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Transcend SSD340 (256GB) Reviewby Kristian Vättö on 8/4/2014 5:00 AM EST
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hojnikb - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkCould it be possible to flash newer refrence firmware to it ?
I know this have been done in the past, because i've flashed my Crucial V4 with newer firmware that crucial offered. I wonder if its the same with Jmicron Reply
solnyshok - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkWhenever I read about slow ssd, I wonder if "the one" that I need is going to happen. If manufacturers read this - here is the niche for HTPC. I need a silent movie/torrent storage. 1TB at $200-250 would be a good start. Performance/power saving aren't that important, as long as it can sustatin 130MB/s sequential read/write (bottleneck of home gigabit network) and 10,000+ iops (to avoid jerkiness of video playback during concurrent torrent seeding) Reply
ddriver - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkMost HDDs do 130 MB already. You can avoid "jerkiness" by tweaking buffering/caching for playback and torrents respectively. Reply
leexgx - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkcan you fix the Crucial MX100 OP results and lower the IOPS to to 30k
as the Crucial MX100 is doing some very odd results on the 25% OP 32QD 4K Write (the last one seems an error doing 60k IOPS as its way past 50K on that last test) 412GB is making the charts go to 50k when most do not pass 25k Reply
leexgx - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - link4K random Write 32Q 25% OP Crucial MX100 Reply
solnyshok - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkThanks for all replies, I already have SSD (256GB 840EVO+2TB 2.5"HDD) combo in my htpc. I just wanted to go totally silent. My point was that somebody needs to pack 1TB of the cheapest flash on the cheapest controller for the lowest $/GB ratio. I appreciate replies about price-o-nomics of ssd making. If it is not feasible, oh, well, I can wait couple of years. Reply
MrSpadge - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkYou hardly gain any cost benefit by making SSDs slow. That's why you don't see the value drives you're looking for. Sounds like a 5x00 rpm HDD together with some small to medium sized SSD for the torrents is your best solution. Assuming you don't offer your entire movie collection for torrenting, of course. Reply
hojnikb - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkIf you tune your torrent client right, ANY 5400rpm hdd will be just fine. I know, because i'm using an old 2.5" drive in my nas and can do multiple torrents AND streaming with ease. Its just the right tuning. Reply
wolrah - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkIt's not even tuning, just keeping preallocation on and keeping fragmentation down is enough. Reply
solnyshok - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkThanks, if that's the case, I just need to wait a bit (3 years?), until 1TB becomes cheap Reply
farhadd - Wednesday, August 06, 2014 - linkNewegg recently had the 840 EVO 1TB on sale for $390. So hopefully you'll be seeing that $250 price point by 2016. Reply
Tetracycloide - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkGetting a SSD just because it makes less noise is not going to be a cost effective way to reduce noise for the foreseeable future. Just throw some acoustic foam in the case and use the cheapest gig/$ HDD you can find. Reply
Strunf - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkJust put some RAM on the HTPC and set the torrent client to use a fair amount of it and minimize disk access, SSD for HTPC or torrenting is an overkill... the only real advantage of the SSD is to boot faster anything else wont really benefit from it. Reply
Zolcos - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkStoring all your movies on the HTPC isn't practical imo, at least once you get a sizable collection. HTPCs have high requirements for noise and physical size (great place for SSD) whereas mass storage is all about cost, density, and possibly redundancy (better for HDD). You're better off building a separate file server in another room and having your HTPC play the movies off a network share. A nice big cheap raid set of HDDs will provide enough throughput to saturate your internet upload via torrenting while also having smooth 1080p playback over the LAN. Reply
tuxRoller - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkAs others have said you don't need a big ssd to meet your reqs. On Linux you could employ bcache with a small ssd (say, 32gb), and then get a big, slow saucer for bulk.
I'd imagine windows offers something similar. Reply
Samus - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkYou should really look at an SSHD for a media center. It won't cache playback of random media files, but it the 7200RPM drives have a sustained read of 150MB/sec and write of 120MB/sec at the outer sector, and the real benefit in an HTPC comes from caching startup/system data and program files. The overall response is very snappy, even SSD like.
