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An appeal has been launched by Bath Cats and Dogs Home in a bid to encourage people to donate £25 to buy a winter care package for an animal in its care.
The charity hopes to raise vital funds and encourage more people to dig deeper into their pockets this Christmas as running costs and fuel costs are set to rise.
Karen Ethier, animal care and welfare delivery manager, said: "The home relies solely on public donations, with annual running costs of about £1.3 million, therefore donating £25 towards the charity's Winter Appeal will make a real difference to the animals in our care.
Not only will £25 cover heating costs, blankets and extra bedding, it will also fund metacam for dogs with aching joints and specialist heat-retaining vet bedding for cats.
"Without these bare essentials, life in kennels would be considerably tougher for these animals over Christmas. Rising fuel costs are certainly a daunting prospect for a charity that relies exclusively on the generosity of the public."
One puppy that has been taken in is Angel, a four-week-old puppy, thrown out and left to die in a supermarket car park. F
ortunately, her cries alerted a passer by and she was immediately rushed into the home for around the clock feeds and heat lamp treatment.
Seven weeks on, and 1,176 hours of hand rearing later, Angel is going from strength to strength.
Her surrogate mother and around the clock carer, Karen Ethier, said: "When Angel was rushed into us, she weighed no more than a small apple and could fit in the palm of my hand.
"Her chances of survival were almost nil but, with lots of veterinary supervision, vet heat pads and around the clock feeds, Angel has become a ray of hope and a genuine success story.
"Without a doubt, £25 will go a long, long way towards helping the next Angel that crosses our threshold."
The Bath-based charity has been in existence since 1937 and services over 650 square miles throughout Bath, Somerset and Wiltshire.
It always runs at full capacity on a one in one out basis. Kennel space and resources are a premium.
Rachel Jones, head of fundraising, said: "Donations are considerably down on last year, which means making ends meet is going to be tough this year especially with rising fuel costs, increased running costs and the fact that animals are taking longer to rehome.
"What's more, the home has seen a marked increase in the number of calls from worried members of the public who can no longer afford to keep their pet.
"As a result, the home has a longer waiting list than ever before. We are definitely starting to feel the pinch and desperately need to get the message out there - now's the time to give."
Recent studies carried out by the charity show that rehoming is significantly down by 16.63 per cent.
In 2011, 2,044 animals were rehomed compared to 1,704 animals in 2012. This is largely due to economic reasons and the fact that more animals are coming into the home with pre-existing medical conditions.
The average stay for a dog in the home's care is now six weeks - three times as much as last year. The average stay for a cat is five weeks and 12 weeks.
The average cost for an animal in care at the home has also increased by 6.43 per cent. On average it costs up to £15 a day to care for a dog and £10 for a cat.
To donate to this year's Winter Appeal call Bath Cats and Dogs Home on (01225) 787 334 or visit www.bcdh.org.uk/donate_today
Alternatively, send cheques made payable to Bath Cats and Dogs Home to the Fundraising Department, Bath Cats and Dogs Home, The Avenue, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AZ.


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By Brad Dunn — September 2001
It took about 22 days to run the T1 line out to North Point Marina in Chicago. A few days later the four rooftop access boxes were up and running. The antennas were installed after that, and by midJune the 1,700-slip marina was broadcasting the Internet like a radio station.
Systems like this are going up almost daily across the boating world. Built in segments much like the first trans-continental railroad, a wireless Web network is now under construction at marinas up and down the East Coast and in the Great Lakes. Behind it all is Global Wireless, a company that is laying miles of wires so that you can cut the one to your computer.
Gerald Berton, who is president of Global Wireless and also of Global Yachts in Miami, founded Global Wireless last year. He says the company, whose goal is to attract 125,000 new subscribers next year, is the first of its kind in the boating industry. It offers wireless services not just at marinas but also at home--through partnerships with Cable & Wireless, Lucent, and Cisco.
Berton's vision is nothing less than an uninterrupted track of Global Wireless-equipped marinas from Maine to Key West, across the Great Lakes, and eventually along the West Coast. And he's racing--to the tune of 20 marinas per month at presstime--to the get the network built as soon as possible. "Boaters want the freedom to log on to the Internet through a high-speed wireless system while they cruise," he says. "We're the first to offer them that ability."
This month Global Wireless will add its 40th marina to an expanding constellation of wireless Internet outlets. By next year the company wants to have 1,900 more locations in place, and if it can continue wiring marinas as quickly as the one in Chicago, it should stay on track.
"Those antennas seemed to sprout up over night," observes Roger Mellem, harbormaster at North Point Marina. "I think many of our customers are going to love getting on their boats and logging on to the Internet."
To start surfing on Global's system, all you need is your laptop or desktop computer (or Web-capable personal data assistant, or PDA), a PCMCIA card, and a subscription to Global Wireless. The company sells its own PCMCIA cards for $185, which includes a free month of service. The add-ons are credit-card size devices, compatible with both PCs and Macs, and essentially act as an antenna that links your machine to the World Wide Web.
The Global Wireless subscription works like a typical ISP account: For $39.95 a month you receive unlimited Web access (the rate bumps up to $49.95 if you only want the service during your boating season). When you sign up, the company sends you a CD-ROM containing all instructions, registration information, and necessary software for cruising the Internet.
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This article originally appeared in the June 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.

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The total sales volume for the first six months was $320 million. Although this is substantially less than the $528 million achieved over the first half of last year, I would argue that Cleveland's investment climate is in a much better place, for the following reasons:
Last year, the sales volume tailed off over the second half of the year, adding just $183 million to finish the year at $711 million. Although this was the highest volume achieved since 2008, the slowdown was apparent.
We may well end up at right around the same total sales volume at the end of this year. However, that does not mean the market will not make headway. I think that the momentum will be stronger, the activity level among the various sectors will be more balanced and we will be one step closer to a normal and stable investment market.
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HIV and AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, is the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The virus weakens a person's ability to fight infections and cancer. People with HIV are said to have AIDS when they develop certain infections or cancers or when their CD4 count is less than 200. CD4 (T-cell) count is determined by a blood test in a doctor's office.
Having HIV does not always mean that you have AIDS. It can take many years for people with the virus to develop AIDS. HIV and AIDS cannot be cured. However with the medications available today, it is possible to have a normal lifespan with little or minimal interruption in quality of life. There are ways to help people stay healthy and live longer.
How Does HIV and AIDS Cause Illness?
HIV attacks and destroys a type of white blood cell called a CD4 cell, commonly called the T-cell. This cell's main function is to fight disease. When a person's CD4 cell count gets low, they are more susceptible to illnesses.
What Is AIDS?
AIDS is the more advanced stage of HIV infection. When the immune system CD4 cells drop to a very low level, a person's ability to fight infection is lost. In addition, there are several conditions that occur in people with HIV infection with this degree of immune system failure -- these are called AIDS-defining illnesses.
According to the CDC, 1,051,875 people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with AIDS since the disease was first diagnosed in 1981. They also estimate that 583,298 have died from the disease in the U.S.
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ByDeborah Gage
As the new year begins, we asked several venture capital investors to reflect on the past year and give us their outlook for 2013. Continuing our series is Trident Capital Co-Founder John Moragne.
Moragne speaks about investing in big data to drive specific performance, how too many investments are counting on very high exits to get a reasonable multiple, and on finding opportunity in big problems.
Looking back, how would you characterize 2012?
For Trident Capital, 2012 was a great year for liquidity. We had three excellent strategic sales at 4x to 16x our money with large total gains and we also had two IPOs, both of which are performing.
In general, it was the year when the enterprise came roaring back. This was driven by SaaS/cloud, mobile and the promise of big data and social in the enterprise. This was reflected in public valuations on the SaaS side, and private valuations on the big data, mobile, and social enterprise side, some of which are extraordinary.
