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SATA II to the Power of 3.0Gb/sec: Three Drives Reviewedby Purav Sanghani on 6/25/2005 7:06 PM EST
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Justin Case - Saturday, March 18, 2006 - linkDoes anyone really believe Seagate 7200.8 drives can sustain 70 MB/s in the inner sectors? I have three of those and they struggle to reach 38 MB/s. Anyone with a clue about hard drives would have spotted a screw-up in the benchmarks (and this isn't the only one). Here is the full WinBench99 graph for a Seagate 7200.8:
Anandtech is even less credible than Tom's Hardware, these days. What a joke. I hope Anand got a big fat check from Seagate for publishing this "review"... Reply
PuravSanghani - Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - link#24 & 25: Our apologies for such a delayed reply. The reason we used the older v6.39 driver is that it is the latest driver Giga-Byte has released on its website.
Though Nvidia may have implemented newer features in the v6.54 release, the driver package the motherboard manufacturer has on their website is usually tested for their particular boards.
We will definitely look into the newer versions in the future to see if they provide any useful updates that apply to our review topic and use them accordingly. Reply
PuravSanghani - Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - link#44: By "% Difference" we mean the difference between the time it takes to zip the file as a task by itself and the time it takes to zip a file while Outlook is importing 400MB of emails into its Inbox.
#45: They are there.
#48: The transfer rates are actually measured in MBytes/sec. But yes, the results are correct and the benchmarks have been run twice to confirm these numbers. Also, many of our readers have pointed out that the 3.0Gbp/sec transfer rates, or transfer rates higher than those we have encountered, are mainly achieved when the drives are setup in RAID arrays.
#49: Actually, our results are of the drive itself in a silent room with no PC fan or other hardware running. We turn off all other system fans and take sound readings 1" away from the side of each drive during its startup phase as well as during normal operation, specifically during Windows startup.
We will be sure to specify this in future reviews.
Sorry for the bulky reply, but I hope it helps.
Purav Reply
yacoub - Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - link#45 - Well, Anandtech's noise measurement is clearly pretty pointless if they all come out so close together. That generally means they aren't testing the drive itself for its noise output, but then entire case with whatever other noisy components are in there. Guess we'll have to wait for SilentPCReview to test the new drives to find out how quiet they are for those who -aren't- running 50decibel systems. =P Reply
tinyabs - Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - linkWhy does new drives have 60-70Mb of Begin transfer rate? Is that correct? Reply
BornStar18 - Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - linkLX-
Did you miss page 13? Reply
Zak - Monday, June 27, 2005 - linkWhy using megabits per second in hard disk review if most people are used to megabytes? It's a bit confusing.
-Z Reply
LX - Monday, June 27, 2005 - linkIncomplete review.
What about noise?
What about temperature?
ElFenix - Monday, June 27, 2005 - linkon page 12, is it just how i'm reading these or does it indicate that the % done is much better under multitasked than when only running the zip? Reply
yacoub - Monday, June 27, 2005 - linkWow, that review left me somewhat uncertain.
While reading it I started out liking the Hitachi best, but then around a third of the way through it started to suck, but then again near the end it looked good.
The Raptor still looked like the champ for the first third of the review, but then the 400GB Barracuda shined for a few tests (probably the important ones, surprisingly) such as Sustained Transfer Rate (where it blew away everything else though the 300GB DiamondMax 16MB came close) and Real World File System Tasks with the 300 1MB files, etc.
When it comes to thermals they all suck except for the DiamondMax drives, imho, and as far as acoustics go, forget it (get a drive suspension rig and isolation enclosure or get laptop HDs if you're really picky about noise). Reply
100proof - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - linkAbove post was for Kristopher.. :D Reply
100proof - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - linkFor all intents and purposes the Sata II designation from my original post was used just for familiarity.. This is how these current drives are advertised and sold, but I'm aware of the name change and did happen to catch the Sata-IO article here on AT. :) Thanks for looking out though :) Reply
greekfragma - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - linkI am still waiting for an answer why they didnt install 6.54 chipset drivers packet instead of 6.39 that is last year's............
hilarious the ending of the article......i post it once more to be more understood with the things i wrote above.
"In time, however, we should see improvements in drivers to help reach the true potentials for the new SATA standard."
plz answer Reply
sprockkets - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - linkNvm, reading their tech docs state it is 1.5gbits per a second, but figure 80% throughput due to its 8b10b encoding and then divide by 8 for the 150MB xfer rate, so it would assume then the new rate is 300MB from a total of 3.0gb per second.
It has already been proven NCQ does nothing for the desktop at storagereview.com and decreases performance for non server use. Having twice the bandwidth doesn't help whnen these drives put out a constant 40-70MB anyhow, and burst maybe around over a hundred. Reply
sprockkets - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - linkI don't understand why they say 3.0Gb when the old spec was 150MB a second, shouldn't that mean GB instead of Gb? Doesn't the B being capital mean it should be bytes and not the G? Reply
Mariosalice - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - linkThe latest WidowsXP64 Nvidia drivers for AMD are 6.39 and for Windows XP32 are 6.53 Reply
Mariosalice - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - linkI would appreciate a SATA II hard disk (raid0 bootable vs single drive vs SATA I)review based on a testbed with dual core Athlon 64, on an nforce4 mobo with windows XP 64 and 6.53 drivers. This is the near future I think.
As for the tests, just use what you would to compare single vs dual core processors.
One suggestion. Avast supports 64 bit Windows and you get it for free so you may use it for your tests. Then we may talk how better or not is SATA II compared to SATA I.
Olaf van der Spek - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - link#34
> You'd be looking at a minimum of four drives in a striped-array to reach those sort of speeds
Eh, you do know that SATA is point to point by default and that the interface only becomes a bottleneck if port multipliers are being used, do you? Reply
PrinceGaz - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - linkIt should be pretty obvious to all regular AT readers that the increased transfer rate of SATA II will have a negligible effect except with striped or other RAID arrays that can offer over about 150MB/s sustained transfer-rate. You'd be looking at a minimum of four drives in a striped-array to reach those sort of speeds, which is not something most people have. All SATA II does with these drives in any normal situation is allow them to transfer data to and from their 8MB cache a bit quicker, which isn't going to make any noticeable real-world difference.