My 2.5" 1TB and 3.5" 2TB have both been excellent. Among the only Seagate products I've been happy with lately. Reply
TonyCL6 - Thursday, August 07, 2014 - linkSeems like Transcend finally provides the new firmware? http://www.transcendusa.com/Support/No-502 Reply
ddriver - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkToo slow on sequential writes, even at its fastest it is as slow as SSDs 2-3 years ago. And 37 mb/sec? What is that? SD cards are faster... Reply
MrSpadge - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkUsing the cheaper 128 GBit NAND chips means you can only use 2 of them in parallel for 32 GB capacity. Reply
hojnikb - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linki don' think any value 32GB sd card tops 37MB/s WRITE.
And random write it will destroy pretty much every sd card you can throw at it. Reply
ddriver - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkI didn't say "value". Reply
Impulses - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkBesides, $30 32GB SD cards actually hit 45-60MB/s sequential.. Think I saw a $65 64GB PNY rated at 90/60 R/W, doesn't get any more value priced than that, unless you meant bargain bin SD cards... Reply
hojnikb - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkYeah, but sd card like that would be pretty unsuitable for running OS. Reply
Impulses - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkObviously, their random access speed sucks, he and I were just drawing a parallel to other cheap devices with sequential speeds that aren't very far off... Shoot, I've paid <$50 for 32-64GB USB 3.0 flash drives that hit 200MB/s sequential read/writes. I think any enthusiast knows sequential speed isn't ultimately why you buy a SSD (most of the time), but still... Reply
willis936 - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkI'm pretty sure SSDs from 2009 are faster than this. Reply
hojnikb - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkthey are not. Reply
ddriver - Monday, August 04, 2014 - link2-3 years ago was 2011-2012 :) I have a Samsung 830 128 GB which IRC came out around that time, and it is actually faster, reaching like 380 MB/sec in sequential reads. Reply
ddriver - Monday, August 04, 2014 - link*writes
Come on AT, what is this - the stone age? You know, the time people wrote on stone tablets and editing was pretty much impossible? How about an "edit" feature? Reply
jabber - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkI have to say as long as they push 150MBps+ with 0.XX access times most cases are covered.
All in the access times for day to day usage, not so much the raw MBps. Reply
hojnikb - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkits not all about access times.
You can have a bad ssd with great access times and it will still feel slow as HDD if writes are utter garbage (you can test this by installing OS on a cheap usb drive). Reply
jabber - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkHmm for most general use its reads not writes. So I doubt most normal folks would notice. Reply
hojnikb - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkAgain, install OS (win to go is pretty easy to setup for example) to a cheap flashdrive and come back :)
Even though there is plenty more reads than writes in client world, its still important that random writes don't sux, because the moment OS will try to write something is the moment everything will freeze (think jmicron 602) Reply
TheWrongChristian - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkRandom writes suck if they block reads. That was the problem with the old jmicron controllers, a high latency write would block everything including reads.
With good command queuing, and non-blocking writes, reads should still be low latency, and for boot and application startup, it's read latency that counts. The OS can mask write latency pretty well, to the point that you're unlikely to notice much difference on a desktop.
On a server, you're much more likely to notice write latencies however. Think database servers writing log data, or a file server waiting for a file write before acknowledging a sync. But even there, a file server can batch write file updates from many clients (or use the sequential journal for data) and the database similarly decomposes synchronous writes to sequential log files.
So all in all, so long as writes don't block unrelated reads, you should be fine. Reply
jabber - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkAs it happens I rebuilt a Sony all in one PC with just one of the exact drives in this review. Worked fine. Installed swiftly with no issues. There are benchmarks...and then there is using it in the real world and often real world is very different to those. Reply
Friendly0Fire - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkThe point is that according to the table in this review you can get a flat-out better SSD *for the same price*, unless you're looking for the 64gb size in which case a measly $20 will upgrade to 128gb. The value proposition just isn't there. Reply
jabber - Wednesday, August 06, 2014 - linkWell I got mine for £65 and the next cheapest 200+GB SSD was £85 so was worth it. Thats pounds...not dollars. Thats a $32 difference for very little difference in general usage. Reply
MrFixitx - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkI am honestly not at all surprised by these results. Transcend has for years been the maker of "value" NAND based products. From camera memory cards to usb thumb drives.