There is a lot of exuberance around all things big data, but at least for now, most of this is gleaning insights as opposed to driving performance. This is beginning to change, and it's why many of Trident's investments are focused on the application of big data to driving performance in specific verticals or parts of the enterprise.
The low cost of creating a startup plus the existence of the talent and innovation to do so has created a proliferation of early, angel-funded companies. The major challenge is how many of these companies will actually get institutional funding due to the large number of early companies out there and fundraising challenges for VCs over the last several years. Still, the handful of hot companies that exhibit the characteristics sought by VCs are going for very high valuations.
What is the most important issue that the venture capital industry faces in 2013?
Too many of the investments being made are counting on very high exits to get a reasonable multiple of investment compared with the number of companies that have achieved liquidity at these valuations historically.
What do you see as the biggest investment opportunity for venture capital in 2013?
There will continue to be opportunities due to the innovations in cloud, big data, social, and mobility. The areas Trident is focused on are where these innovations translate into specific performance improvement in the enterprise. Real ROI will be required.
A second area we believe has a big opportunity are companies solving, or at least making a real dent, in the big problems we are facing. These are health-care IT (attacking costs while improving access), IT security, managing the problems created by the massive adoption of mobile, and the requirements by enterprise users, customers and partners to have a consumer-like, always-on experience.
What is your New Year's wish for the industry in 2013?
Rational valuations tied to a robust exit environment.
–Interview by Deborah Gage. Write to Deborah Gage at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter at @deborahgage


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Does this card support channel shifting when using Aircrack-ng , becuase ubquity devices are capable of going invisible to normal 2.4ghz cards when in channel shifting mode.I just recieved my SR71-E today, put it in my laptop, and I felt the urge to post my experience, 'cause this card is just amazing.
2.4/5 ghz 'n' mode 300MBs, works out of the box with backtrack 4 final; monitor/injection mode with ath9k driver, unbelievable browsing speeds I have never seen before for a wifi card.
It's like I'm even forgetting the fact that it's wireless, it feels like I'm connected by wire.
In my network, I've got a NAS server aswell, and the speeds I'm getting right now are almost tripled compared to my previous standard Intel 5100agn card, same goes for internet speed.
The range/sensitivity of this card is noticably better than my previous card too.
And no more waiting for a video from my NAS to buffer, it's instant now, like the video is on my laptop's hard drive. even HD 1080p.
It works perfect with Windows 7 aswell. (note that the latest ubiquiti driver for this card strangely doesn't work that well, I needed to use a microsoft AR9280 driver that's standard included in Windows 7, perfect driver.)
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text: If you took a poll of all of golf's elite players and teachers, Louis Oosthuizen's swing would no doubt be pegged as one of the top two or three in the game today. We're not disputing that. But in the spirit of journalistic balance, and as a reminder that every golfer can improve, we called upon highly regarded English instructor Pete Cowen to find something—anything—to criticize in the photographs of Oosthuizen's swing on the following pages.\nCowen has worked with the 2010 British Open champion for several years and knows his swing as well as anyone. Under close examination, Cowen did spot one thing that wasn't ideal. "But that's only if I'm being highly, highly critical," Cowen says. "Honestly, if you weren't, you'd struggle to find a poor position in any of these photos."\nIf you go to the first series of photos and look at the takeaway (view second frame\n), you'll notice that the clubhead is just to the right of Oosthuizen's hands. Ideally, Cowen says, it would be covering his hands, indicating an on-plane position.\nThat's it. That's all we've got for you. You can now sit back and enjoy the rest.\nNotice Oosthuizen is relaxed and well balanced over the ball. Look at the mirror-image shaft angles at halfway back and halfway down. Marvel at how he delivers every ounce of his 170-pound frame to the ball. Also note how his chest, arms and club work together. It's powerful and fluid. Drooling yet?\n"I have no idea why I swing the way I do," says Oosthuizen, who has won 10 times worldwide since 2004 (by seven shots at the British Open in 2010) and nearly won the Masters last April, edged by Bubba Watson in a playoff. "I just try to get the timing right and all the basic things."\nCowen says Oosthuizen is one of the best at maintaining the connection between the body—what Cowen calls "the engine"—and the arms and club—"the steering." Still, it's not always perfect, Oosthuizen says.\n"Sometimes my backswing gets long, and I get in bad positions. The club also can get behind me coming down, so I have to flip my hands to catch up to my body."\nAdds Cowen: "He's always been hyper-mobile in his shoulders, and that can lead to problems. We've worked hard on shoulder stability, because you've got to load them if you want to knock it out there. And that's what Louis does better than most."\n--Ron Kaspriske


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James Melnyk, a sophomore wrestler at Penn State New Kensington, was named to a national Academic All-America team.
Melnyk was recognized for his academic achievements by the National Collegiate Wrestling Association, the national governing body for New Kensington wrestling program. The NCWA recognizes student-athletes who have grade-point averages of 3.5 and above. Melynk is the first campus wrestler to receive the honor.
The award complements his selection to the Penn State University Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference team. In addition, Melnyk is a recipient of the campus' John Evans Scholar/Athlete Memorial Award for outstanding academic achievement while participating in an intercollegiate sport.
A product of Shenley High School, Melnyk was invited to the NCWA nationals by finishing in the top six of the Mid-East Regionals. He was ranked 63rd out of 172 opponents in his 168-pound weight class and went 1-2 in the tournament to earn a Top 25 ranking.
Melnyk lost his first match in the 165-pound class, climbed up the consolation ladder with a win over Will Royster of the University of Michigan, and ended the tournament with a loss to Stephen Kemp of Lindenwood. A 157-pounder during the regular season, Meynyk wrestled up a class at the nationals.
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TWO youngsters enjoyed a memorable day at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday.
Esme Harper-Coles of Dursley and Cameron Jackson from Thornbury were selected as England mascots for the QBE International against South Africa thanks to the England Connected initiative Esme Harper-Coles, 12, walked out onto the pitch alongside Ben Morgan, while 11-year-old Cameron Jackson accompanied Mako Vunipola just a few minutes before the national anthems and the kick-off.
England No 8 Morgan had nominated Dursley RFC for this special honour, as a former player at the club, in recognition of their role in his journey to becoming an England international.
Harper-Coles plays for Dursley under-12s, and has now made the connection between a youngster enjoying playing rugby at her local club and the experience of a top player running out in front of 82,000 spectators at Twickenham and a television audience of millions.
It was the final instalment of a wonderful few weeks for Harper-Coles as she had already met Morgan and the rest of the England squad at a training camp at Pennyhill Park earlier this month.
She said: "It was amazing, awesome and totally unforgettable! I was a bit scared going out onto the pitch in front of so many thousands of people, but it was also very exciting. Harper-Coles added: "It was great to meet Ben Morgan again. He was really psyched up and ready for the match and I thought he played very well.
"I was very proud to represent my club and I hope they were all proud of me too."
Esme's father Paul said: "As a parent and helper at Dursley rugby club, I would like to thank the RFU for giving me and my daughter a 'once-in-a-lifetime' trip. It was a truly memorable day.
"The next step for us at Dursley is to set up a girls' team and we are trying to get more players from the local area."
Dursley RFC joined in the celebrations of Esme's big day out with England by gathering at their Hounds Green Stinchcombe clubhouse to watch the match and reflect on the great contribution they have made to the development of English rugby.
Jackson was the lucky player to get this honour when the names of all the under-12s were put into a draw at Thornbury RFC. "It was really, really fun," said Jackson, whose preferred position is in the front row. "The best bit was running out of the tunnel onto the pitch. Mako was really friendly and had a chat with me before we ran out – he was very nice."
Cameron's dad Simon said: "It was a great day and the players were amazing and so good with the kids. "Mako was so kind and encouraging and I would like to thank him for his time and for making such a good and lasting impression on my son." England head coach, Stuart Lancaster, said: "The England players take the responsibility of representing the country very seriously, on and off the field. "They feel they represent not just themselves, but also their family, friends and all those that have helped them on their journey."