I don't have an nVidia chipset so your using the v6.39 chipset drivers didn't mean anything to me, but if they are as old as some here have said, it does throw a big question-mark over whether the results would be the same with the latest drivers.
As for the benefits of NCQ and the apparent disadvantages of it in many of the tests in this report, all I'll say is Pentium D and Athlon 64 X2. All the disk-intensive multi-tasking benchmarks with those showed major gains with NCQ enabled drives, because the processor was requesting totally seperate data simultaneously while running two threads, whereas a single-core CPU is only running a single task at once and therefore is never truly multi-tasking.
Good review though, all the graphs worked for me. I'm happy with my Maxtor drives which (touch wood) have served me flawlessly for many years and I've never had a single failure. It's tempting fate saying that but I recently backed everything important up so a drive throwing in the towel wouldn't be a total nightmare.
I still maintain the major advantage of SATA (I or II) is the smaller cables. I look forward to building my next box where the only ribbon cables have to be routed up to the optical drives. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - link100proof: Have you read http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=24...
SATAII is a myth....
Kristopher Reply
fbottone - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - linkHows about adding a Maxtor SATAII (like Maxline III 300GB) drive to the mix? The SATA-I maxtors do pretty well in certain tests but I'd like to see them compared with the three very good drives already there. Reply
BornStar18 - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - linkI'm confused by your conclusion on page 5 regarding Office Productivity. Your written statement doesn't support what I'm looking at in the graph. Does the text not refer to graph? Reply
100proof - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - linkWould it be possible to get an update to this review showcasing some of the real benefits of SATA II?
It seems pointless to test these drives individually as it's fairly obvious drives set at the 7200rpm speed will not improve much for indivdual performance.. Raid Arrays are necessary to guage how much of a performance boost the added bw of SATA300 factors into results. It would also be nice to see comparisons of these new SATA II drives in raid set against similar setups of SATA 150/ATA raid arrays. This might be asking too much though... Reply
olly - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - linkWhen you select "Print this article", page 3 onwards the font is too big. Reply
Svenna - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - linkThere is actually no good SATA NCQ conrollers around for the for the amd platform, yet. IMO only the new AHCI controller would be worth testing ncq on :( Reply
Aenslead - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - linkbah... what a fiasco. Reply
Googer - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - linkI think this says it all, Raptors are almost extinct. They need to be updated or they will die.
The performance they show is poor when compaired to the latest 7200 drives. Reply
greekfragma - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - linkcouldnt agree more with zax7480.
gyuz can u tell us what was wrong with nvidia driver package 6.54 and u tested with a driver that was publiced one year ago ?
plus i like your comment at final words of the article
'' In time, however, we should see improvements in drivers to help reach the true potentials for the new SATA standard.''
thumbs down for this review Reply
jax7480 - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - linkI would like to know the reason that make them install such and OLD driver for the Nvidia chipset. Driver 6.39 was released February 2004. This was the first chipset driver for Nforce 4. It was released together with Nforce 4 chipset.
Couldn't they just DOWNLOAD a newer one? We are talking about NEW HDD drives here.
cryptonomicon - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - linkhmm, i liked this review alot because i can see the performance of alot of common drives on the market today and see their performance in comparison to each other, regardless to what SATA2 is doing. Reply
mechBgon - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - linkInterestingly, my old Cheetah 15k.3 still spanks my Seagate 7200.8 OMGNCQSATABBQ drive by a factor of about 2:1 on seek-intensive real-world work tasks. People with seek-intensive work to do should still explore the SCSI option if it seems like their I/O is holding up the show. Reply
PuravSanghani - Sunday, June 26, 2005 - linkAll graphs should be fixed now.
We did use Hitachi's Feature tool to enable SATA 3.0Gb/sec mode prior to the benchmarks.
Purav Reply
ArcticOC - Saturday, June 25, 2005 - linkWas the sata2 mode enabled og the test?! This HAVE to bee done after you buy the drive.. because the deafult speed is to 150MB/sec
software from hitachi have to be run in order to enable 300mode
http://forum.hardware.no/index.php?act=Attach&... Reply
Viper4185 - Saturday, June 25, 2005 - linkNo graphs for me either! Something is broken! Reply
Souka - Saturday, June 25, 2005 - linkThat is one ugly review.
They should pull it, fix it, then repost
ArcticOC - Saturday, June 25, 2005 - linkI really hope the testers to their time setting sataII mode to the Hitachi, This ahve to be done manually by their software called "IBM feature tool", unless u do this, det disk will run at low sata 150 instead of the 300mode.
The disk comes by deafults w/interface of only 150.. chech taht this important is used under all test.. anything else would be BS if not Reply
GhandiInstinct - Saturday, June 25, 2005 - linkMy raptor still at reign. Reply
SocrPlyr - Saturday, June 25, 2005 - linkGraphs on some pages and not on others in IE6.
Everything looks great in Firefox
Josh Reply
RMSistight - Saturday, June 25, 2005 - linkStill no graphs for some pages! I need to read the game loading times! Reply
CrystalBay - Saturday, June 25, 2005 - linkWell looks like I'll be keeping my 120GB 7200.7 a little longer. :) Reply
bersl2 - Saturday, June 25, 2005 - linkAnd I need to learn to refresh. Reply
bersl2 - Saturday, June 25, 2005 - link---quote---
Our first benchmark shows Western Digital's WD1600JS coming in at second best in pure hard disk performance at 719 IO operations per second while the 74GB 15000RPM Raptor still tops the charts.
Um... did I miss something? Aren't Raptors 10k in RPMs? Reply
mechBgon - Saturday, June 25, 2005 - linkTypo on page 3 referring to a 15000rpm Ratpro. They wish :D
...errr, 10th post! Reply
cryptonomicon - Saturday, June 25, 2005 - linkeh, a few minutes ago, the review showed up but when i clicky, it goes to search review panel.
