifestyle: " With rising obesity rates in the UK there has never been a more pressing reason to adopt a long- term healthy lifestyle, it is more important than any short term sale bargain. What better way to do this than to bring some fun as well as health and fitness advice to the heart of the local community and make it easy to try and improve your health or take up a new sport."
Programme of events; Week 1 WC 23rd – Fitness & Leisure Week 2 WC 30th June – Exercise Classes Week 3 WC 7th July – Racquet Sports Week 4 WC 14th July – Kids Play Week 5 WC 21st July – Health & Well-Being Week 6 WC 28th July – Junior/ Sport Development Week 7 WC 4th Aug – General Membership/Classes For more information please contact Matt Harras at Preston Sports Centre Tel 01935 413477.


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Katy Perry Looks Nothing Like Herself On the Cover of 'L'Officiel'
Well. This is certainly a new look for Katy Perry on the cover of 'L'Officiel,' isn't it?
-Lucia Peters
We're used to Katy Perry's constantly changing hair colors by now, but this is something else. The singer is currently gracing the cover of French magazine L'Officiel's September issue—and is it just us, or does she look nothing at all like herself?
It's not just the ginger hair; it's the whole look. Granted, we're also used to see Katy with a full face of makeup (except, y'know, for that time her then-husband Russell Brand Tweeted a pic of her right when she woke up for all the world to see), so one might argue that she rarely looks like herself—but here, she doesn't even look like that makeup'd image of her she usually cultivates. She looks more like, say, Florence Welch.
Read You Don't Mess With the Queen When She's Wearing a Hoodie
This isn't the first time Katy has looked like a totally different person on the cover of a magazine; back in March, she got her Amy Winehouse on for Interview magazine:
Tell us: What do you think? Do you love this look on Katy? Do you hate it? Do you not care? Inquiring minds want to know!
Lucia Peters is BettyConfidential's associate editor.


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The Zoo has two male timber rattlesnakes on exhibit.
One has an estimated birthdate of September 15, 2000. He arrived at the Zoo on July 11, 2002 from Fort Wayne Zoo.
The other male's birthdate and location are not known. He was confiscated by US Fish and Wildlife Service at Philadelphia International Airport. He arrived at the Zoo on November 17, 1999.
The timber rattlesnake can be found basking or hiding in a hollow log along side the Northern Copperhead, another venomous snake native to Pennsylvania.
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This heavy bodied snake can be brown, orange, black, or yellow with black or dark brown cross bands along its back. The tail is usually black and tipped with a rattle. The rattle, which is probably the snake's most distinguishable feature, is a series of modified scales on the end of the tail that are loosely connected. When the snake feels threatened it will shake the rattle creating a loud buzzing or rattling sound.
Timber rattlesnakes are ambush predators. They will use smell and heat sensing pits that are located between each eye and nostril to locate prey. Their main diet is rodents. Generally the snake will release the prey immediately after envenomation. The prey will escape but the rattlesnake will track the prey and consume it after it has succumbed to the venom.
A female gives birth to 5-14 offspring in late summer or early fall. A female timber rattlesnake gives birth only every 3-4 years.
Averages 3-6 ft. Males are generally larger than females.
3-4 lbs.
Timber rattlesnakes are carnivorous. In the wild, they eat mainly mice and other small mammals. The will also eat small birds, frogs and other snakes when they can catch them. Timber rattlesnakes are ambush feeders, they rely on their excellent sense of smell to locate prey trails and then lie in wait for their prey. At the Zoo, the snakes are offered mice appropriate to the size of the snake. During the late spring to late fall the snake will eat weekly – in the winter the snakes become very inactive and feed less frequently.
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Fall '06 NVIDIA GPU Refresh - Part III: GeForce Go 7950 GTXby Ryan Smith on 10/16/2006 6:00 PM EST
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Wolfpup - Saturday, October 21, 2006 - linkI'm wondering if this will be the highest-end GPU for a long time, or if the Geforce 8800GTX will come out within a few months. It sort of sounds like it it will-one site was claiming it's launch is in November along with the desktop part, in which case Dell will probably have it this year.
Geforce 8800GTX, a fast Core 2, and Vista sounds like a pretty future proof notebook! Reply
slivver - Thursday, October 19, 2006 - linkI know of at least one other notebook manufacturer Rock Direct http://rockdirect.co.uk/">http://rockdirect.co.uk/ who can supply these GPUs.