Dursley under-12s player Dominic Stephenson was also a special guest at the game but missed out on the opportunity to walk out with the England side as the mascot of the club's former youth player Charlie Sharples, who was left out of the 23-man squad.
Morgan was making his first appearance of the autumn series and played the full 80 minutes, while Vunipola came off the replacements bench once again to win his third cap but they were unable to stop England falling to a 16-15 defeat.
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GPU Transcoding Throwdown: Elemental's Badaboom vs. AMD's Avivo Video Converterby Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 12/15/2008 3:00 PM EST
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mediaconvert - Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - linkI record a lot of tele on my computer and am always wanting faster ways to convert and compress my videos. When I heard about ati producing an equivilant of badaboom I was really excited and thought I could finally justify spending £150+ on a graphics card especially when it would be faster than the cpu. I have a ati 3450 and man was I dissapointed. I tried to compress a 120mb mpeg2 file and ended up with a 150 mb file. Also if the reviews are right it doesn't use the gpu. whats the point in having a gpu converter that doesn't use the gpu??? I can only speak for myself but if amd/ati comes out with a serious way of quickly converting/compressing the mpeg2 files (perhaps also with a batch processing mode) then they have a sale here especially if it allows me to play the latest video games.
Currently I have been looking at video cards and I have to say there are two things pushing me to nvidia one is badaboom and the other nvidias hybridpower (use of an nvidia motherboard integrated graphics to reduce gpu usage and hence gpu fan noise when gpu is not needed)
I recon ati/amd needs to get creative here and really commit to gpu video conversion. ( or even gpu + cpu video conversion ) If they can produce real world speed benefits then people will buy it.
Focher - Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - linkI have a 3-way SLI of 280s with a QX9650 CPU. I have both Badaboom and TMPG Xpress, both of which support GPU encoding. In my experience, I can actually encode video a bit faster with just the CPU. Badaboom apparently supports multi-GPU configurations now, but only to split encoding when you have queued multiple files. TMPG Xpress is definitely the more powerful and capable tool, but doesn't support multiple GPUs. Also, Badaboom apparently just released 1.1 that adds quite a few features but I have not yet tried it. Reply
Rainman200 - Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - linkJust assign resources to help the developers of x264 to make use of GPU's through OpenCL and that will do more good than any of these waste of time apps.
Anand I'd definitely say the x264 is sharper vs Badaboom in the two pictures you posted, also please use Ribot264 or AutoMKV as they use the latest builds of x264, Handbrake trails development of x264 because of its Apple Mac focus so important features added to x264 which improve its image quality are left out months behind other x264 encoders. Reply
dryloch - Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - linkI had a few ATI cards years ago but have been using Nvidia recently. I decided to try a 4800 series ATI card this time around partly because I hoped the number of stream processors would be useful for stuff like this. I have been looking forward to this driver for months and now they release something that doesn't work. My time is valuable to me ATI, don't waste it trying to make somthing work that you know is broken. I don't care what happens with the speed of the next gen cards I am going back to Nvidia. Reply
toyotabedzrock - Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - linkhttp://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=647">http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=647
This review seems to have gotten it to work better. Althought still not flawless. Reply
talmholt - Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - linkAnand,
I think some of your issues are coming from Vista. I have used the converter on a WinXP32 machine with good results. It converts a 2 hour movie (MPEG2 640x480 3GB initial size) to an iPod file (320x240 500MB final size) in 8 minutes and the result is flawless!
I have also tried converting HDTV (OTA) content to a DVD format and that worked great too.
PS, my system is only a Intel Core 2 E6420 with a AMD 4850 (everything at stock speeds). Please try again Anand.
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Chris Simmo - Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - linkI use handbrake, but noticed something wierd. I had a 9800GT in the system, using handbrakes default movie options x264 and I would get about 150 turbo first pass, 48fps second pass on my overclocked email@example.com. I changed the graphics over to a HD4850, and saw an option for VP3. I selected it, the CLI crashed, the handbrake UI was still running though, changed back to x264, and then it was 290 turbo first pass and over 150 second pass. This is running vista 64 with the 8.12 drivers. During this time the GPU temp went up 2 degrees, all four cores were at 100%. I really need some one else to have a play and see what they get. I put in a 4870 to try, but I hadn't worked out the VP3 thing yet, so it didn't change form the standard 48fps Reply
Chris Simmo - Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - linkSorry, that was 'Shaun of the dead' DVD to MKV, Reply
niuniu2012 - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - linkYou can use http://www.dvdtomp3converter.com/">http://www.dvdtomp3converter.com/ to select target subtitle and audio track according at your will. DVD to MP3 Converter also provides you with fruitful options to set audio properties of audio bitrate, Sample Rate and so on. Reply
piroroadkill - Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - link"Last year, NVIDIA introduced it's CUDA"
it is CUDA! Reply
SkullOne - Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - linkGPU encoding is not supported by Vista 64-bit at this time. So if Vista 64-bit is being used that would explain why it was CPU based.
This is straight from the 8.12 release notes: "The ATI Avivo video transcoder does not currently use GPU acceleration under Windows Vista 64-bit edition."
Now with that said under Vista x64 I do not get nearly the same amount of corruption as seen on the review but I do get it. Hopefully those bugs are worked out in the future.
I can successfully encode any VCD/SVCD MPEG to iPod size without a single issue. DivX files encode down to iPod size with some video corruption although it appears that the better the DivX encode the less corruption I get the in the iPod file. Xvid files just dump out audio with no video. I can't even try to covert an h.264/x264 based MKV file as Avivo doesn't recognize the container.
Hopefully ATI addresses these issues quickly. Reply
DigitalFreak - Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - linkWow, good catch. There was some mention of using Vista 32bit on a few encodes, but I have to wonder if they were using Vista 64bit during the timed run. Reply
DerekWilson - Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - linkWe used 32-bit for everything but those 64-bit stills. AMD didn't tell us about the issues with 64-bit until we brought them up with them, so we switched half way through.
All the performance tests were done on 32-bit vista. Reply
DigitalFreak - Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - linkThanks for the clarification, Derek. Reply
nissen - Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - linkIs it Badaboom 1.0 you are using when talking about cpu usage? because here on my duo e6600/gtx280 badaboom eats just between 10-20% of the cpu depending on input ( ~15 for 1080i h264, ~20 for dvd ) , definatly something wrong.
MojaMonkey - Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - linkOn page 7 you have the 9800 GTX+ outperforming the GTX 260 is this correct or have you got the labels wrong?
I'd expect the GTX 260 to perform better than a GTX+ Reply
dvinnen - Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - link"And since when is video transcoding not a deterministic process?"