GhandiInstinct - Saturday, June 25, 2005 - linkNo graphs on some pages still. Reply
GhandiInstinct - Saturday, June 25, 2005 - linkHaha! Reply
PuravSanghani - Saturday, June 25, 2005 - linkWhen our publisher is away, with HTML we get to play!
Sorry about that guys...everything should be good now. Do let us know if you see anything odd though.
Thanks for stopping by!
Purav Reply
pastorjay - Saturday, June 25, 2005 - linkIf I remember right, Wes said that their HTML coder was gone and they were doing all their own coding. Reply
Krk3561 - Saturday, June 25, 2005 - linkgraphs wont work for me either Reply
ChiefNutz - Saturday, June 25, 2005 - linkNever mind. Reply
ChiefNutz - Saturday, June 25, 2005 - linkis it just me or is this review coming in without graphs, and a final conclusion? Reply
KeithP - Saturday, June 25, 2005 - linkhaha Reply


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STEVEN Craig went from villain to goalscoring hero as he netted a penalty to send Wanderers on their way to victory over ten man Dagenham and Redbridge.
The striker had received a couple of boos prior to kick off as supporters reacted to his midweek complaint over the late payment of a bonus, but by the end those jeers turned to cheers as his all-action display inspired his side to a long overdue and much deserved victory.
Craig had been involved in the first half incident that led to the visitors being reduced to ten men, with defender Scott Doe's furiously violent reaction to the striker's challenge on the Dagenham goalkeeper bringing with it the red card.
It was a game changer – and potentially a season-defining moment – as Wanderers dominated the second half to cruise to their first victory in six matches and at the same time end the Daggers' eight game unbeaten streak.
Max Kretzschmar swept home a delightful second to put the seal on things, with Blues keeping their noses ahead of Portsmouth and Northampton as both of their fellow strugglers also picked up maximum points.
Wanderers started on the front foot as an excellent sliding challenge from Matt Saunders brought an end to a weaving run from Kretzschmar, as the Wycombe midfielder burst into the area after good work to win the ball by Craig.
Adams Park debutant Aaron Pierre sent a header from a corner over the bar as Blues began promisingly but they had to rely on a goalline clearance from Matt McClure – back in the side after a hamstring injury – as giant defender Brian Saah beat Matt Ingram to Saunders' free kick and headed towards goal.
The visitors then almost snatched a fortunate opener as an attempted clearance from Pierre cannoned off Luke Howell and crept just past the post.
And the chances continued to come Dagenham's way as Luke Norris fashioned some space for himself down the left channel and Ingram clutched his shot at the second attempt after spilling his initial effort.
Back down the other end Craig was inches away from converting a Kretzschmar cross, with Doe beating him to the ball, and former Dagger Stuart Lewis saw a fierce volley from outside the area blocked unwittingly by Medy Elito.
Wanderers now looked to get a stranglehold on the game as McClure was crowded out after Kretzschmar climbed highest to nod Sam Wood's cross into his path, before Blues worked the resulting corner short for Matt Bloomfield to sting the palms of visiting keeper Chris Lewington with a rasping effort from distance.
It proved the midfielder's final input into the game as he was injured shortly afterwards. Marvin McCoy replaced him, with Nick Arnold being pulled into midfield from full back in a reshuffle.
But Wanderers were then handed a numerical advantage as Craig caught Lewington as he chased down a through pass and Doe reacted furiously to the challenge, shoving the Scotsman with both hands to earn himself a deserved red card and leave his team mates to play more than half the game a man light.
Daggers were still adjusting when Blues took advantage of the extra space to work an opportunity for Craig, whose shot was turned around the post by Lewington.
Within seconds of the restart Wanderers had the chance to go in front as Lewis skipped his way into the area only to be tripped, with referee Geoff Eltringham further endearing himself to the home support by immediately pointing to the penalty spot. Craig stepped up and smashed it low into the bottom corner as the power beat Lewington, who guessed right.
Craig was now playing like a man possessed as he had a shot blocked – as did Wood, before Kretzschmar dragged a free kick wide of the near post as Wanderers piled on the pressure at the start of the second half.
They almost had a second as Arnold and Josh Scowen combined from a corner to flight the ball in for McClure, whose flying header scraped the crossbar.
But a minute later Wanderers had that crucial second goal as they notched their first goal from open play in a month. There was a hint of good fortune about how it was created as Pierre's wild attempt looped the ball high up into the air, but there was nothing lucky about McClure's expertly cushioned header as he nodded it calmly into the path of Kretzschmar to lash home from the edge of the box.
Chances were now coming thick and fast as Arnold's low effort was whistling towards the bottom corner until Lewington beat it away, with a woeful Elito volley that was in danger of finding the upper tier of the Frank Adams Stand being all Dagenham could respond with.
Craig was withdrawn with ten minutes remaining and drew a generous round of applause from the Adams Park faithful, which was reciprocated by the striker as he clapped all corners of the ground as he made way for Jon-Paul Pittman.
Yet Wanderers still had chances to extend their lead without their side's attacking fulcrum as Arnold was denied once more and Kretzschmar hit a free kick straight into the keeper's arms.
And Lewis came mightily close to netting against his old club as he sidestepped his marker before sending his searing effort inches over the top.
Wanderers: Ingram, Arnold, Rowe, Pierre, Wood, Scowen, Kretzschmar, Bloomfield (sub McCoy), Lewis, McClure (sub Styche), Craig (sub Pittman). Substitutes not used: Horlock, Togwell, Kuffour, Morgan.
Attendance: 3,103 (200 from Dagenham)


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The Medieval History Graduate Program at Saint Louis University is the largest in the United States, with eight full-time faculty members in the Department of History alone and more than two dozen additional medievalists across campus.