I have been burned by their compact flash cards before and would not recommend their flash based products for anything where reliability is critical. Reply
velanapontinha - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkHi, Kristian.
Any chance of reviewing the SSD370 line anytime soon? These are dirt cheap and should prove a lot better overall than the SSD340. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkI don't have the drive yet but it's certainly on the list of SSDs to review. Reply
saliti - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkWhat about Samsung 845 DC Pro review? Reply
TonyCL6 - Wednesday, August 06, 2014 - linkSSD370 should be pretty much the same as AData SP610 because of the controller and NAND configuration. Reply
Per Hansson - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkThe more things change the more they stay the same seems a fitting quote for this Transcend's SSD endeavors! Reply
homerdog - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkUnless these drives fall way down the price ladder, there simply no reason for them to exist. Reply
MadMan007 - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkIs there any budget SSD that makes sense in a world where the MX100 exists? Reply
Samus - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkThis drive (and this company) is completely irrelevant. I don't get why anybody would buy a drive outside of the Crucial/Micron/Intel/Samsung/Toshiba/Sandisk circle.
Kingston, ADATA, Transcend, OWC, Mushkin, Corsair, and so on, make no compelling products and can't compete with Sandisk/Crucial on price because they don't make their own memory, controllers, or both. Reply
hojnikb - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkPretty much. Unless you're owning a fab it's pretty hard to compete price wise. Reply
TonyCL6 - Wednesday, August 06, 2014 - linkFrankly for consumer market, only Samsung and maybe Toshiba has its own SSD controllers. The rest are now mainly using Marvell solutions. Kingston, ADATA, Transcend, OWC, Mushkin, Corsair and so on help Micron(Intel) and Toshiba(Sandisk) a lot to support/ consume their NAND Flash capacity. If they all gone, I personally don't think that would do any good to end-users. You can easily tell from how Samsung sells TLC and VNAND products. The cost of NAND is way much cheaper but that never reflects on the selling price. Reply
l_d_allan - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkAs Butch Cassidy said, "Don't sugar-coat it" :-) Reply
StrangerGuy - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkAnandtech should just probably come blunt and say "If you can't beat the MX100 in price/performance/reliability don't even THINK about selling consumer SSDs thank you very much"
Readers that visit this site ain't fooled no matter how much ads or exposure that comes down our throats. Reply
hojnikb - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkBut its true. Why buy a turd, if you can speds a few extra bucks and get a proper drive. Reply
KAlmquist - Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - linkBack in the days of the JMF602 controller, I thought about buying one to store program files on (meaning I would be doing pretty much nothing but reads on the device and the write problem wouldn't matter). But the prices on the JMF602 drives never dropped to the point where this made sense. I eventually bought an Indilinx drive for about the same price as a J-Micron drive.
It seems like history is repeating itself. Reply
Per Hansson - Wednesday, August 06, 2014 - linkYou should be very glad you did not.
I bought a 32GB JMF602B based Transcend TS32GSSD25S-M SSD in April 2008.
This was before even the first Intel X25-M 50nm SSD was released so there was not much on the market to choose from if you wanted a "cheap" SSD
Mind you cheap in this case was actually 1495SEK which translates to over $200!
Performance is appalling, this is the type of SSD which you could not install Windows Vista or 7 on, because you would get "delayed write failed" errors during the installation, the SSD was simply so slow that the installation program timed out when copying the files...
I'm using it for a Linux based firewall, IPCOP which is a 40MB ISO install, it took over 30 minutes to install!
With a 2GB SCSI disk the same install is over in under 5 minutes, just for reference!
Initially I gave this SSD a 2/10 score, because for my use it worked fine and I had not had any problems with it.
But now just last week when rebooting the machine the vmlinuz boot file in /boot was corrupted.
I can only conclude that the SSD has not refreshed the data in flash and that some bit flips has occurred, I made a HEX comparison of the file with a known good one and there where 4 errors in the file.
Restoring the file from the original ISO made the system able to boot again, but it just goes to show what amazing crap this company makes!