Cool product from AMD and I'm sure it will get better over the coming months, but how do you manage to do that? Weird. Reply
The Preacher - Saturday, December 20, 2008 - linkEver heard of dithering? If you use that and seed the random generator using system time (not really a bright idea) you could get slightly different results each time (I doubt you could actually SEE the difference).
plonk420 - Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - linkthis review is irksome... no mention of x264 version, no mention of resolution or bitrate used on the chart. as a previous comment says, the PQ on the x264 encode looks like the resize was screwed up... the comparison to a software solution was pretty poor. Reply
plonk420 - Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - linkhttp://plonkmedia.org/demo/test.html">http://plonkmedia.org/demo/test.html <-low resolution stream (zoomed 2x)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ECOIUXQL">http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ECOIUXQL <-low resolution download
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TPJVM0Y6">http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TPJVM0Y6 <-high resolution
http://www.viddler.com/explore/plonk420/videos/1/">http://www.viddler.com/explore/plonk420/videos/1/ <-what i'm assuming is a transcode (but same site that Anandtech used) Reply
plonk420 - Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - linkquick and dirty tests... (emphesis on dirty; i have Opera with 30+ tabs open, uTorrent, VNC Viewer, handful of other programs open)
source: Star Wars 4 VTS_02_4, 18 mins
low res: 320x128 took 310 seconds (±10 sec), processor use was ~30-40%
high res: 640x272 took 325 seconds (±10 sec), processor use was 60-70%
bicubic resizing, no cropping to exactly 2.39:1; couldn't be arsed. just used MeGUI's default iPod encoding settings, but set Quant 19. did SubME 2, 4, 5, and one test with 6 (the high res). it didn't seem to change the time it took to encode.
i'm sure you could up quality, significantly, too with better resizing options (i ususally use Lanczos4), other iPod compatible switches, at minimal speed cost. i don't usually encode for low bitrate/PMPs, but settings to do so are a google away.
but this pq looks decent to me. no issues the hardware encode had. using x264 has a BIT of a learning curve, but can be as fast as these hardware solutions (and possibly excede PQ with the proper options). recent builds have Peryn, i7, and even Phenom optimizations (that weren't utilized in one of the other site's i7 x264 tests).
my tests were encoded on a "mere" Phenom 9550 @ 2.2ghz on Vista x64 SP1, drives fragmented to hell.
options were --qp 19 --level 3 --nf --no-cabac --partitions none --merange 12 --threads auto --thread-input --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim (with --level being 1.3 for low or 3 for high, and --subme being 2, 4, 5, 6). build was 1051 (a few builds out of date; 1055 has better CAVLC PQ according to changelog) Reply
mvrx - Monday, December 15, 2008 - linkI've been grumpy about this for years. Most all the commercial video editing packages have treated mananging and encoding 1080p as a pro-only, or "coming next year" feature.. 1080p isn't pro folks. It's consumer level.
I have to use StaxRip with x264.exe encoder to do what I really want, as most commericial packages still have issues with 1080p. Everything should be ready for any resolution, including super high def. Don't try to charge customers more just because they are ready for what will be considered common in another year or two.
I'd also like to see the upconverting technolologies that HD dvd/BR players do in real time mature for software converters. I'd like to take my home movies and DVDs and convert them to 1080p, then encode to h.264. I know that doesn't give me true native quality content, I just like the idea of standardizing all my media to 1080p. Reply
MadMan007 - Monday, December 15, 2008 - linkThanks for keeping up with these articles. GPGPU's killer app for most consumers is video encoding. One thing that's missing from this article as was alluded to by an earlier comment is a reasonable price comparison - I'd like to see how the GPGPU encoders stack up to a dual core CPU since adding a video card is a much easier upgrade and lots of people have dual core CPU systems already. Reply
psychobriggsy - Monday, December 15, 2008 - linkIt's interesting comparing this review to the Avivo vs Badaboom article I read elsewhere earlier this month (using the leaked pre-release Catalyst) where they achieved significant performance improvements over using a CPU (i.e., it was actually encoding on the GPU in that review, whereas the conclusion here is that it isn't). They didn't use a Core i7 however. Still, when it comes to using a $200 video card with a $200 CPU, or a $1000 CPU to achieve the same thing, the choice is obvious (well, when the quality is sorted out).
Regardless AMD really shouldn't have released Avivo in that state, or they could have at least just called it a preview. What's wrong with AMD/ATI's developers? Don't they have any pride in their work? Reply
bobsm1 - Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - linkLooks like Anand is actually reviewing the products instead of taking the marketing crap that is being provided and just posting it. Takes a bit more work but the result is more interesting Reply
daletkine - Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - linkI used my Sapphire Toxic 4870 to convert the MPEG2 recording of Lost in Space VCR tape, to DivX using Avivo Video converter. My size went from 5.10GB to 3.48GB, from 720x480 (12Mbps) to 640x480 (converter doesn't give res options). Speed wasn't drammatic, like around 40min for 2h10min movie, on an Athlon 64 X2 @ 3.23GHz. CPU was utilized 100% and GPU was utilized (can be seen with RivaTuner) around 8-10%. Video quality was great, nothing to complain, no artifacts like anand pointed out, looks fine. So, seems to have worked for me, but not what I expected. The bad: WMV displays artifacting just like anand showed, Catalyst 8.12 drivers have issue with Xvid stuttering playback, so I saw that in WMP when playing my converted file (solved by using VLC player), no compression that I can see taking place (I used max quality setting, but medium only gives savings of 500MB, don't know about low), and it still needs a quad core.
The good: it actually works for me, free, simple, good quality (when works).
This on Vista 64, 8GB ram, Athlon 64 X2 5000+ @ 3.23GHz. Reply
Jovec - Monday, December 15, 2008 - link8.12 Avivio just creates a 0 byte file when trying to transcode my Xvid (AutoGK) videos. Ah well... Reply
Etsp - Monday, December 15, 2008 - linkMan, that's some high level of compression. Careful with that, it may just have made an information black-hole on your hard-drive. :) Reply
LtGoonRush - Monday, December 15, 2008 - linkI noticed that the x264 example image is suffering from artifacts due to nearest-neighbor resizing, it looks like it was encoded at a substantially lower resolution, or at the very least not resampled correctly for playback. You might want to verify that the settings used were correct, as it should look substantially better than the BadaBoom results. Reply
Griswold - Monday, December 15, 2008 - linkI was thinking the same. That just doesnt look right. Reply
gpuguy - Monday, December 15, 2008 - linkDoom9 forum posts analyzed the quality for Baseline H.264 and decided with the same x264 settings to emulate Badaboom quality was a push. Really curious to see what they say about main profile. Reply
niuniu2012 - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - linkYou can use http://www.dvdtomp3converter.com/">http://www.dvdtomp3converter.com/ to select target subtitle and audio track according at your will. DVD to MP3 Converter also provides you with fruitful options to set audio properties of audio bitrate, Sample Rate and so on. Reply
gwolfman - Monday, December 15, 2008 - linkWhat if you transcode your video using badaboom and then mux in the original audio source, how much file size savings are we looking at? Reply
fitten - Monday, December 15, 2008 - linkElemental's Badaboom 1.0: The Redemption, I get a broken image link to the performance graph. Reply


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I know my daughter is just playing but when should I really be concerned about her "imaginary friend"?
Thanks for your help!
Kind regards,
I know my daughter is just playing but when should I really be concerned about her "imaginary friend"?
Thanks for your help!
Kind regards,
Dear Jean,
No, I don't think you should be at all concerned. I read on one of your other posts that your daughter is 3; it shows wonderful creative thinking and an active imagination that she has this 'imaginary friend'. Children often create imaginary friends to help themselves to tell stories or even to deal with situations that they find daunting. Dr. Sears writes:
'Adults believe that it's important to be firmly grounded in reality and to know the difference between real and pretend. But these are adult standards. To children, the world is not only what it really is, but what they need it to be. Imaginative thinking can actually help a child cope with the real world. Children periodically retreat into their make-believe world, which they can control, as a way of coping with the adult world which they can't control.'
So I would relax and enjoy your daughter's imaginary friend games together!
Warm wishes,
Hello LJ,
This is really comforting. I'm relieved knowing that this 'imaginary friend' isn't something to worry about. The fact that she's alone with us every fortnight might be the culprit. The boys only stays with us every other week. Half the time, they'll be at their mother's since she and my husband has 50/50 custody over them.
I just realized that this could also be a form of her adjustment when her brothers are not around.
Thank you LJ! I look forward to reading the responses to my other posts.
You are very welcome Jean, I'm glad this was helpful.
Yes I think I would agree with you. Having to adjust to her brothers being with her half of the time means constant change for your daughter and she may need the comfort and perceived stability of an imaginary friend.
Is your daughter able to understand in advance which days the boys are with you and which they are away? Could you make a chart together to explain this so that she can easily see when they will be at your home?
Warm wishes,
Hello LJ,
Oh my God! That's a good idea! I think I'm seriously getting more occupied lately. The idea of creating a chart didn't occur to me.