The Department of History offers courses of study leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. Students receive a broad education in medieval European history while specializing in a variety of topics including the medieval Church, the Crusades, the Mediterranean world, and the Byzantine Empire. Our faculty members, which include some of the most distinguished medieval historians in the world, work closely with students. Because medieval studies are a central focus of the humanities at Saint Louis University, students can augment their work with courses in other academic departments. Additional opportunities for graduate research and funding are available in the department's Medieval and Renaissance Italy Prosopographical Database Project as well as the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. The well-known Crusades Studies Forum was originally founded by graduate students in the program and it continues to be very active in the U.S. and abroad.
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Saint Louis University's main library contains approximately 2.5 million volumes with exceptionally rich holdings in medieval history, including most major source collections and scholarly journals relevant to medieval subjects. The library also has an impressive array of electronic resources for medieval scholars. These include online and electronic versions of the Patrologia Latina, the International Medieval Bibliography, and Corpus Christianorum. The Rare Book Room holds many thousands of printed volumes and manuscripts.
A resource unique to Saint Louis University is the Vatican Film Library. This magnificent collection of 37,000 codices is a virtually complete copy of the Vatican Library in Rome. It is an invaluable resource not only for graduate students, but also for scholars from across the globe who travel to St. Louis to consult it.
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Douglas R. Boin, Ph.D. (Texas), Assistant Professor of Late Antique History
Thomas J. Finan, Ph.D. (Catholic), Assistant Professor of Medieval History
Francisco Garcia-Serrano, Ph.D. (UC Berkeley), Professor of Medieval History
Thomas F. Madden, Ph.D. (Illinois), Professor of Medieval History
Steven A. Schoenig, S.J., Ph.D. (Columbia), Assistant Professor of Medieval History
Damian J. Smith, Ph.D. (Birmingham), Associate Professor of Medieval History
Warren Treadgold, Ph.D. (Harvard), NEH Professor of Byzantine History
Luke B. Yarbrough, Ph.D. (Princeton), Assistant Professor of Medieval Islamic History
Additional Faculty in Medieval Studies
- Paul Acker, Ph.D. (Brown), Associate Professor of Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian Literature
- Simone Bregni, Ph.D. (Connecticut), Associate Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Italian
- Susan Brower-Toland, Ph.D. (Cornell), Associate Professor of Medieval Philosophy
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Pronunciation: ek-spen-dê-chUr • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: The act of spending money, the money spent, or the thing the money is spent on.
Notes: This Good Word is the noun of the verb expend, created by the addition of the suffix -ure preceded by the semantically empty suffix -it. It is a synonym of the much simpler and stylistically less elegant expense. The active adjective is expensive, whose meaning has wandered a bit off course, while the passive adjective is expendable "which may be expended" or "unnecessary, dispensable".
In Play: Expenditures required for the conduct of business are called business expenses, not expenditures. However, if you would like to lift the level of your speech around the office, today's word will help: "The expenditures on chocolate ice cream in your department are simply not justifiable, Miss Concepción." But this word is just as useful around the house: "When my daughter asked me to increase her allowance, I countered by suggesting she reduce her expenditures."
Word History: You might think today's Good Word a captive of high finance, but it comes with a salmagundi of relatives including spider, pendant, spontaneous, penthouse and, believe it or not, pansy. The underlying verb expend comes from Latin expendere "to pay out", a verb made up of ex- "out" + pendere "to weigh". All these words originated from the Proto-Indo-European (s)pen- "to stretch, draw, spin". We find it with and without the initial Fickle S. It came to English with the S in spin, span, and spider. Without the [s] it turns up in Latin pendere "to weigh", a verb which devolved into French as penser "to think" (mentally weigh), Spanish and Portuguese pensar, and Italian pensare. The noun from this verb, pensée "thought, memento", was borrowed by Middle English as the name for pansies. (For a very small expenditure of time, Bill Dyson very thoughtfully suggested today's Good Word.)


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Did you know?
Floors of most corbelled houses were a polished mixture of smeared earth, fat and oxblood.
As you're driving through the middle bits of the Northern Cape, you'll spot the odd beehive-shaped, white-washed hut made entirely of stone. That's an old-style corbelled house of the Karoo Highlands.
It's got Mali-style scaffolding, but that, too, is made of stone. It has little windows and look, there's smoke erupting from its peak. Who could possibly live in such a quaint dwelling?
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So when the first colonial settlers arrived in the form of the trekboers (nomadic farmers), they opted to build corbelled houses. The style itself is more than 4000 years old, said to originate from the Mediterranean countryside.
Flat stones were used to build the dwellings, from the walls right up to the roof, with a minimum of a mud-clay bonding substance. The 'scaffolding' was there so you could easily climb up and make running repairs to the roof.
The houses provided excellent shelter. The 6m-high ceilings and thick walls were cool in summer, and the rocks held the heat of the sun in winter.
Out here in the flat lands, it was simply a case of the self-reliant trekboers using what whatever was available around them. And if the grazing or water gave out, or the trekgees (the nomadic spirit) grabbed them, they just moved on, leaving the hardy houses to wait for the next occupants to appear on the scene.
Many of the corbelled houses on farms in the Fraserburg, Williston and Carnarvon areas have been renovated and opened for the hospitality trade. You can stay over in a corbelled house that runs on paraffin lamps, firewood and nostalgia.
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Carnarvon Tourism Bureau
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The Carnarvon/Williston/Calvinia road is the R63, which cuts through the Karoo highland area of the Northern Cape.
Best time to visit
The best time to visit this area is in the spring (August-October), when the wild flowers are in full bloom and this semi-desert becomes a colourful wonderland.
Around the area
Sutherland and its amazing observatory hill lie to the south; giant radio telescopes near Carnarvon; an interesting 'tombstone route' starting in Williston.
Tours to do
Flower tours are the major drawcard in the area. Spring flowers bloom in August/September.
Get around
You could hire a car in Cape Town and drive up the N7 to Vanrhynsdorp, turn east on the R27 to Calvinia, then west on the R63.
What will it cost
Road-tripping through the Karoo: budget R2 000 a day for two, all-inclusive, though you can make do on an even smaller budget.
Length of stay
In your search for corbelled houses, you will find many other features to detain you. This trip could last a week.