I sure would not take the bet that they have learnt anything in the last 5 years, especially so when they are probably using the crappiest flash they can find to get the price down, which they obviously have failed at when the MX100 is cheaper & performs miles better! Reply
KAlmquist - Wednesday, August 06, 2014 - linkThat drive sounds bad. Even if one were to excuse Transcend for not refreshing the flash, the drive still should have detected the data corruption. Reply
TonyCL6 - Thursday, August 07, 2014 - linkFor a SSD controller to be able to make crappiest flash a working SSD requires strong R&D capability in both hardware and firmware. That is the Midas touch solution/ technology that flash memory vendors and module makers are eager to have. Reply
henrykale - Wednesday, August 06, 2014 - linkIt's an easy call to start promoting video testimonials with Modulates, then you can publish them to Facebook or your website or Twitter. Reply
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cklee16 - Friday, September 26, 2014 - linkAny idea if the updated firmware improved the performance of this drive?
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo men's lacrosse team took on reigning Deep South Conference champion Catawba College on Thursday afternoon in Salisbury, N.C. The Lions turned-up the heat on the 12th-ranked Indians, pulling to within one goal of their conference foe with 1:43 remaining in the game, but were unable to upend their opponent as they were defeated by a final score of 14-11.
Saint Leo drops to 1-1, and 0-1 in DSC action, while Catawba advances their mark to 3-0, and 1-0 in conference play.
Matt Obermeyer paced the Lions with a game-high five goals, and added an assist for an afternoon high of six points. Chris Caiazza ripped three shots between the posts, while George Proechel, Rob Van Bomel, and Robert Hutchinson notched one goal each.
Dishing out assists along with Obermeyer were Kevin Hutchinson, Larry McLaughlin, Proechel, and Van Bomel with one apiece.
The Indians were led by Braden Artem with four goals on the day. John Scheich led the team in overall points, tallying three goals and adding two assists for five points.
The Lions got the game rolling 59 seconds in, with Proechel connecting a pass to Van Bomel for the first goal of the game. The Green and Gold held onto their one goal advantage and kept Catawba off of the scoreboard for the following six minutes, but a goal from Scheich off of a Michael Pecchia assist with 8:57 on the clock knotted the score at 1-1.
Catawba put up three more goals in the ensuing four and a half minutes, pulling out to a 4-1 lead with 4:25 on the clock, and putting the Lions in an unwelcome deficit. However, an unassisted goal from Robert Hutchinson with 3:41 to go in the quarter closed the gap to two with a tally of 4-2.
A late goal by Artem with 23 seconds on the clock gave the Indians a 5-2 advantage at the end of the first quarter, but Obermeyer exploded into the second stanza with a quick tally to pull the Lions back with a score of 5-3. Both teams traded blows to set the score at 6-4 with 9:44 to go before the half, but a three goal sprint by Catawba, including two straight goals by Artem, pulled the Indians out to their largest lead of the game with a score of 9-4 and 1:09 on the clock.
With the seconds ticking down before halftime, the Lions gave it all they had, and a goal from Caiazza off of an assist from Kevin Hutchinson pulled Saint Leo back to within four with 25 ticks on the clock.
A last-ditch effort from Obermeyer with 11 seconds to go came up clutch for Saint Leo, securing a score of 9-6 at the break and pulling the Lions out of a five goal hole.
The third quarter was uneventful compared to the second, with both teams notching one goal each mid-way through, setting the score at 10-7 with one period remaining.
Caiazza notched the first goal of the final quarter with 10:43 on the clock, pulling the Lions to within two, but Catawba capitalized on a man-up opportunity at the 8:34 mark, and scored again 10 seconds later to extend their lead, 12-8.
The Lions were not about to back down, and a goal from Obermeyer with 5:41 on the board ignited a final scoring streak for Saint Leo. Caiazza grabbed a pass from McLaughlin and placed a shot between the pipes with 3:48 to go to pull the Lions back to within two, and a goal from Proechel with 1:43 remaining in the game left Catawba with a slim 12-11 lead.
Despite the pressure, Catawba was able to hold the Lions silent for the remaining minute and a half, and capitalized on two more shot to earn a final score of 14-11.
"We had a slow start," said head coach Brad Jorgensen. "We lost the game in the first 10 minutes. The guys fought hard, and we had some great things happen on the field today. We battled back and pulled to within one goal of a very solid team, which helped show our guys what they are capable of, but we need to be able to play a full 60 minutes. "
Defensively, Patrick Berry saw a full 60 minutes in cage for the Lions, setting aside 12 shots while yielding 14. His counterpart, Michael Pecchia, earned 14 saves while allowing 11 shots between the pipes.