She knows they go back to their Mum's and come back home to us on Mondays. Although, she has no concept whatsoever when the Monday is.
Thank you so much LJ, this is really a big help.
Best regards,
You're so welcome It can be hard to think of new ideas sometimes when you are busy being a mummy 24/7!
Warm wishes,
You're so welcome It can be hard to think of new ideas sometimes when you are busy being a mummy 24/7!
Warm wishes,


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Team Presidential Turkey: Meet the Burkel Kids
Hi, my name is Andrea Burkel. This year my family has been given the honor to raise the turkeys for the Thanksgiving Pardoning with the president, so I thought I'd start out by introducing everyone!
First I'll talk a little about myself. I am currently 17 years old and a senior in Badger High School. I'm planning to attend college at UND (University of North Dakota) after I graduate. My interests include volleyball, golf, band, and choir.
My older sister, Vanessa, is 19 and currently attending college at UND. Alex, my 15 year old brother, is a sophomore at Badger. He loves playing his trumpet and is also involved in one act plays, basketball, and golf.
My other brother Jack is 10 and in fifth grade. Right now he's hooked on the video games Minecraft and Call Of Duty: Black Ops II. He's also learning to play trumpet and likes to play outside, jumping on the trampoline and playing in the tree house that he and Alex built in our backyard last summer.
Emily, the baby of the family, will be turning 6 in December. She's in kindergarten this year. Emily loves to play dress up and often has tea parties with the rest of us kids and all of her dolls.
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You remember Norman Bates, the shy motel manager with the fatal mother fixation. Now, years after his horrific bout of butchery, Norman is at large again. Breaking free from the psycho ward, he cuts a shocking swath of blood all the way to Hollywood - where, it so happens, they are making a movie about Norman's life and crimes. A movie that suddenly and terrifyingly becomes a lot like real life.
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Norman Bates manages to escape his psychiatric lock down by murdering and impersonating a nun, as you do! His psychiatrist takes a leave of absence to track him down, and don't you know it, just as all this is happening, Hollywood is filming Norman's life story.....could he be heading out there for a guest appearance?!
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Freely inspired by Victor Hugo's novel, equal parts horror, comedy, and romance, THE MAN WHO LAUGHS is a "live silent film," performed in grayscale with live music, about a man whose face has been carved into a permanent smile and his desperate quest for the world to take him seriously. Hugo's character of Gwynplaine, "the laughing man", inspired the creation of Batman's infamous nemesis, The Joker.
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS, presented by The Stolen Chair Theatre Company at Urban Stages (259 West 30th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues) will play a four-week engagement January 31-February 24; Thursday through Saturday at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm, with an additional performance on Monday, February 4 at 8:30pm. Tickets ($30; $25 students; $20 in 1920's costume) may be purchased online at www.stolenchair.org or by calling 212-868-4444. The show runs approximately 90 minutes, with no intermission.Photo Credit: Carrie Leonard
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Urinary and Genital Disorders (Children)
I have a neice 6.5 years old. She has white blood cells in her kidneys. They finsh and come to normal when she gets antibiotc but come back again after some time. I`m too much worried for her. She doesnt feel any problem in making urine or pain in kidneys. She has got this problem for the last 3 years.
There are several reasons to have white blood cells in the urine. The most common reason would be a urinary tract infection. If she is having recurrent infections, then some imaging studies can be ordered by your pediatrician including a kidney and bladder ultrasound. Depending on the results, she may need further testing, such as a xray of the bladder (called a VCUG). If the ultrasound is abnormal, then an evaluation by a pediatric kidney specialist (nephrologist or urologist) may be warranted.
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ARCATA- A healthy baby girl who was born Wednesday morning was the first child born in Humboldt County in 2014.
The Castro family grew when Laila Rose Lorrain Castro came into this world at 12:21 this morning. Laila is the second child of the McKinleyville family. The father, Juan castro, guessed the baby would be born on New Year's Day. The parents say their daughter's birth has made the holiday season even more special.
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Marmota vancouverensis
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Marmota vancouverensis
|Species Authority:
|Swarth, 1911
Common Name(s):
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Hoffmann, R.S., Anderson, C.G., Thorington Jr., R.W. and Heaney, L.R. 1993. Family Sciuridae. In: D.E. Wilson and D.M. Reeder (eds) Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. pp.419-465. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Marmota vancouverensis formerly was regarded as a subspecies of M. marmota by some authors. It was recognized as a distinct species by Jones et al (1992), Hoffmann et al. (in Wilson and Reeder 1993), and Thorington and Hoffmann (in Wilson and Reeder 2005).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Critically Endangered A2ac; B2ab(i,ii,iv,v); D ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Nagorsen, D.W. & NatureServe (Cannings, S. & Hammerson, G.)
|Amori, G. & Koprowski, J.
Listed as Critically Endangered because in 2004 it was estimated there were only 35 individuals in one location left in the wild, and its area of occupancy is less than 10 km², and there has been extensive clear cutting of its forest habitat. A population reduction of greater than 80% over the past 18 years (three generations) has been observed. A quantitative analysis gives the probability of extinction of at least 50% in 17.1 years. (see Erratum below)
Erratum: Since this assessment was published in 2008, IUCN has attempted to confirm the source of the statement "a quantitative analysis gives the probability of extinction of at least 50% in 17.1 years". The exact source of this information has not been confirmed and the quantitative analysis referred to has not been provided to IUCN to check that this supports the use of criterion E. Therefore IUCN cannot confirm that criterion E was applied appropriately for this species and this criterion has now been removed from this assessment.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|This marmot is endemic to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Historical and confirmed modern distribution records are confined to mountains in the central and southern part of the island, with occurrence in natural habitat typically at elevations of 900-1,450 m asl (Nagorsen 1987), although populations in clearcuts may extend to lower elevations. Occurrences are concentrated on a few mountain ridges in the Nanaimo-Cowichan Lake region of Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Team 1990). There is some evidence that marmots have disappeared from some parts of their historical range, but huge areas of potential habitat have never been formally surveyed. Opinion is divided on the likelihood of discovering new, significant populations.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Canada (British Columbia)
|Additional data:
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|Bryant (2005) reported the following: "Population counts began in 1979 and have continued, with variable coverage and intensity, until the present. Marmots expanded into new habitats created by clearcut logging of high-elevation primary forests during the 1980s; numbers increased to an estimated 300-350 individuals by 1986, with about half of these living in clearcuts (Bryant and Janz 1996). The temporary population expansion was followed by precipitous decline and near-extinction in the wild (Bryant 2000). Fewer than 130 marmots were known to be alive by 2004, including 93 in captivity and about 35 in the wild (unpublished minutes, Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Team, November 2004)."
Since 1972, the species has been found at 47 sites on 15 mountains (Bryant and Janz 1996). However, only four occurrences are known to be extant.
Population trends are difficult to determine because estimates of numbers and sizes of colonies before the 1970s are not available and only one or two relatively thorough censuses have been done (these only in the central part of the range). Numbers of adults were above average during the early 1980s and were reported as near or below average since 1990 by Bryant and Janz (1996). Recent data indicate a significant decline during the 1990s. Data for 1997 indicated a 60% decline in numbers during the past decade and a similar reduction in geographic range in the last several decades (Bryant et al. 2002).
A thorough and systematic inventory of all of Vancouver Island, especially the western and northern mountains, is needed to determine the actual present status.