What to pack
Pack for the outdoors, for long walks and chilly evenings, especially in winter (May to August).
Where to stay
There are a number of options: self-catering accommodation, country hotels, lodges and farm stays. Some of the farms have turned their corbelled houses into overnight accommodation.
What to eat
If you like meat, the lamb chops of the Karoo are legendary.
What's happening
Williston has a winter festival, Calvinia has a meat festival and Carnarvon stages an annual 'fly in'. See the relevant websites for new dates and details.
Best buys
Pick up jams, paintings and knick-knacks at the 'Williston Shopping Mall'.


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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas - Three men and a woman have been accused of stealing items from a Walmart store three times.
Montgomery County sheriff's deputies said the group targeted the store on Sawdust Road in the southern portion of the county on Nov. 7, Nov. 13 and Nov. 19.
Detectives said on Nov. 7 and Nov. 13, the group filled shopping carts with electronics and walked out the door without paying.
Store staff members tried to stop them both times, officials said. The group assaulted the employees and escaped, investigators said.
Detectives said the group went back to the Walmart on Nov. 19 and employees recognized them from the previous incidents.
The employees watched the group load up shopping carts with electronics and walk out of the store, investigators said. The employees approached the group and the group abandoned the merchandise and fled in a car, detectives said.
Deputies stopped the vehicle a short time later and took the four into custody.
Ernest Brooks, 58, Lawrence Jackson, 25, and Deanthony Talbert, 29, have been charged with theft. Leona Dayries, 26, has been charged with theft and two counts of robbery.
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It is not necessary to go to the hospital the minute your water bag breaks, especially with no contractions. But it is important to take precautions to keep infection from occurring. A woman should take her temperature every 4 hours and check her pulse rate. Any increase above 99 degrees with an increased pulse rate of 20 beats per minute (example: a normal pulse of 80 that increases to 100 with an increase in temp. above 99) indicates a trip to the hospital as infection may be occurring. Drinking lots of fluids (4 quarts per day) during the wait for labor is important because it helps maintain amniotic fluid volume during leaking. If labor does not start within 72 hours with the true ruptured BOW, an evaluation should be done to ascertain why labor has not begun.
— Joan M. Dolan
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A British study screened expectant mothers for emotional well-being at 30 and 36 weeks gestation and again at six weeks postpartum. A disproportionately large number of women who had a cesarean birth reported symptoms of clinical depression. Women who felt they were "not in control" of the events or felt they received medical interventions that were not necessary were at higher risk for depressed mood.
— Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 1990
DISCUSSION: What do you do in advance of birth to help women deal with an unexpected c-section or avoid a c-section?
IN RESPONSE TO Issue 5:11 news brief about cerebral palsy and twin birth:
Are the twins in the study c-section or vaginal births? C-sections have a higher incidence of CP, especially with babies weighing less than 2500 g. Also, with twins the cord is cut after the first baby is born. Early cord clamping is associated with CP. Does the study mention which baby (#1 or #2) was afflicted with CP? Was it the one whose cord was cut as soon as it was born?
Did the study identify the c-sec rates for the twin births vs. singleton births? OB George M. Morley, who is campaigning against the practice of immediate cord clamping (ICC) at births, suggests that ICC leads to much higher rates of cerebral palsy, and this is especially a problem with c-sec and/or premature births (both of which twins get more of, yes?). See cordclamping.com/advisors.htm
— Jill Herendeen
This is certainly an attention-getting article, but I am very curious to know what interventions were commonly used in these twin births and especially those that ended in CP. What about the pulling and manipulations used in c-section? Or induced labors? How many of the twins with cerebral palsy were able to be birthed vaginally as opposed to being sectioned?
— Aron, doula
Editor's Note: The study did not factor in cesarean birth, birth order, nor timing of cord clamping. Interventions were not described. Prevalence increased with decreasing birth weight. Among the extremely low birth weight infants, CP prevalence was marginally greater in like-sex than in unlike-sex twins. In all the other birth weight groups, CP prevalence was considerably greater in like-sex twins. The surviving twin of a co-twin that suffered fetal or infant death is at high risk, particularly if the twins are of like sex. To read the article, go to www.well.ox.ac.uk/~tprice/papers/adc2002.pdf.
Premature Rupture of Membranes
Morales WJ and Lazar AJ. Expectant management of rupture of membranes at term. South Med J 1986; 79(8): 955–958.
Women with term uncomplicated pregnancies (including women with previous cesarean) and PROM who were not in labor were randomly assigned to expectant management (monitoring for infection or fetal distress) (N=167) or induction (N=150). No digital exams were done until active labor. Most (85%) began labor within 48 hours. Women randomized to induction had internal electronic fetal monitoring and pressure catheter. "Failed induction" was defined as failure to enter active-phase labor after 12 hours of regular contractions.
The cesarean rate was 7% for women managed expectantly compared with 21% for induced women. No cesarean was done for failure to progress in expectantly managed multiparas versus a 15% cesarean rate for this cause in induced multiparas. Infection rates after cesarean section (24% versus 5% [no p value]) reflected the "well-documented significant increase in postpartum endometritis after abdominal delivery." Intrapartum infection and endometritis rates after vaginal birth were increased in the induced population (12% versus 4%, p <0.01). [Why? Did the internal monitor lead and catheter provide a route for ascending infection? Does induction predispose to infection?] No infant in either group was infected. Group B Streptococcus was isolated in 20% of cervical cultures. [I do not know if this prevalence is typical.] This resulted in 20 colonized infants because standard culturing takes two days, longer than the latency period of most women with PROM. No cases of neonatal infection occurred, but Group B Streptococcus is still a danger because although the infection rate is low (2–4/1000), the mortality rate is 50%. A "rapid latex particle agglutination test" is recommended to detect Group B Streptococcus antigen. If the test is positive, labor should be induced and prophylactic antibiotics given. "These findings...support the observation that, contrary to previously accepted belief, prolonged interval between rupture of membranes and delivery does not increase the maternal and neonatal infection rate. Rather, with PROM the interval from digital examination to delivery is the critical parameter in the incidence of infection."