The Lions won the ground ball battle against the Indians, picking up 40 to Catawba's 34. Saint Leo also led the shot count, 42-41, won 62 percent of the faceoffs, and found success on 85 percent of their clears. Beau Besancenez earned a game-high eight ground balls, while Ty Trombly and Berry picked up four each. Trombley was 18-for-29 on faceoffs, while Dylan D'Airo led the team with two of the Lions' 10 caused turnovers.
The Saint Leo men's lacrosse team returns to action on Sunday, February 26, when they take on the Queens University of Charlotte in Charlotte, N.C. Faceoff against the Royals is set for noon. Fans will be able to catch all of the action live through saintleolions.com. For the latest news, updates, and information on the Saint Leo men's lacrosse team, be sure to follow the Lions on Facebook and Twitter.

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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 8/5/2013 (1567 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Stung by fan criticism last season that their game-day security was too heavy-handed, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers announced this morning that security at new Investors Group Field will be largely "hands-off."
The Bombers announced that security wands similar to the devices used at airports will be the "primary screening device" when Investors Group Field unofficially opens later this month and manual body searches will only be conducted in exceptional circumstances.
"The football club takes the safety of our fans extremely seriously and has outlined policies to ensure everyone can enjoy an event or concert at our new facility," Blue Bombers president and CEO, Garth Buchko, said in a statement Wednesday.
"We believe we have taken a balanced approach to security that respects the privacy of fans while still allowing us the flexibility to conduct manual searches, should they be required, to guard against the kind of tragedy that can happen anywhere, anytime, as it did recently in Boston."
The club said fans will be screened by wands and their bags searched upon entry to the stadium, but only if something suspicious is found will they then be subject to secondary "manual searchers."
Also as part of the new security policy:
— Fans will be allowed to bring empty beverage containers up to one litre in size and fill them at water fountains around the stadium.
— Aside from single-serving snacks — chocolate bars or vegetables, for instance — no outside food or beverage will be allowed inside the new stadium. The exception will be for people with medical issues such as diabetes, who can receive a waiver to bring in their own food by contacting the club at least 24 hours before game time.
The complete Bombers security policy is up at their website at bluebombers.com.


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markus wrote:nickking wrote:Oh, and it's sold out.... Bugger...
Where does it say that it's sold out?
Via the Camden Crawl website when I checked the day I wrote the above text!
Out of the blue, they appeared to have released more tickets, so have bought one just in case they change their minds again!


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As Unfair Park first reported last week, the Dallas City Council on Wednesday will consider a resolution to condemn all bullying, harassment and intimidation at schools in the city. The two-page resolution, submitted by seven council members, notes that "children and youth with disabilities and children and youth who are lesbian, gay, or trans-gender, or who are perceived to be so, [are] at particularly high risk of being bullied by their peers … "
The resolution was submitted by Angela Hunt, Pauline Medrano, Delia Jasso, Dwaine Caraway, Carolyn Davis, Steve Salazar and Tennell Atkins. If you'll remember, Michael Piazza, executive director of Hope for Peace and Justice, addressed the City Council and requested just such a resolution three weeks ago (you can watch video of Piazza's remarks here). Since then, the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees has opted to move forward with a new bullying policy that would specifically protect LGBT students. So at this point the City Council resolution is like icing on the cake. And just in case you really like icing, we've posted the full text below.


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Did you know?
The Wonderwerk Cave was inhabited by humans and their precursors as far back as two million years ago.
Two million year-old stone tools excavated in 2008 at Wonderwerk Cave (Afrikaans for 'miracle cave') provide the earliest evidence of intentional occupation by our cave-dwelling ancestors. This is just the latest in a string of discoveries in this massive grotto that has revealed so much about human evolution.
Situated in the Kuruman Hills between Danielskuil and Kuruman in the Northern Cape, this South African historical cave is so large that local legend has it that a fully in-spanned ox-wagon could be turned in its entrance.