I have had mine along with an Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 2.33GHz since the start of September in the form of an Xtreme CTX Pro laptop and this bad boy flys; perfect for all those evening spent in hotel rooms working away from home.
I have included a few benchmarks below taken on the system the only change I made from the delivered system was to install the ForceWare Release 80 Version: 84.63 drivers, which are the most recent supported mobile drivers.
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016K - 00m 00.203s - 46D495B2
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064K - 00m 00.937s - 1694E700
128K - 00m 02.031s - C2633E79
256K - 00m 04.437s - C7456F70
512K - 00m 09.875s - 6BF146FB
01M - 00m 21.984s - 569CA49E
02M - 00m 55.328s - 55096249
04M - 02m 10.093s - 29846EBE
08M - 04m 54.750s - 4BD6C113
16M - 11m 01.734s - 8D8BD4F5
32M - 24m 17.000s - 99149563 Reply
Nfarce - Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - linkI have looked all over from NewEgg to Zipzoomfly, and I cannot find any GeForce Go card for sale anywhere to upgrade from my Dell E1705's ATI x1400. Just damn. They've got the Core 2 Duo upgrade chip to replace the Centrino Core duo, but no video card. I need to upgrade to a desktop replacement gaming rig for travelling please. Reply
Wolfpup - Saturday, October 21, 2006 - linkYou can't buy GPUs for notebooks like that. All notebook GPUs have to be purchased from the company that makes the notebook, and there are only a handful of notebooks that can potentially be upgraded (mostly Dell's stuff), and then only to other GPUs that were also offered on that system, and only if the company will sell it to you.
In other words, you need to buy a notebook with as powerful a GPU as you can, because that's pretty much it.
In the case of the e1705, if you can get Dell to sell you the part, the version of the 7900GS made for the e1705 is the only upgrade, and is still a huge boost over a low end Radeon x1400. Reply
yacoub - Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - linkHow much RAM is onboard with this GPU? I don't see the RAM count listed on that chart for any of the cards, in fact, just the type of RAM (GDDR1-3). Reply
abakshi - Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - linkI find it strange/amusing that ATI just seems to have given up the high-end mobile market. Sure, the mid-range and low-end cards like the Mobility X1300/1400 and X1600/1700 probably generate a lot of volume, but high-end cards probably give higher margins - not to mention the halo effect.
What happened after the Mobility Radeon X1800 fizzled out? Reply
Basilisk - Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - linkA bit vague. Are you asserting the rumored/delayed G73-[N/H]-B1 chip, anticipated as a 7650 product, is dead? Or are you only focussed on the mobile line? Given the price/power demands of the GF8's premier product, I expect we'll see the GF7 series, and possibly new products, for awhile. Reply
rawr1234 - Monday, October 16, 2006 - linkCome on you forgot about the new 7900GTO Reply
IntelUser2000 - Monday, October 16, 2006 - linkWhy do the high-end graphics cards have PowerMizer, etc anyway?? All they need is two states, full power with games, and lowest power for everything else. People disable the power saving features anyway.
Question to anyone knowledgeable: Why is number of ROPs used in calculating Pixel fill rate?? Isn't it dependent on Pixel pipelines, not ROP?? The chart indicates Pixel fill rate is limited by ROP while Texel fill rate is limited by pixel pipelines?? Why does graphics companies do that?? Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - linkPixel fill rate is the final determination of how many pixels can be output, and not every texel ends up making it to pixel stage. So if you have 24 PP and 24 ROPs, it's likely that the extra 8 ROPs really wouldn't do much for performance. ATI and NVIDIA are both going with 16 ROP designs at the top end (though G80 and R600 may change that), so it seems a safe bet that ROPs are not a performance limiting factor given the number of pixel pipelines. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - linkRegarding GeForce 7900 GTO (which I picked as an option in the latest http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=285...">High-End Buyer's Guide), it is not available for notebooks AFAIK. If you look at the chart, all of the GPUs are GeForce Go models, not regular GeForce models. Reply


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BRIDGWATER Hospital staff are preparing to hold a final goodbye party before they move from Salmon Parade to their new state-of-the-art building off Bower Lane.
Anybody with a connection to the Salmon Parade hospital is invited to attend, whether they are ex-staff, volunteers or old friends of the establishment.