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|Subalpine herbaceous communities with steep slopes support the largest populations (Nagorsen 1987). Common tree species in these communities are Abies lasiocarpa, Tsuga mertensiana, and Chamaecyparis nootkatensis; shrubs and herbs include Vaccinium spp., Luetkea pectinata, Alnus sinuata, Erigeron peregrinus, Rhododendron albiflorum, Phlox diffusa, Anaphalis margaritacea, Aster foliaceus, Lupinus arcticus, and Pteridium aquilinum (Milko 1984). Preferred lush forb/grass meadows are relatively rare on Vancouver Island; they generally are restricted to steep, south-facing slopes where avalanches and snow creep inhibit the growth of trees (Nagorsen 1987). Fire also creates favourable meadow habitat on subalpine slopes. Most marmot occurrences are on south- and west-facing slopes (Bryant and Janz 1996). Colonies have also been found in coniferous forest, logging clearcut slash, road banks, and cleared ski runs. In fact, half of the world's M. vancouverensis were living in clearcuts in 1997, compared to about 25% in the mid-1980s and none prior to high elevation logging that began in the late 1960s. Individual marmots occasionally take up residence in valley-bottom gardens (Munro 1985).
Marmots prefer areas with sufficient soil for burrowing, and with large rocks or stumps for burrowing under and for lookout sites. Burrows are usually below rocks in or near meadows. Young are born in underground burrows.
M. vancouverensis is colonial. Colonies are relatively small and inhabit small habitat patches. Most are made up of one to three family units, and the average size before the young-of-the-year emerge is about eight individuals (Bryant 1990). Meta-populations of this species consist of a patchwork of colonies, each of which experiences periodic extinctions and recolonizations (Bryant and Janz 1996). Dispersal is a key ingredient of this pattern; the appearance of individual marmots in unusual habitats far from known colonies indicates thatM. vancouverensis is capable of extensive dispersal through forested lands (Munro 1985). Year-to-year persistence of family groups has been measured at 43% in natural sites and at 13% in logging slash sites (Bryant 1990). Most mortality apparently occurs during hibernation. Survivorship varied dramatically from year to year in Bryant's (1990) study, but a small sample size prevented any accurate determination of a mean rate.
Predation on M. vancouverensis has not been studied, but potential predators include Canis lupus, Martes americana, Gulo gulo, Felis concolor, Ursus americanus, Buteo jamaicensis, Aquila chrysaetos, Accipiter gentilis, and Bubo virginianus (Bryant 1990).
Grasses and sedges are the most important food in early spring; forbs make up the bulk of the summer diet. Small fruits are also eaten. Hibernates from early October to early May.
|Major Threat(s):
No obvious threats have been identified, although long-term environmental changes, prehistoric hunting, and recent forestry activities could have impacted populations. Predation on so small a population is considered as a significant threat.
Logging activities adjacent to colonies have created temporarily attractive habitat to marmots and have undoubtedly resulted in an increase in marmot populations. Bryant (1990), however, feared that logging clearcuts may be deleterious in the long run; there is evidence that, although they provide attractive summer habitat, they offer poor conditions for successful hibernation. They may thus act as "sinks" preventing dispersing marmots from reaching adjacent mountain ridges (Bryant 1996). This would decrease genetic outcrossing as well as preventing former colony sites from being recolonized. More research is needed. Bryant (1990) concluded that the known population of M. vancouverensis is not viable using existing criteria.
Bryant and Page (2005) concluded that predation was the proximate cause of recent declines in wild Vancouver Island marmot populations, that losses were highly concentrated in late summer, and that previous studies exaggerated the importance of winter mortality. We suggest that high predation rates were associated with forestry and altered predator abundance and hunting patterns.
|Conservation Actions:
It is listed as Endangered under the United States Endangered Species Act (23Jan1984) and by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) it is listed as Endangered (01 May 2000).
There is a recovery plan that recommends captive breeding and introductions as a means of restoring the species. One occurrence is partially protected by an Ecological Reserve and a Critical Wildlife Area (Wildlife Management Area).
Key marmot colonies should be protected by designation as Wildlife Management Areas or by landowner agreements. The draft recovery plan (Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Team 1990) states that "current known population size and distribution, together with available genetic and demographic data, suggest that direct management may be required to reduce the vulnerability of the species to extinction. However, a complete inventory may show intensive management is not essential and therefore a high priority."
Detailed research is needed on dispersal characteristics, hibernacula requirements, and survivorship and reproduction in natural and logging clearcut habitats.
|Nagorsen, D.W. & NatureServe (Cannings, S. & Hammerson, G.). 2013. Marmota vancouverensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T12828A43526735. . Downloaded on 24 August 2017.
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The Mets go for the sweep tonight against Pittsburgh. Brian Lawrence on the mound, but Carlos Delgado and Lastings Milledge aren't starting.
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WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. - A 12-year veteran officer of the West Bloomfield Police Department has been killed in a shooting involving a barricaded gunman.
Police said 39-year-old Patrick O'Rourke was responding late Sunday night to the report of shots fired at a home on Forest Edge Lane, which is near Pontiac Trail and Halsted, when shots were exchanged and he was hit.
-- O'Rourke with his wife Amy and their three children, Eileen, 10, Mary, 8, Andrea, 5, and Stephen, 8 months
O'Rourke, also a father of four, was taken to McLaren Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. This is the first time in the West Bloomfield Police Department's history that an officer has been killed in the line of duty.
A vigil will be held 7:45 p.m. Tuesday in front of the West Bloomfield Township Police Department on Walnut Lake Road.
"The Police Department is establishing a fund to help the family of Officer O'Rourke," said Township Clerk Catherine Shaughnessy.
Read more: West Bloomfield standoff is at home of financial executive
Gunman barricaded in home
Lt. Timothy Diamond said O'Rourke was part of a team of four or five police who responded to a 911 call that a man had tried to kill himself or needed medical attention. They called the man's name as they climbed the stairs to the second floor and "were met by shots fired through the bedroom door and the drywall," Diamond said.
The gunman was inside the home and police had the area blocked off and evacuated. Sources say the gunman shot at a police robot that had been sent to the scene.
For 20 minutes at about 8:30 a.m., three rounds of dozens upon dozens of shots could be heard coming from the area of the police and gunman.
Local 4 has learned that the gunman fired again and the police returned dozens of shots if not more than 100 – they have resulted in nothing – not resolving the stand off.
Sources tell Local 4 the gunman was armed with at least two high-powered assault rifles.
Diamond said the suspected gunman was involved in a "divorce situation" and two other people escaped from the home before a 911 call.
The Michigan State Police bomb squad and Oakland County Sheriff's Office are on the scene.
Food, shelter and portable toilets have been brought in for officers.
Statement from West Bloomfield Police Department
"It is with deep sadness that the West Bloomfield Police Department must report the death of Police Officer Patrick O'Rourke. Officer O'Rourke was fatally shot while investigating a "shots fired" complaint in the 4000 block of Forest Edge in West Bloomfield Township. Officer O'Rourke, age 39, was a twelve year veteran assigned to the patrol division. During his career, Officer O'Rourke was honored with a Lifesaving Award, three Certificates of Merit, and three Unit Commendations. He was a model police officer, a dedicated husband and father, and a great friend to all who knew him. He is survived by his wife and four children."
Nearby residents evacuated from their homes
About 30 people were taken from their homes and were being held at the township's offices.
One neighbor Local 4 spoke with said the neighborhood was full of diverse families and she had never heard of any trouble.
"It's just something you don't expect. You're sleeping and then all of a sudden you've got knocks on your door and you have to get dressed quickly and you're being driven away in a humvee. You're like, 'I'm in West Bloomfield,'" said Lori Sellman. 'It's crazy, it's like you're in a movie. You don't expect something like this and it's very sad. We feel very badly for the police officer that was shot and I feel badly for the family that's going through this."
The residents are being held away from their homes until the situation has been resolved.
Homeowner's business under investigation
Local 4 has learned that the homeowner, Ricky Coley, who has not been confirmed to be the gunman, is a business owner that is being investigated by the federal government.
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DEVIZES judo ace Jemima Duxberry is hoping local businesses will help fund her bid to reach this year's World Junior Championships in Miami.
The 19-year-old Great Britain international is aiming to raise around £4000 by May 30 to fund her second-ever World Championships campaign.