— Henci Goer,
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Q: I was supposed to have a homebirth and ended up having a c-section because she was breech. When my midwife looked at the afterbirth she said the umbilical cord was short so the baby wasn't able to turn around to be born naturally at home. I'm puzzled why the cord was too short. I maintain a vegan diet. My entire pregnancy was very healthy, and my daughter weighed 8 lbs 12 oz at birth.
— Sue Gallant
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Q: I am a student midwife trying to find out what to do about PROM. I've researched it and everyone seems to have a different opinion! Some authors say to monitor closely for an infection, some say to try to induce labor, and some say to not do anything—the mother can go even four weeks with no danger at all.
— Anon.
A: What to do depends a lot on where the mother is. If she is in an unfamiliar place, especially a hospital, she is very likely to contract an infection. If she remains home, avoids tub baths, intercourse, vaginal exams, etc., she is very unlikely to develop an infection. It is a good idea to have her monitor her temperature, though. If it is a small leak and labor doesn't start, there's a good chance her amniotic sac will reseal itself. I had a client whose water broke a week before she went into labor, and it resealed. A few days later it broke again, but she didn't go into labor until two days later. She remained home until her contractions were less than two minutes apart, then headed to the hospital. At home she had enjoyed using the hot tub once active labor was established. It got her to transition quickly, so her labor was able to progress well without having to be in the hospital and putting herself at risk for an infection. She never developed an infection.
— Abbie Thomas, CD(DONA), CLD
A: 1) The questioner seems to assume that induction could potentially be safe. Some women have PROM before 30 weeks and little research has been done about them. Induction seems mad unless the intention is to terminate the pregnancy. In cases of early PROM the obvious approach would be to "watch and wait," using ultrasound to assess fetal distress/development. If labour does not begin naturally, waters do not return to normal, and fetal condition appears poor, counsel the parents to help them come to a decision about whether to terminate.
2) A substantial amount of evidence shows many women can continue with a pregnancy after waters have broken at 30 weeks plus. The common sense approach here should be to look for signs of infection or fetal distress until the waters return to normal or labour begins spontaneously. Any rush to induce should be weighed carefully—there may be a risk of infection as a result of waiting, but there will certainly be a risk of long-term harm to the baby if delivered before full term.
As a general point, the majority of midwives and doctors I have spoken with seem to want to rush to induce in order to be "safe." What they seem to mean is that they want to avoid the risk of a lawsuit stemming from inaction. In fact, by failing to weigh the risks adequately and favouring action over cautious and watchful inaction, they may be doing much more harm than good.
— Anon.
A: Take great care to prevent PROM by emphasizing hydration [30 ml/klg per day], watch for signs and symptoms of infection [primarily UTI], and maintain good nutrition. If the "house isn't good," PROM is the beginning of preterm labor. If pregnancy is far enough advanced to expect labor to begin, [35 or 36 weeks], do nothing. Encourage good hygiene, nothing in the vagina (no vaginal checks!), and wait. Take maternal temperature every 4 hours and watch for mom "not feeling well." She will usually labor in 24–36 hours. If babe is not viable, do all of the above and wait. Explain to the parents that she may abort. Be hopeful and supportive because the leak may seal over with no problems later. I have always felt if I do nothing and the outcome is poor, the parents and the midwife will feel better than if more had been done.
Take great care to prevent PROM by emphasizing hydration [30 ml/klg per day], watch for signs and symptoms of infection [primarily UTI], and maintain good nutrition. If the "house isn't good," PROM is the beginning of preterm labor. If pregnancy is far enough advanced to expect labor to begin, [35 or 36 weeks], do nothing. Encourage good hygiene, nothing in the vagina (no vaginal checks!), and wait. Take maternal temperature every 4 hours and watch for mom "not feeling well." She will usually labor in 24–36 hours. If babe is not viable, do all of the above and wait. Explain to the parents that she may abort. Be hopeful and supportive because the leak may seal over with no problems later. I have always felt if I do nothing and the outcome is poor, the parents and the midwife will feel better than if more had been done.
After 48 hours, I usually encourage labor. Use warm castor oil as a compress on lower back and lower abdomen. I use a labor support herbal tincture. I soak feet in a hot bath with cayenne pepper as hot as can be tolerated, then rub feet gently with olive oil or more castor oil. Watch for infection closely because babies don't tolerate infection well, during labor or after birth. Monitor this baby very closely. If infection develops, transport. Most importantly, pray.
— Claudia Toms
A: I am a Bradley Method instructor and doula. Recently the water of one of my students broke at 32 weeks gestation. she was a longstanding Type II diabetic with an insulin pump, excellent diet. Her OB gave her steroids for lung maturity and put her on magnesium sulfate for 48 hours (not sure she needed the mag.—she was having no contractions during that time). She remained in the hospital for seven days after the rupture, then was discharged with instructions to watch for signs of infection and labor and pretty much stay home. She had weekly ultrasounds to assess fluid levels. She drank plenty of water, so her fluid levels stayed acceptable (she had 7 or higher; recent research indicates 5 or higher is fine). She went into labor at 35 weeks and delivered a healthy 6 lb baby boy who needed no special care.
I can only imagine the agony of a NICU stay if her OB had induced labor rather than allow the time for accelerated lung development. A client's water broke at 35 weeks, and despite having no signs of labor, her OB insisted on an immediate c-section since the baby was breech. The baby spent 10 days in the NICU, and breastfeeding was compromised by hospital procedures (mom pumped for three months until the baby spontaneously latched on one day).
— Jenn Riedy
Homebirth twins [Issue 5:11]:
I also had homebirth twins. I would encourage you to remember that twins are a blessing, not an emergency waiting to happen. I hope you can be surrounded by people who can help you hold this image for you and your babies.
It's important to get enough calories, protein, and iron foods. But my biggest recommendation is to plan your postpartum so that you can breastfeed the babies on demand while getting some rest and connecting with your other children. I found that my emotional health depended on my feeling that my twins were receiving the same kind of responsive, loving care that I gave my single children. It truly takes a village to accomplish this.