Staff are already preparing to move to the new hospital which is set to open in the spring and this will be their send-off for anyone with fond memories of the old building.
The reunion event will be held at the Bridgwater and Albion Rugby Club on Friday, February 28, from 7.30pm until late.
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Sidney and his wife Flora were sitting in a restaurant eating. Suddenly Flora noticed a handbag on the floor. Just as Sidney was slicing his fresh cabbage, on all fours, the cow stole money.
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From Cornell's "Pot Shop" to CSMA:
In 2011 the Cornell University Ceramic Studio closed its doors to hundreds of students and local community members who loved to work in clay. Members and instructors from the former Cornell studio are now working with The Community School of Music and Art (CSMA) in downtown Ithaca, New York, to open a new community pottery studio. Join us during First Friday Gallery Night, March 1st, for demonstrations in wheel throwing and hand-building, a pottery and fine art sale, refreshments, and fundraiser. Your support and donations will help fund a feasibility study to bring ceramics instruction and studio space to CSMA.
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Welcome to Monday's The Crap We Missed featuring Superman looking way more manlier than I remember, Crystal Harris somehow not back on the pole yet and Shane Warne absolutely serving David Beckham. Like watching Mike Tyson punch Samuel L. Jackson's character in Unbreakable – when he was a baby.
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Drew Brees, the 2009 Super Bowl MVP and winning quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, will be the keynote speaker on June 13 at the 41st annual "Y" Sports Dinner at the Winnipeg Convention Centre.
Considered to be one of the NFL's greatest passers, Brees will headline the dinner which is the annual major fundraising event for the Rady Jewish Community Centre.
"We are excited to have Drew Brees as our keynote speaker," Blair Worb, the "Y" Sports Dinner chairman, said in a press release. "Not only is he an exciting football player, but as much pride he takes in his on field performance, he takes even more pride in his community service and philanthropic efforts. That is why he is such a perfect fit as keynote speaker at the "Y" Sports Dinner this year."
A native of Austin, Tex., Brees spent five years with the San Diego Chargers and seven years with the New Orleans Saints. He was elected to seven Pro Bowls while being named the 2004 comeback player of the year, 2006 All-Pro Team, 2006 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year, 2008 and 2010 NFL offensive player of the year, and Super Bowl XLIV Champion and MVP.
Throughout the years, the "Y" Sports Dinner has grown to become Winnipeg's premier sports dinner event. They have brought the biggest names in sports to Winnipeg, featuring keynote speakers such as Mark Messier, Joe Montana, Scotty Bowman, Bobby Hull, Mickey Mantle, Peyton Manning and Cal Ripken, Jr.
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The Australian dollar broadly rallied today as figures on future business investment in the country proved stronger than some had anticipated and cooled interest rate cut expectations.
The dollar gained one cent to $US1.0274, recovering from an overnight slide which had sent the currency to its lowest since October.
The bounce came after estimates of business spending plans for 2012-13 and 2013-14 were generally above what many had feared, suggesting investment would remain healthy for some time to come.
The result offset fears that investment would tail off sharply in 2013-14 once the long boom in mining spending had finally peaked.
"As mining still has further to run, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has time to see its already loose policy work through the economy," said Paul Bloxham, Australia's chief economist at HSBC, adding the central bank is done with its easing cycle.
Swap market pricing now implies less than a one-in-five chance of a quarter point easing to a record low of 2.75 pct when the RBA holds its monthly policy meeting next week.
It was 31 per cent before the data and markets are still fully priced for a cut by June.
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Immediate resistance was found at $US1.0210, the 20-day MA with sellers cited ahead of $US1.0300.
The dollar made sharp gains against the yen, reaching 95.10 yen at one stage, closing in on a fresh four-year peak of 97.52 hit on Monday.
The dollar has gained three yen in one session, but was still down 1.6 per cent so far this week, its biggest such loss since June. Immediate resistance was found at 95.24, the 50 per cent retracement of this week's move.
As expected, Japan's prime minister nominated, Asian Development Bank Haruhiko Kuroda as Bank of Japan's governor and Kikuo Iwata, an academic, as one of the two deputy governors.
The dollar has gained more than 14 per cent since November on speculation the Bank of Japan will take aggressive steps to combat reflation and as a result, will likely weaken the yen.
Australian government bonds pulled back from one-month highs, with the three-year contract 0.050 points lower at 97.250, having climbed to 97.330. The next big level is January's double top around 97.340.