Duxberry, who trains at the University of Bath, spent half a year out of competition after injuring her shoulder during her World Junior Championships debut in Slovenia last year but was back with a bang earlier this month with a European Junior Cup gold medal in Greece.
And the Devizes player is inviting donations through her Pledgesports.org fundraising page as she aims to make it to Miami.
"I'm looking to try and get some local businesses on board to try and help fund things – I'm going to be self-funding for a few events that will help me qualify for Miami and there's a lot to pay for," said Duxberry.
"If I could get some local businesses on board, then that would be fantastic, but if people want to donate £5 or £10, they can do that on my page too.
"I know a few other athletes that have raised money through Pledgesports and I've also been lucky enough to have a couple of guys that have donated £500 – hopefully people are interested in getting involved."
Visit pledgesports.org/ projects/miami-junior-world- championships/ for more information or to make a donation.
DEVIZES Budo Club's Luca Tremblay won silver at the Rouen International in France.
The Chippenham youngster finished second in the pre-Cadet boys' category, while brother Matis was fifth in the U12 section.
At the Sportif International in Edinburgh, the club's Adam Bolwell, from Trowbridge, won gold in the cadet boys' section.
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Write a table that contains a row of letters and a row of numbers where you can clearly tell that A=1, B=2, C=3 etc until Z=26. Using it, decipher the clues to find a nine letter word which could describe someone evil.
- The 2nd and 7th letters are the same and divisible by 5.
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- The 5th is the 1st and 6th letter's value added together.
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- The 3rd letter is a vowel, whose value is less than 10.
- The 1st letter has a value 10 less than the 4th.
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Fort Worth— As daytime temperatures remain above 100 degrees, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Inland Fisheries biologist are getting more calls from concerned anglers and pond owners in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex regarding fish kills.
"Unless the weather pattern changes in the near future, we expect to see more issues with fish kills as August rolls in," said TPWD Inland Fisheries biologist Tom Hungerford.
A fish kill has been reported recently at Kimzey Park in Colleyville, which is likely attributable to a combination of low oxygen as well as a blue-green algae bloom. Blue-green algae produce toxins which can kill fish. Also, an ongoing fish kill is occurring at Lake Ray Hubbard involving blue and channel catfish and freshwater drum. "Monday, July 25, we estimated 2,071 dead fish based on three transect counts between the dam and IH-30," said Melissa Dudley, a Kills and Spills biologist with TPWD. Low oxygen is suspected but the investigation is ongoing.
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Chris Christie to the Rescue for GOP Candidates? [AUDIO]
Gov. Chris Christie's endorsement of a Republican legislative candidate wouldn't do anything to sway most New Jersey voters according to the most recent statewide poll.
That might be because he hasn't been consistently or aggressively campaigning for them…yet.
Could Christie be the "X" factor to help the GOP regain control of the legislature?
"I don't know," said Mickey Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "He's a fabulous campaigner, certainly a fabulous campaigner for himself. Is he a fabulous campaigner for anybody else? I don't know. That's a good question. I don't know."
Recently, Assembly Republicans held a press conference saying they think they can regain control of the legislature. A Qunnipiac University poll released the following day shows Christie would not be of much help unless he decides to stump for them in a big way.
Twenty percent of voters say Christie's backing would make them more likely to vote for that candidate, with 17 percent saying less likely and 60 percent saying it would not make a difference.
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"He's already been supportive and he has his (re-election) race to run right now, but I'm convinced that he's going to be there because I think it's important to him to finish the job by having a Republican legislature," said Bramnick. "I have all the confidence in Chris Christie to assist us."


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Topic: Question on drugs for Ascities and Itching
My CC recurrence is progressing and I am in the process of making decisions of what course I will next follow. For those of you who don't recognize me from earlier posts I am 3 years and 3+ months (good quality of life time for me) from successful Kaltskins surgery and have not yet done chemo.
I am now having secondary symptoms specifically ascities and itching and my Onc prescribed 2 drugs I could try. Does any one here have any experience with:
spironolactone - Prescribed to help relieve fluid buildup of ascities. More info at:
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ursodiol - Prescribed to help with itching. More info at:
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It's over!
I'm not talking about our relationship. I know in my heart you and I will go on forever, much like that (very bad word) song from the blockbuster movie Titanic, which has been stuck in my head and playing on a continual loop for years.
Curse you, Céline Dion! What I am talking about is the weather. Our lovely little break from the bone-rattling cold snap is over.
Yes, after a few days of tropical weather, we are back in the grip of the soul-destroying deep-freeze. Today, for instance, we are looking at a light snowfall, with a wind chill of -28 and a daily high of -17 C, compared with the normal high of -11 C at this time of year.
The good news is Environment Canada is forecasting sunny skies Sunday and Monday, when the high temperature will be -20 C and -19 C, respectively. The low temperatures for the weekend and Monday will be hovering around the -30 C mark, which, in these parts, is considered shorts weather.
If we survive until Tuesday, our on-again, off-again relationship with milder weather will be on again with a forecast high of (wait for it) -6 C. The rest of the week should be pretty mild, too. Why is it fluctuating like this? It has something to do with the weather being emotionally unstable. Either that or cold Arctic air. Probably that first thing.
Before you lose the will to live, let me point out there are some great ways to stay warm this weekend. Today, for example, you can head out to Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre for events to mark World Wetlands Day and Groundhog Day.
I am not an expert on Groundhog Day, but my understanding is that if Stephen Harper sees his shadow, we have six more weeks of being audited by the Canada Revenue Agency.
This is also the last weekend you can check out SondheimFest 2013, a celebration of the biggest name in musical theatre. Passes are $80 at the MTC box office, 204-942-6537 or www.masterplaywrightfest.com.
I also suggest you slap on your snowshoes and take the kids down to the River Trail at The Forks today to check out the Voyageur Camp presented by Festival du Voyageur. We're talking voyageur games, a bannock bake and a lot more.
And regular reader Deenie Lefko-Halas is hoping you'll take part in the Winterfriends Celebration on the Red River trail at Churchill Park between the neighbourhoods of Norwood and Riverview Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. We're talking skating, free hot chocolate and guys in costumes firing muskets. Sweet!
"Just head south on the Red River and you'll find us at the end of the trail, between Lyndale Drive and Churchill Drive," Deenie tells me. "We're encouraging neighbours to bring a lawn chair, a travel mug, skates... I'm even thinking kite-flying might be something to try!"
I personally would never tell you to go fly a kite, Winnipeg, but maybe that's just me. Also, please do not forget that this Sunday is no regular Sunday. It's Super Sunday, a day when we gather together with friends and family and try to put ourselves into a coma by eating greasy snack-related foods and drinking our weight in cold malted beverages.
I think there's a football game, too. Maybe somebody could look into that.


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Razer Announces 10.1" Edge Gaming Tablet with Ivy Bridge, Kepler, Windows 8by Vivek Gowri on 1/8/2013 1:01 PM EST
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Cygni - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkNo. Reply
coder543 - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkYou should've just left it at "Personal Response"
Yours is not the response of the market. I have no interest in this tablet, but I know many people who would be interested in it. Reply
A5 - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkI can't imagine there's much of a market for a $1000 gaming tablet that isn't good at gaming or being a tablet. Reply
Cygni - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkIf you honestly think this thing will gain any sort of market, i have a Phantom brand console to sell you. Reply
lunarx3dfx - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkIf you honestly think this product was ever intended as a mass market product then you need your head examined. This product was a niche product from conception and Razer knows it. They priced the tablet and its accessories appropriately for the target market.
If I had to guess I would imagine Razer anticipates only selling a handful of these things just as I'm sure they only expected to sell a handful of Razer Blades (considering the price/specs).
I personally am not in the market for this product, but I guarantee that a market exists for a product such as this albeit a small one. Keep in mind that the only reason they even brought the device from concept to market is because of consumer interest based on likes on their facebook page.