This made it ideal as shelter for numerous creatures, including hominids and Homo sapiens. The Wonderwerk Cave is among the oldest inhabited caves on Earth, containing a wealth of information.
The Northern Cape is a harsh environment, dry and stark. But it was not always so.
Well-preserved specimens of flora found in the cave show ice ages and times when the surroundings were warmer and wetter. It was a landscape that sustained a great variety of wildlife, much of it now extinct.
Various tools from the early, middle and later Stone Ages reveal that this cave was once one of the most technologically advanced places in the world.
Other evidence shows how hunter-gatherer lifestyles evolved. The finger paintings of animals such as eland and elephant on the cave walls go back as far as 1500 years.
The Wonderwerk Cave and surroundings were ceded to the McGregor Museum in Kimberley and declared a National Heritage Site.
This prehistoric cave is open to the public with certain areas cordoned off for research and conservation purposes. There are wheelchair-friendly cave walkways for visitors as well as an information and exhibition centre.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
McGregor Museum
Tel: +27 (0)53 839 2700
Cave visits
Cell: +27 (0)82 222 4777
How to get here
Wonderwerk Cave is 43km south of Kuruman in the Northern Cape. It is accessible by road and well sign-posted.
Best time to visit
Any time of the year. Summer can get very hot while winter, though mild during the day, gets very cold in the evenings.
Around the area
For bird enthusiasts, there are interesting birding and nature trails in the area.
Tours to do
The caves are open from 8am to 5pm during the week.
What will it cost
R20 per adult; R10 per child
Length of stay
A day is all that is needed to explore the Wonderwerk Cave but a weekend or longer will give you the opportunity to explore the surrounding area.
What to pack
A hat, sunscreen and bottled water doing summer. Also take a camera with a working flash and comfortable walking shoes. Winter can get very cold in the evenings so pack accordingly.
Where to stay
Wonderwerk Cave has self-catering chalets available in the area.


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Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition Finally Available: Sapphire Toxic HD 7970 GHz Edition 6GBby Ryan Smith on 7/31/2012 1:20 AM EST
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palladium - Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - linkI believe the VRAM value for the column "Sapphire Toxic 7970GE 6GB "Stock"" should read 6GB? Reply
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - linkWhoops. Noted and fixed. Thanks. Reply
RussianSensation - Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - linkRyan, in the last paragraph: "...performance or the prince of the reference 7970GE."
prince => price
Also, there is a Sapphire AMD Radeon VAPOR-X HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB GDDR5 OC that can already be found for < $460 USD.
It obviously has a more modest 1000mhz core / 1050GPU boost but the same cooler that the TOXIC has. Reply
raghu78 - Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - linkAt USD 458 the Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X 3GB is a better buy than GTX 680 at USD 500. Also the GTX 680 4GB VRAM models are selling for USD 600. the HD 7970 Vapor-X 3 GB is looking like a well designed HD 7970. Hopefully Ryan might review the Sapphire HD 7970 TOXIC 6 GB including overclocked performance. All the benefits of that card are present in the Vapor-X HD 7970 3GB which will give buyers an idea of what kind of performance and build quality they are getting. Reply
RussianSensation - Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - linkAgreed. The price is now $448 after coupon code BIGBEN ($10 off). At less than $450, the Ghz edition is as fast as most GTX680s and with overclocking it will beat an overclocked 680. The cooler is also extremely quiet. NV charging almost $600 for 4GB GTX680s is laughable.
I think they should review the Vapor-X 3GB instead. That card is very important imo since to me it obsoletes all GTX680s and enroaches on the $420-430 after market GTX670s. Reply
raghu78 - Sunday, August 05, 2012 - linkcorrect. newegg also has the Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor X 3GB for USD 450.
Overclocked this card will beat the GTX 680 overclocked when compared across a wide range of games and has better price perf than the GTX 680 and GTX 670. Nvidia started out with a better product in March in terms of stock performance and price But its increasingly becoming clear that AMD has the better card now. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Saturday, August 25, 2012 - linkA grand total of 2 people have bought that card and commented so far raghu78... ROFLMHO
The unverified commenter even says amd drivers suck, but he still has a 680 in the closet (gathering dust). Another amd fanboy liar, you decide... LOL
The one verified got an 1150 core, NOT 1300 bub. he got +100 for 1600 on the mem - pathetic overall.