— Peggy
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by Gloria Lemay, compiled by Leilah McCracken
Progress in VBAC Birth
Women who are planning a VBAC have emotions and fears about giving birth that are justifiably heightened. They have experienced major abdominal surgery and all the problems that follow. The VBAC client will require more time and patience than a midwife's or doula's other clients.
If the woman has dilated past five centimeters in the first birth, plan for it to be fairly fast, like any second baby. If the woman has not gone into the birth process or not dilated past five the first time, that's all right—she'll still give birth vaginally, but have extra attendants on call to bring fresh energy if the others get discouraged or tired. Plan for it to be like going to two births in a row.
The point that the woman reached in her first birth is often a psychological hurdle for her. If she dilated to six centimeters the first time, the news that she is seven or eight will be a relief and a breakthrough. One of my clients, a minister's wife, said over and over again in her pregnancy: "I just want to feel what pushing is. If I only get to push, I'll be happy. I just want to know what other women mean when they say they had to push." She'd had a Bandl's ring in the first birth process, and the cesarean was done at five centimeters. We were praying that the complication wouldn't repeat. She dilated smoothly and began to push. With each push she would exclaim, "Thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus!" What a wonder it was to watch her push out the baby, a girl she named Faith.
Gloria Lemay is a private birth attendant in Vancouver, BC, and is a contributing expert at BirthLove, www.birthlove.com
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Someone asked if anyone has an English version of the legislation regulating midwifery practice in The Netherlands and maternal morbidity and mortality statistics for The Netherlands [Issue 5:10]. I do not think there is an English language version of the law, but there is an English version of the guidelines that regulate the relationship between midwives and gynecologists at:
See "Birth by Design" for stats on mortality and morbidity in several European countries (and the US and Canada). Also my forthcoming book, A Pleasing Birth (Temple University Press, 2004), describes the Dutch maternity care system in great detail.
— Ray
Irregular heartbeat [Issue 5:09]:
Several of my babies had irregular heartbeats during labor. Only one of them had problems afterward, lack of a specific adrenal hormone. The others were healthy and fine. Often irregular heartbeat is caused by a lack of B vitamins. I have found Cataplex B by Standard Process to be the best for helping with the condition. If the mother is having severe heart palpitations, it could be one of two things:
— Judy, CPM
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Desperate evolutionists emerge as reviewer in Nature vol. 406 p.935 31 August 2000 writes concerning Niles Eldgridge's text 'The Triumph of Evolution and the Failure of Creationism'. "Perhaps evolutionists should give up trying to counter them (the creationists) scientifically ... and simply appeal to the public and the judges in terms of clear and present political danger."
Editorial Comment: What a strange definition of triumph - victory in defeat? None for the Lions, one for the Christians. Amen. (Ref. Eldridge, debates, evolutionists)


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Sports Features of Tuesday, 15 January 2013
Source: Mark Gleeson in Cape Town
Gernot Rohr guided co-hosts Gabon to the quarter-finals of the last Nations Cup, where they were unlucky to lose on penalties. He took over the Niger job in September. The 59-year-old played at Bayern Munich and Girondins Bordeaux and then coached Bordeaux when they lost to Bayern in the 1996 UEFA Cup final.
Moussa Maazou (Etoile Sahel) Age: 24. Pos: Forward
Bulldozing forward whose has been the country's highest profile export to Europe, playing at Bordeaux, Monaco, Le Mans, CSKA Moscow and lastly in Belgium, but unable to pin down a long term contract. He has now moved to Tunisia in the hopes of restoring his club career.
Daouda Kassaly (Chippa United). Age: 29 Pos: Goalkeeper
Played for Cameroon club Coton Sport in the 2007 African Champions League final and won four league titles with the club. Before he was also a national champion in Niger with Sahel SC. He moved to the South African league in 2012 to join newly promoted Chippa United of Cape Town.
Kamilou Daouda (JS Saoura). Age: 25 Pos: Forward
Well-travelled striker who has played at clubs in Cameroon, Libya, Tunisia and, since July, with the newly promoted JS Saoura in the top flight of Algerian football. Had his best spell at Al Ittihad in Libya but was forced to flee when the league stopped there in March 2011 because of the rebellion against Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
Niger were evidently out of their depth at the 2012 finals in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, where they made their Nations Cup debut but lost all three first round group games. They again had good fortune in the 2013 qualifiers and surprisingly return for a second successive tournament but without the prospect of bettering their performance of 12 months ago.
Goalkeepers: Toldo Alzouma (Garde Nationale), Daouda Kassaly (Chippa United), Rabo Saminou (Sahel SC)
Defenders: Ismael Alassane (Mangasport), Mohamed Bachar (AS Douanes), Mohamed Chicoto (AS Marsa), Kourouma Fatokouma (Chabab Al Hociema), Lucky James (AS Douanes), Koffi Dan Kowa (ES Zarzis), Kader Amadou Dodo (Olympic), Issiaka Koudize (Garde Nationale), Mohamed Soumaila (Olympic)
Midfielders: Moutari Amadou (FC Mans), Issoufou Boubacar (unattached), Karim Lancina (unattached), Abdoul Idrissa Laouali (Mangasport), William Ngounou (IF Limhamn Bunkeflo), Souleymane Sakou (Olympic), Boubacar Talatou (Thanda Royal Zulu)
Forwards: Issoufou Alhassane (Wydad Fes), Kamilou Daouda (JS Saoura), Moussa Maazou (Etoile Sahel), Modibo Sidibe


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WORCESTERSHIRE'S fallen war heroes will be honoured in an emotive concert.
The event at the Guildhall on Saturday, June 28 has been organised by Worcestershire County Council in conjunction with Music 4 Heroes and the Worcestershire Armed Forces Community Covenant Partnership in aid of Armed Forces Day.
The occasion will be made even more poignant as one of the pieces has been scored by ex-serviceman Robert Plant, who was a gunner who trained with 214 Battery, 104th Regiment Royal Artillery, 5th Division.