Instead of being a cynic maybe you should learn a little something about how businesses operate and how they determine what products to bring to market. If Razer didn't expect to make some money off of the Edge they wouldn't be releasing it. Reply
RoninX - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkI'm definitely in the market for this product. I do a lot of travel for business, and this would be perfect for use on the plane. Reply
Cygni - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkPicturing someone whipping this huge thing out of their carry-on and grappling around in confined space, knocking elbows with the people next to them, trying to play some crappy low res game... oh its just the best. Reply
Cygni - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkYes, going off of Facebook comments from weirdos, this is surely the fantastic business model of the future.
Also I don't give a shit about them making money or their profit margins or anything else, my statement stands. If you honestly think this thing will gain any sort of market, i have a Phantom brand console to sell you. Reply
vanwazltoff - Wednesday, January 09, 2013 - linktotally agree, you can build a decent gaming rig for the price of this and one of the accessories or get a sager gaming laptop Reply
Shadowmaster625 - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkWhy would anyone want to spend money on an integrated gpu that just gets disabled in lieu of a discrete gpu that simply sucks down battery life. Why not just stick a trinity in there and settle for whatever performance you can get? Reply
Wolfpup - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkHmm, Trinity does sound like an interesting idea for this... Might be cheaper too. Whatever A10 they can stick in the combined power envelope of the CPU + GPU. Hadn't thought of that, seems like a good choice!
At any rate, I'm fairly excited by this, to at least see how it turns out. Seems like the only big downside is the TN panel, which is kind of baffling in something being sold as a tablet. Reply
lunarx3dfx - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkI don't think Trinity would be a good idea for this. As far as I know Trinity is not offered withing the normal operating range I'm sure they were shooting for. If the discrete GPU is disabled this thing should sip at power if a 7W CPU is in use. Trinity doesn't come anywhere near that low of power consumption and therefore is not a viable option for a "tablet" platform no matter how loose your definition of a tablet is. The only way Trinity does hit the mark is when the discrete GPU is in use. I could potentially see it using less power in that situation, but this thing is intended for double duty as a tablet and for games. Reply
chizow - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkBecause a Trinity or any other integrated GPU might not cut it at 720p. Given this is a gaming-centric tablet meant to run full-fledged Windows PC titles, a discrete GPU may be the difference between playable framerates or an abject failure that completely misses it's intended application.
Besides, with the power-saving features of Optimus and integrated GPU of Ivy Bridge, there's really no reason not to have an option for a discrete GPU.
Personally, I don't think the discrete GPU shipping in this first run is even enough to satisfy me. OTOH, I would LOVE a tablet with a beefy enough discrete GPU to be able to drive 1080p at Medium settings in most games, as that would be a true console alternative for PC gamers that want something lightweight to hook up to their HDTVs. Maybe the next-gen option if it offers 2x the perf at similar power consumption. Reply
Death666Angel - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkLooks like a fun product to me. Niche? Of course. But not everything has to sell like hot chocolate in order to be made. However, I personally like Asus' idea more with the detachable display that gets streamed content from your PC in the base. Give it a good kickstand and (wireless) connectivity for controllers and voilà. :D Reply
Death666Angel - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - link- TN panel is a shame here as is no USB 3.0
- I wonder if the wattage saved by going with a 7W (? I heard Anand only talk about 10W special edition IVB ULV CPUs up to now) ULV CPU will be offset by having to use a dGPU. Would like to see a comparison to a 25W fully fledged, fully useable Dual-Core+HD4000 solution here. Unless the dGPU uses under 18W.
- Price will be Razer high, not doubt about that. They aren't aiming for mainstream here. The laptops are ridiculously overpriced as well and they still sell apparently.
- AMD APU would be interesting, but I don't think Trinity would fit the power budget. Brazos 2.0 @ 28nm (forgot the name) would be something though. Reply
lunarx3dfx - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkI've seen conflicting reports regarding the display. I've seen some articles stating that it is an IPS display, although I am inclined to believe Anandtech more than the other media out there.
As far as USB 3.0 if you watch the engadget hands on video the Razer rep specifically states that it does have USB 3.0 on the tablet itself. It would seem that the dock only supports USB 2.0 whereas the tablet itself has 3.0. In their presentation however the decision to not use USB 3.0 in the dock makes sense because of how they envision the dock being used. Their intended use case is as a console hooked up to a TV. The USB ports are for more controllers to be hooked up. Their PC use case as specified by them is with the keyboard and a mouse. That being said I would've liked to see USB 3.0 in the dock because I can see it being used as a desktop replacement as well. Reply
VivekGowri - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkSo the onboard USB port is 3.0, the dock is all 2.0. The post should say that, you might have missed it.
I was told it wasn't IPS and was TN explicitly by Min himself, I'll get confirmation on that tomorrow. Reply
Death666Angel - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkMissed that USB 3.0 bit, yeah. Sorry for that. :D
Though doesn't the chipset have 4 USB 3.0 ports available? Or do they have to use some sort of external controller for the dock? If they have the ports from the chipset available, why not just use all of them. Having high-bandwidth storage access would definitely be a good use for the dock in my opinion. And in a new product like this, I don't think USB 2.0 is important for legacy stuff (I can't use USB 3.0 ports on my HTPC mainboard for bootable USB sticks for example, USB 2.0 on that board works fine like that). :) Oh well. :D Reply
chizow - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkI think these gaming tablets + desktop replacements have a chance, but price and performance still need to lower and converge.
Drop these into the $500-600 range with slightly improved specs and I think you will have a winning combination that can compete with the consoles in the living/family rooms of America. Reply
cscott_it - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkThe "official" specs on the website state that both models will be IPS.
Depending on the hands on, I might pick one up. Reply
VivekGowri - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkThat's not what I was told, I'll reconfirm and update. Reply
eanazag - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkI hope it is pushing something WiDi enabled. If it is not, AMD would be more interesting in this and drop it about $150 in price. Reply
Quizzical - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkA 1.7 or 1.9 GHz Ivy Bridge dual core is not going to be a 7 W CPU. I think the article meant 17 W.
With the official GPU specs on a GeForce GT 640M LE stating "up to" 384 shaders and "up to" 500 MHz, is it really going to beat Radeon HD 7620G integrated graphics in an A10-4655M? Maybe it will, but it's not obvious.
And even if it does, that plus a 17 W CPU is going to be a lot more power than 25 W for an A10-4655M. And it might come to more power than the 35 W for an A10-4600M. Reply
A5 - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkOne of the big stories in the leadup to CES was Intel officially announcing a 7W IVB variant for use in Windows 8 tablets (aka the part they made for Surface Pro is now available to other OEMs). Reply
Quizzical - Wednesday, January 09, 2013 - linkhttp://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-edge...
"Intel Core i7 Dual core w/ Hyper Threading Base 1.9GHz / Turbo 3.0GHz"
Think Intel can magically make a 7 W bin with exactly the same specs as a Core i7-3517U, a high bin of a 17 W version? I don't. Reply
mattlach - Wednesday, January 09, 2013 - linkI wouldn't mind a Windows 8 tablet with enough of a GPU for some light gaming (portable Civ 5 device?) but this is not my thing.
Actually, it might not be bad just as a standalone tablet without all the "gaming" attachments.
That being said, why on earth would they use a Intel CPU and a separate Nvidia GPU, when they could achieve the same results with a Trinity AMD fusion product.
It seems cost-wise, power-wise and just from a board space/integration perspective, this would be a silly way to go at this low level of GPU power. Reply
ezridah - Wednesday, January 09, 2013 - linkOn their website they are advertising it as having an IPS display. That would be pretty messed up if they're lying... They are one way or another: either to you or to the world.
In the tech specs section:
Display 10.1" (IPS, 1366x768)
10-point capacitive touch Reply


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