The 10-year contract eased 0.02 points to 96.670 from a peak of 96.730. Key resistance was seen at 96.771, the 38.2 pct of the June-Feb slide.


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Ally McCoist denies claims he was asked to sack Ian Durrant and Kenny McDowall
Rangers manager Ally McCoist has denied reports that he was asked to sack backroom duo Ian Durrant and Kenny McDowall.
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Physio Pip Yeates, chief scout Neil Murray and striker Fran Sandaza have all left Ibrox in the last fortnight and it has been claimed that chief executive Charles Green urged McCoist to axe Durrant and McDowall as part of his restructuring plans.
But McCoist insists he has not discussed the pair's future with Green and pointed to the recent success the club have enjoyed with the coaching set-up.
"I have not entered any discussions at all with Charles regarding Kenny or Ian, my coaching staff," he said.
"On that subject, all I would say is, the last five years I think it is, Kenny, myself and obviously with Walter (Smith) have won three SPLs, cups, got to a European final. Then we had a season under Craig Whyte and then we won a title again this year.
"So that's all I've got to say on that matter. I'm not going to take it any further."
McCoist admitted he is getting frustrated with such speculation as he feels it takes the attention away from his team, who secured the Division Three title last month.
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My birth story is such a long and complicated one that I have never posted it before. I made some choices, I don't really know if I would make again. I didn't want to open myself up to criticism. However, it was a good birth. I am so pleased with it. I have finally decided to share...
My water started to leak on a Thursday night. I was just about to get in the bath tub and since it was only a few days before my due date, I contemplated inserting my first evening primrose tablet. Suddenly a tiny splash of water, with little white flecks in it landed on the ground.
Though I'd had contractions on and off for weeks, on this particular day I hadn't felt a single thing. I called my midwife and let her know what was going on. She told me, it would be OK and not to panic, that my labor would most likely start within the next twenty-four hours. She said to call her if anything changed and she would prepare to come to my home just in case.
The leaking pretty much stopped as suddenly as it had begun. My husband began filling up the birth tub, I called my mum and gave her the news. We told my brother-in-law who was living in our garage apartment at the time. Then nothing happened.
The next day my midwife and doula came over. I told them I'd had a little bit of bloody show and a drizzle of water every now and then, but nothing big. It had been thirty hours at this point and I hadn't felt a single contraction. We spend the next day waiting, walking, listening to music. My family came and then I sent them home. Still nothing. I asked my midwife to check for cervical dilation, she said I was at four and baby was engaged.
Saturday my water had ceased to leak most of the day. I had one or two contractions. Nothing else happened. My family took our older kids with them, they lived about two hours away. My husband and I tried to focus on being positive and not getting disappointed, just letting nature take its course.
Sunday my midwife came back and I sent my one year old to stay with my sister-in-law. I'd had this big plan that my kids would be there in the pool with me to usher new baby in the world, but my midwife and doula both noticed that I seemed extra stressed with the kids around, so we decided to opt for childcare instead. We tried an induction, using some herbs and other things after a amniotic test strip came back positive. Several times my midwife noted that I was having a contraction, my stomach was tensing up around the baby in a very visible way- but I hardly felt anything.
Monday morning I went to my backup obstetrician. He said I was a stretchy four, maybe a five. He offered to induced me, but I refused. I had no fever and at that time and I was not leaking. The OB and I decided that it was probably a forewater leak that I had experienced earlier.
Tuesday morning I woke up at 10 AM on the dot with a gush of clear water. It was immediately followed by my brother-in-law knocking on the door to tell me that the toilet was overflowing and he needed my husband to come help him work on the plumbing. GREAT!
The water continued to flow out all over the place, all day. It was clear, tons of tiny white flakes of vernix were in it. It was very obviously my water. I still had no strong contractions.
My doula came to sit with me for the night. We walked, I drank RRL tea. We went to the store, where I had two contractions and one on the way back home. We talked about how maybe I was just not comfortable in the house we were in. I complained a lot about it, it was dirty and drafty. I said numerous times over the previous nine months how I couldn't imagine having a baby there. Something was always breaking and going wrong.
Over the next day hours I checked my temperature and blood pressure every four hours. I drank gallons of water. I walked, I cried, I danced. I took frequent showers. I will admit, I felt pretty gross and highly discouraged at this point.