It COSTS $470 dollars today end of Aug 2012, not 450...
It's increasingly becoming clear amd fans have to lie always to attempt their failed argument.
I won't even get into how the 680 and 670 stomp it. Reply
Patflute - Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - linkWho the hell would get the stock of the toxic for the same price. Reply
A5 - Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - linkThey're the same card, just a BIOS switch on the board. Reading the article is usually helpful. Reply
RussianSensation - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkYou read the article wrong. The TOXIC has 2 BIOS settings: (1) Stock (2) Lethal Button that elevates GPU clock to 1200mhz and memory to 6400mhz. It's 1 card with 2 of those BIOS settings listed in the chart. Reply
rbfowler9lfc - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkWhy, why not 6 mDP? So much power, so few outputs Reply
Wreckage - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - link$700!? LOL! They should just send you a garbage can to throw you money into. Reply
RussianSensation - Wednesday, August 01, 2012 - linkYes, it's definitely overpriced but compared to the main competition, GTX680 Lightning and EVGA GTX680 Classified, it eats them for breakfast once overclocked to 1250-1280mhz. The Classified in particular is a joke since you need to spend $70-80 for the EVBot just to unlock its voltage. The fan on the Classified is also nowhere near as good as this card. Reply
jabber - Thursday, August 02, 2012 - linkPlenty of folks with little in the way of a life and that live to run benchmarks all day will be queuing up to by these.
They should call them the "Single Guy Living in Parents Basement Edition" Reply
Targon - Monday, August 06, 2012 - linkThe people who buy these don't run benchmarks all day, though they will run them on day 1 to verify that they are getting the performance they SHOULD get for their purchase. After that, I can see these cards as a good choice for a 3 or even a 6 monitor Eyefinity setup. If you want to run that sort of a setup, you need this sort of performance. Reply
Frallan - Thursday, August 09, 2012 - linkHowever now that they have managed to get these chips out the door where are the 7970 M and 7950 M - they are missing in action and nVidia 660 rules the major brands top of the lines with some 680:s to spice it up from special providors.
Is AMD/ATI missing out on the entire enthusiast mobile market? Reply
Gastec - Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - linkWhy do you let this troll ( the CeriseCogburn) ruin the comments section? Why don't you ban him? Reply
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Starc difference in a yearChloe Saltau
Published: November 21 2012 - 3:00AM
MITCHELL Starc had to overcome serious self-doubt to become the confident young quick who wants to be unleashed at Graeme Smith and his South African teammates from Thursday.
The left-armer impressed in the Adelaide nets on Tuesday with his potent mix of swing and speed, and is threatening to tip Ben Hilfenhaus out of the team for the second Test.
Starc believes he is a much better bowler than when he made a nervous debut against New Zealand in Brisbane last summer, and he has been the most physically resilient of Australia's young fast bowlers over the past 12 months.
He has also made enormous strides since addressing the self-esteem issues that threatened to hold him back when he first arrived as a scholar at Cricket Australia's Centre of Excellence.
''I definitely did have [self-doubts]. I'd done a lot of work on that through my time at the academy,'' he said. ''I probably didn't have the greatest self-confidence but I worked through that and I'm probably better off for that now. At the academy we have sports psychologists who we have sessions with every week, so they worked for me.''
Though he will leave most of the sledging to others - ''I'm not as verbal as Patto'' [James Pattinson] - Starc said his year of shadowing the Australian team, playing the occasional Test, building his limited-overs reputation and spending a county stint with Jason Gillespie's Yorkshire had served him well.
''I feel I have improved my game and learnt so much being around the Australian team, then gone away and been left alone a bit as well, to my own devices,'' Starc said.
Ricky Ponting, who faced Starc and Hilfenhaus in the nets on Tuesday, reported that the Tasmanian had improved since lacking pace and penetration at the Gabba, where he picked up two tailend wickets.
Working in Starc's favour is that he has found his rhythm and patience through two Sheffield Shield games, taking four wickets against Victoria, and that he is a proven wicket-taker.
It won't hurt that Smith, the South African captain, has a patchy record against left-armers, having been dismissed six times by India's Zaheer Khan and five times by Mitchell Johnson.