Colours was composed to highlight Armed Forces Day and in support of ABF The Soldiers' Charity, dedicated to those who stand to make the ultimate of sacrifices - those who serve and families of those who serve.
Mr Plant said: "It is an honour in itself to be able to score a piece of music for such a fitting concert but what has been most overwhelming is the collaboration, dedication and support for the Armed Forces Community throughout the organising of this event.
"It is a testament to the support this Country has for members of Her Majesty's Armed Forces and the Armed Forces Community both past and present.
"One of the great things about ABF The Soldiers' Charity is the family approach applied by the organisation, offering assistance and support to families who have been involved in events from the Second World War right up to the most current of conflicts that the Armed Forces take part in today."
Cllr Rob Adams, who chairs the Worcestershire Armed Forces Community Covenant Partnership, said: "We are delighted to be able to support this Armed Forces Day concert which coincides with the second anniversary of the signing of the Community Covenant in Worcestershire."
"The Community Covenant encourages support for the Armed Forces Community working and residing in our County and recognises and remembers the sacrifices they have made."
"We are working in partnership to meet these aims and have so far supported a number of successful projects including notably We Did Our Bit which captured the video testimonies of 11 WW2 veterans from Worcestershire."
The concert starts at 7.30pm and tickets are £5 from Worcester Tourist Information Centre or via worcestershirepartnership.org.uk.


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A FEAR of heights has not put one woman off joining her manager on a skydive to help raise money to fund activities for care home residents.
Activities co-ordinator Lucy Gordon and general manager Helen Grice will be taking the leap of faith on Wednesday, July 16 watched on by residents from Rashwood Care Home, Wychbold, Droitwich.
Despite being terrified of heights, Mrs Gordon said she was willing to take on the challenge because the people living at Rashwood Care Home meant so much to her and Mrs Grice.
The 26-year-old, from Perdiswell, Worcester, said: "It is something that is very close to our hearts, the residents mean so much to us and they know how terrified I am.
"Luckily, Helen is more relaxed about it all so I'm hoping she will calm my nerves on the day."
The plucky pair's upcoming challenge has become a talking point with the home's 53 residents.
They have been offering Mrs Gordon and Mrs Grice advice from family members who have completed skydives and a few have jokingly offered to give it a go themselves.
Mrs Gordon said: "I am nervous but I'm very excited as well because I am sure it will be an amazing experience.
"It's always something I've wanted to do.
"The money will help pay for the residents' activities and all the equipment we use as well as the places we take them and things like that.
"I've got a really good relationship with the residents and it is an ongoing topic of conversation.
"On the actual day we are going to take some of them with us to watch.
"We're taking a mini bus down, some staff are coming along too and we'll have a picnic.
"There will be no backing out then - not that I would anyway."
They hope to raise £2,000 and have set up an online fundraising page for sponsorship at www.doitforcharity.com/HGRICE.


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A to Z with Felicia Fallo
Published: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 8:50 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 8:50 p.m.
SCHOOL: St. Francis
YEAR: Senior
SPORTS: Softball, volleyball, basketball
HEIGHT: 5-foot-3
A rea athlete I would pay to watch play: Lindsay O'Steen (Lafayette volleyball/softball standout). We played volleyball together last spring and we became really good friends. She is just an all-around amazing athlete.
B est movie I've ever seen: "Safe Haven," I loved that movie.
C oach David and Sandra Fallo's words of advice for me: Believe in yourself and believe in your teammates.
D efeating P.K. Yonge in the regional volleyball semifinals en route to reaching state last fall was ... Such an adrenaline rush and so exciting because P.K. has always been such an amazing team. To come out and beat them was really exciting for us.
E asiest part of my school day: Definitely lunch.
F avorite type of music: Country. I really like Taylor Swift.
G etting an ace serve in volleyball, hitting a jumper in basketball or a double in softball, which would mean more to you? Probably getting a double in softball because when you can feel that you hit it so good, it is such an exciting feeling to be able to round first and keep going instead of having to stop.
H oisting the national championship trophy this season in women's basketball will be ... Baylor. We have been watching Niya Johnson because she played for P.K. So it has been cool to see her and say, 'Oh, I played against her.'
I nteresting thing about me away from sports: There is a Catholic Heart Workcamp. You don't know who you will be working with, but it is a really cool experience because you get to help people and see the smile on their face from just making their day by doing the littlest of things. I've done it all throughout high school.
J oker on the softball team: I would have to say my cousin, Kylie (Maris). She always has her little jokes and can make everybody laugh.
K ey to keeping my composure when things are not going well: Just you have to realize that everybody makes mistakes. It gives you motivation to do better for the next one."
L east favorite sport to watch: Hockey.
M y top hangout spot in Gainesville is …Me and my friends really like to go to Dragonfly downtown.
N ickname? I have three. Some of my friends call me Fi, some of them call me Felish, and then my dad has always called me Grace because that is my middle name.
O ne person in my life who inspires me most: Probably my grandma, Pat Maris. She is always doing things for other people and helping them. She always puts others before herself. She is always here to support us.
P otential college major: Elementary education and speech pathology.
Q uiet-time activity: I really like to watch movies. Anything but scary movies.
R eading the newspaper or going online to get my high school sports coverage: Reading the newspaper.
S uperstition I have: I did have one for volleyball. Every time I had to serve, I had to wipe my feet, pull up my right sleeve on my jersey and bounce the ball twice. Every single time before every single serve.
T oughest moment of my high school career ... Probably everything starting to come to an end. It is really sad, it all went really quickly.
U niversities or colleges considering? I am going to LSU.
V acation spot I love: I love New York City or anywhere with a beach
W hat is your most memorable sports moment at St. Francis? Going to state for volleyball.
X box, PlayStation or Wii? PlayStation. I just use it for Netflix. My brother tries to play basketball with me but I can't figure it out.
Y ear I was born: 1995.
Z oo animal I like most: A monkey, because my friend Jessica is in love with monkeys and she is always talking about them so it reminds me of her.
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