The next day at 10 AM, I was still pouring water. My midwife was going to come later that day so that we could try another round of induction. She lived over an hour away and was upheld by a storm that had been raging, ironically since around the time my water broke.
I felt OK that day, I knew it was coming. I knew there would be an end soon, I would be holding my baby soon. I read lots of positive stories. I would never admit this anywhere that I thought my husband would find it, but at around noon I walked in our bedroom and he was crying. He was worried about the baby in my stomach, worried about our son who was away from home for the first time. It was a breaking point for me. I suddenly felt like I couldn't do it in this house, the house was holding me up, and it wasn't fair to keep this up any longer. It had been over twenty-four hours, I was getting nervous too. I missed my other kids too. Nothing seemed to be working. In all my other labors, the water had broken in the middle of labor. I had not prepared for this outcome.
I called my midwife, without telling anyone what I was about to do, and told her that we were likely going to transfer. We talked a little about what that would likely mean. I cried some more.
At two we left for the hospital. I stopped on the way and had a huge lunch. When we arrived I found out that my awesome doctor wasn't going to be there. I told them how long my water had been leaking/broken. I agreed to IV antibiotics. They nurse brought me some water and my doula and I sat up the birth ball. Right before I got on the birth ball, the nurse checked me and told me I was eight centimeters. I had felt three contractions in two days and still I had four centimeters of changed. I couldn't believe it. I wanted to go back home, but at that point so much had happened, everyone was so emotional. I opted to stay at the hospital.
I got on the birth ball and it seemed that I immediately fell into a trance. It was like nothing I had ever felt before. My whole body relaxed, my mind let go. I just focused on getting that baby out. I kept imagining her crowning, thinking of opening lotuses. The contractions finally came. I thought of so many things while in labor, every thought seemed to totally wrap itself around me. I thought of being on vacations with my husband, love, my other babies. Everything smelled stronger and the colors seemed so bright. When I closed my eyes and visualized those things, I felt like I was there. It was almost overpowering how intense my visualizations could get during labor. The contractions hurt, by the twenty or thirty seconds between them was so intensely wonderful feeling. I felt like I was on some sort of hallucinogenic drug.
Finally after two hours of contractions, I felt like I started to lose focus. I screamed I couldn't take anymore. The nurse checked me and told me I was complete. Suddenly everything stopped for what seemed like an eternity- though it was probably only a few minutes. I suddenly felt a warm sensation in my whole bottom and with it the urge to push and I went with. My midwife had not showed up yet and my OB wasn't there either, someone I had never met was supposed to come in and catch the baby. In the meantime, a midwife-turned-nurse came into the room. She started to talk to me about her own births, about the beauty of natural birth as she did a perineal massage. I felt so blessed that she was there.
It's funny how time has no meaning when you are in labor.
After two pushes, in a semi-squat, the baby's head crowned. The midwife nurse told me I was pushing too fast and would tear, but I honestly had no control over it. I reached down and braced my perineum with my hand. That was the first time I touched my beautiful little baby girl, as her head was bulging.
I pushed once more and her head and shoulders came out, no tears. The OB whose name I do not even know scooted in just in time to swap with the nurse. Out came the rest of my little one. I had a rush of emotions and warm feelings that I could never describe to anyone who hadn't felt them, ever. It felt like an orgasm and the greatest day of my life combined.
The doctor laid the baby on my chest and I just starred at her, thanking my husband who had been squatting next to me unable to move for two hours and my doula who had held my hand the whole time. I proclaimed quite loudly that I didn't think my husband should get a vasectomy anymore, we had to have more.
I kissed my baby over and over again. Though I was in the hospital, something I greatly feared after previous bad experiences, everything was incredible. I was able to breastfeed immediately. My baby never had to go to the nursery, not even for the horrible blood sugar tests - I was a gestational diabetic. I bathed my own baby, I co slept. She never left my arms. I swear, other than the ride in the car seat, I think she may have been a month old before I put her down and it was wonderful.
She weighed 8 Lbs and 2 Oz. She was 21 inches tall, born the day after her due date. It was natural with the exception of antibiotics and a little bit of pitocin when I first got there. I agreed to both, due to my own emotional distress. I probably would not agree to the pitocin now that I know a little bit more about early rupture of membranes. I do sometimes regret that I didn't stay home, but it was the most incredible experience none the less.


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iBuyPower Valkyrie CZ-17 Notebook Review: MSI and iBuyPower Tangle With Alienwareby Dustin Sklavos on 8/21/2012 12:01 AM EST
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xTRICKYxx - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkI don't understand why they chose a rebranded 580M over the 7970M....
And 4GB of VRAM is absolutely overkill for 1920x1080 even with maxed anti-aliasing.
The pricing is actually quite good for what you get, but the 7970M is cheaper and beats the 675M.... Reply
Mugur - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkOptimus? Reply
Freakie - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkThis. Once AMD can compete on the battery front, then they will find themselves very successful in this market because in this economy, people want to merge devices into one package and having a gaming rig with low battery life is hard to justify over a dedicated desktop for gaming and a laptop for when you're somewhere else. But if you throw in 4+hrs of 720p video watching, then suddenly you can combine your two devices and save some money in the mean-time.
But of course, AMD has to completely change the way they do Drivers to pull that off. Nvidia has done damned good work on their drivers to get Optimus to work so smoothly, and it took a few hiccups along the way. And as we've seen with AMD, they really suck at implementing new software features over a whole family of products.
But I of course await the day when AMD can become more competitive :) Reply
jtd871 - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkI was actually shopping this unit w/ the 7970m within the past 24hrs as a replacement for my 5-yo lappie (ThinkPad T61p with Core 2 and Quadro NVS140M - don't laugh still runs great for older stuff).
However, I then learned about the recent Enduro (AMDs Optimus) issues with laptops using the 7970m (and possibly all GCN dGPUs), and stopped shopping as seriously until such time as AMD works out their issues with Enduro.
That having been said, I'm still glad to have Dustin's opinion on the rest of the build. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkI'm meeting with AMD tomorrow to discuss Enduro/Switchable Graphics, so hopefully they'll have something to tell/show me in regards to drivers. [Crosses fingers...] Reply
mpschan - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkI'm sure you're planning on it already, but please let us know if there are any developments on that front (assuming no NDA of course). AMD desperately needs this feature in the mobile space. Reply
TheHolyLancer - Wednesday, August 22, 2012 - linkAs an owner of a saiger NP9170 w7970m that is having massive driver issues (since the NP9170 is optimus enabled, and something about how the output from the GPU has to go thru the IGP....)
I would love to know what will their response to this issue.
ATM, I have to run the old custom version of the driver from saiger as the newest offcial driver will not install willingly, if I force it by pointing the driver update to an extracted driver folder's right location and update to the newest version, I get issues if I run two copies of eve online (or two copies any any two game that uses discreet). The performance boost is very nice tho, granted at the point it was more like 100 fps vs 60-70 fps so I reverted to the old driver that lets me run multiple games at the same time without crashing badly. Reply
jtd871 - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkWhoops, must have confused this with the Origin/Sager/AVA machines. iBuyPower doesn't show AMD graphics as an option for the CZ-17... Reply
hardwareguy - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkMy M17xR4 with the 7970 can hit about 4 hours on battery with pretty high web use and visual studio. Buddy with same laptop who does everything through RDP gets about an extra hour. Reply
xTRICKYxx - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkNice! I didn't know the Walter White got an Alienware. Reply
xTRICKYxx - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkAbsolutely, I did not even think of that. My last gaming laptop was from the 200M days and my i7 didn't even come with integrated graphics (i7-820QM).
The battery life on it was atrocious but I got it for higher frame rates. Reply
NA1NSXR - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkThe M17X uses separate blowers and radiators on its 3pipe GPU sink and 2pipe CPU sink. I doubt this thing will out cool it. You also get 4 bins of OC available to you on 3720QM and up with the M17X. That gets you up to 3.8GHz on 4 cores and 4GHz on single core turbo for +$150 option. M17X is also capable of OC'ing Kepler cards now. I just shopped this segment and did a lot of research on the options out there and quite frankly Alienware is the best value if the customer has any sort of computer knowledge. Its biggest weakness is that it cannot be purchased for $1450 similarly equipped to this ibuypower. I think if you know well enough to get your own RAM kit at retail instead of as a configurator upgrade, how to repaste, how to OC, basically know what you're doing overall, the M17X R4 is worth the premium. If you just want to buy and use as is, then that is the case where this ibuypower looks like a good value.... Reply
Freakie - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkI've never seen a laptop with a high end GPU like this not have two separate fans and heatsinks, and laptops that do 2 GPU's use 3 heatsinks. It's just what is required for something so powerful, so your argument there is completely invalid.
OC'ing on clevo barebones is also just as possible as it is on an Alienware. Do all Clevo barebones have the feature? No. But do all of the high end ones that compete with Alienware? Yes. So your point still remains invalid.
Alienware really isn't worth the premium for most people. While it can offer a few cosmetic features of other brands, it's performance is no better, it's hardware is no better, and it looks childish to use anywhere in a professional environment. The problem that Alienware has more than anything isn't the price, it is the looks, as a "customer [that] has any sort of computer knowledge" tends to actually have a day-job in a professional environment and needs something that looks professional, which Alienware does not. I'm not saying I have a problem with Alienware (besides their price) I just think that trying to call it superior is silly. It's just another option for laptop enthusiasts and it is typically reserved for only young people who have not yet fully assimilated into the typical adult life. Many Alienware owners grow up and decide that an ASUS, MSI, or Clevo barebone is much better suited to real life while giving them the same features. Reply
Dribble - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkCooling is a major problem on these laptops, lots of them get so hot they clock down when you give them a demanding game (that hits gpu hard and has multicore support to hit all cores of cpu). In addition reviewing a brand new laptop with squeaky clean fans is pretty different to what you get after a few months of use. So for life expectancy of chips, quietness of laptop and ability to play games smoothly cooling is very important.
imo the M17X is a great machine, and there's always special offers if you know where to look so it's not that expensive. The biggest problem is the warranty - that's so expensive from dell. Other manufacturers (acer, toshiba) offer a basic three year warranty at a fraction of the cost, or some like asus give a two year warranty as standard. Reply
Meaker10 - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkAlienware, MSI and Clevo seem to be fine on the cooling front.
My clevo lets me clock my cpu to 3.9ghz on all 4 cores just fine.
My graphics is also overclocked 50% just fine too. Reply
AssBall - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkMy B.S. meter works just fine too. Reply
xTRICKYxx - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkMy laptop has an Nvidia GeForce GT 650M and I overclocked the core clock by 75% and the Memory clock by 76% higher than stock. But, any higher it is unstable.
Lots of laptop GPU's are crazy overclockable, but you just have to watch out for the high temperatures to avoid throttling. Reply
danwat1234 - Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - linkThis MSI laptop uses a 12 Volt fan I believe, which moves about 25 CFM of air and uses about 7 watts at full RPM! In this case I believe a single fan can affectively cool the CPU and GPU even if they are both under a full load. Why use two less powerful fans when you can use 1 powerful fan? Reply
Darkstone - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkYou can overclock the GPU on MSI, clevo and alienware barebones. However, you can only overclock the CPU (non-extreme CPU's) with the alienware.
Yes, you can run the 3920XM at 4x3.9ghz if you like. And the M17x does just that, well, 3.8GHZ, with the 3720QM that is $/€500 cheaper.
And the price argument: The base alienware with 1080p display and HD 7970m is actually cheaper than the cheapest clevo reseller in the netherlands. You're paying a premium to get clevo with their horrorid drivers. That just doesn't make any sense. Reply
xTRICKYxx - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkI always ignore driver support of an OEM because it makes sense to always wipe and put a clean install of Windows these days. Every single component needing drivers in a laptop usually has a driver download from the manufacturer of the component, right? Reply
Darkstone - Wednesday, August 22, 2012 - linkThe driver support is a bit different this time. The endiro drivers are horrible, whatever brand you take, the drivers suck. Except for alienware. Hit fn+F7+reboot and the computer uses the AMD GPU as primary graphics card. No enduro, no issues, and performance improvements in the double digits.
ctrl+F "worse performance" Reply
danwat1234 - Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - linkThis MSI laptop uses a 12 Volt fan I believe, which moves about 25 CFM of air and uses about 7 watts at full RPM! In this case I believe a single fan can effectively cool the CPU and GPU even if they are both under a full load. Why use two less powerful fans when you can use 1 powerful fan? Reply
9Breaker - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkASUS G7x series if you're on a budget .... you must be rich Reply
Flunk - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - link$1000 is about the cheapest gaming laptops come, get over it. Otherwise you need to learn to game on a discount model AMD's trinity processors are good on the low end. Reply
SilthDraeth - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkThis MSI chassis reminds me of the Asus G7 chassis. Reply
cknobman - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkOld last gen GPU
Slow HDD
Ugly design
Stupid keyboard layout
Need I go on?
Next please Reply
extide - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkx2, a Clevo P150EM w/ 680m is a much better choice, IMHO Reply
Jackattak - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkIt's a purchase from me. You've got my dollars, iBuyPower. I've gotta Samsung 256GB SSD to slap into that empty 2.5" bay, too. Reply
Hrel - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - linkLooking at the configurations offered by cyberpowerpc.com I can't help but remind you all that you can get a laptop just like this for less. You can choose between a Clevo base and an MSI base, whatever your preference. They also have Compal's under a new name available. Though in my experiences Compal is less reliable than Clevo or MSI. Reply
Draconian - Wednesday, August 22, 2012 - link"ASUS G7x series if you're on a budget, Alienware M17x if you're not."
Neither. Asus doesn't use the x80M series cards (580M, 680M, etc.) and Alienware only uses glossy screens. MSI rectifies both those problems. Plus the MSI's Dynaudio is superior to anything Asus or Alienware has. Reply
JBird7986 - Thursday, August 23, 2012 - link"keep in mind that way back when the Mobile Athlon 64 was launched, eMachines/Gateway was doing roughly the same thing by taking notebooks built by Arima and rebranding them."
I still have my old eMachines M6811 and it runs like a champ since I upgraded the RAM to 1.25GB. I'm currently using it as a Windows 8 test machine since I have a newer laptop. It was a crazy awesome laptop for its day. Hard to believe it's 8 years old now. Reply
Akaz1976 - Friday, August 24, 2012 - linkThose benches are missing. Did it not run on that PC? Reply
seapeople - Saturday, August 25, 2012 - linkI thought you guys were going to do throttling reviews on your laptops going forward considering that it's a huge metric of performance in today's world of under-cooled over-turbo'ed laptops.
I was very interested to see how a thicker laptop like this does with full CPU/GPU + gaming loads. Now I realized you did noise/thermals, and the thermals looked good, but again it's impossible to know whether this is because the cooling is so good the laptop can run full blast without issues, or whether the laptop is actually throttling some to target lower thermals. Given this is a gaming machine I expect the former, but it would be cool to know for sure.
In summary, please don't giveth (the awesome throttling reviews) and then taketh away! Reply
BlueBomber - Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - linkThe price of the laptop is alright, but I honestly wouldn't want to purchase anything from Ibuypower. They've seriously got some pretty bad horror stories out there. When I was buying my first gaming pc a few months ago I was really looking at going with Ibuypower. The price was right and I like theit options, but after reading all stories about them i decided not . A few people who had horrible experiences with IBP also recommended going with another company, Ironside Computers instead, and I'm glad I did. The price was better then IBP considering they have free shipping, and the computer arrived in perfect condition. I couldn't be happier. Reply
Drittz121 - Friday, February 28, 2014 - linkJust do yourself a favor. STAY AWAY from this company. Yes they look good. But when it breaks and it WILL. All they do is give you the run around. They have had my system for over 2 months trying to fix the garbage they sell. Worse company out there for support. DONT BUY Reply


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When a proposal to voluntarily reduce the U.S. Grade A Milk SCC limit to 400,000 SCC per milliliter failed at the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments in May, many producers and industry professionals were surprised. The proposal would have put the United States on par with guidelines currently set in the European Union (EU) for milk export limits and was supported by several industry groups. Plus, many groups saw it as a measure to improve the United States' attention to udder health. While the proposal's failure means the USDA will have to step in to identify a way to meet the EU standards, producers should continue to implement management practices that improve animal health and milk quality.
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Improve udder preparation
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Keep cows clean
Reducing infection and SCC is easier when cows are kept in a clean, dry environment. Bedding should be refreshed and stalls groomed frequently.
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Keep track of cows with a history of high SCC and mastitis. A good record keeping system will help when making treatment and culling decisions.
Treat those you can, cull those you can't
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The Boehringer Ingelheim group is one of the world's 20 leading pharmaceutical companies. Headquartered in Ingelheim, Germany, it operates globally with 145 affiliates and more than 42,000 employees. Since it was founded in 1885, the family-owned company has been committed to researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing novel products of high therapeutic value for human and veterinary medicine.
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