''We haven't spoken too much about it, it's more about focusing on our game and the things we do well,'' Starc said. ''We've had a bit of time to think about new plans for Adelaide and a different track, so I'm going to treat every batsman the same, be patient and plan them out.''
This story was found at: http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/starc-difference-in-a-year-20121120-29o2n.html


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1) I know that Brandon Dubinsky has been really up and down, mostly down, and that he hasn't been able to stay with the second line for more than a few shifts here and there, and that even with that very Dubinsky-like goal, John Tortorella noted that he made one of those gasp-inducing plays afterward. But just imagine how much better this team could be if he actually steps up the offense a little bit.
2) After the goal, somebody cracked that Dubinsky can only play on a line with Stu Bickel and Martin Biron (who had the assists). I think it might have been a Festivus Miracle! How about Biron at 7-1? Great guy, great teammate. Good for him.
3) Stu Bickel. Assists in each of his first two NHL games, a fight against a really good fighter (and he sure did eat a few punches), then maybe a bit over-aggressive in taking the penalty. But the kid sure earned some points, didn't he? Tortorella said he had no problem with the extra minor he got. Let's see how long it lasts, but if he plays as he has, and as tough, it's going to be difficult to get him out. The Rangers sure could use that edge on defense. As for the two-game point streak, 49 to go for the record.
4) Yeah, it wasn't perfect. I thought the Rangers over-passed at times early — and that usually leads to trouble, almost as if it's a sign of overlooking an opponent — and they sure got into a track meet at times. But when they played their game, down low, they dominated for stretches.
5) That there was some snarl in this game should make the Boxing Day rematch interesting Monday.
6) This wasn't one for the highlight package for the Carl Hagelin-Brad Richards-Ryan Callahan line. Did Richards forget to take off his skate guards?
7) Marian Gaborik with 20 goals. He had 22 last year and people wanted to run him out of town.
8) Michael Del Zotto=Beast. Not Bust. How many times did we hear this about Del Zotto: Trade him? Or Del Zaster? (we heard the second one enough where we now use it as a term of endearment).
9) Just like the first half of last year, the Rangers are scoring enough goals most nights. And their record when scoring three or more is 17-0-1. They'll hit patches where they have to win 2-1 and 1-0, or lose. There will be times when they can't buy one. But the way they score now, and the way they defend, makes a pretty complete package.
10) I've really lost interest in this Winter Classic thing. Play the damn game, already.
11) Meant to say this yesterday about "24/7" Come on, are we really supposed to believe that Brandon Prust and Brian Boyle took a nap with the HBO cameras and camera men in their hotel room, and that Boyle, knowing that the camera men and cameras were in the room, slept naked? I thought the whole second episode strayed far too far away from the behind-the-scenes hockey stuff. Especially because the lockerroom-bench-ice mics and cameras have given us unbelievable stuff.
12) News: NHL cracking down on hits to head during concussion epidemic. News: Pittsburgh's goon Deryk Engelland gets three games for hit to the head of Marcus Kruger (Festivus name!). Views: Give me a break. Three games? What a joke.
My Three Rangers Stars:
1) Martin Biron.
2) Michael Del Zotto.
3) Ryan McDonagh.
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Residents, business owners, ministers and victims' relatives are part of the group proposing the renaming of Imperial Avenue to help it shed the stigma of its link to convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell (SOH'-wehl). It's part of a plan to memorialize the victims at the property, where the home was demolished last year.
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Buena onda.
A common and beloved phrase here in Córdoba. People can have buena onda. Places. Things. Todo (everything). I have struggled to come up a suitable translation in English, and that makes it even more beautiful. Buena=good and onda=wave. Buena onda is something you just feel and can't really explain. A person who you can just tell has such a kind heart, a genuinely good soul; a place that just gives off a positive energy…it's really everywhere if you allow yourself to feel it.
In the past few months here in Argentina I have run into so much buena onda that it may in fact be seeping into my very being. I try to take in the buena onda wherever I go, and I think we all do that without realizing it. We travel from place to place from here to there searching for people, for places, for experiences that makes us feel alive and content. And once we find it, we settle in the moment to soak it in.
I have tried to assemble a list of "buena ondas" from the past month or so [more or less in chronological order]…there have been many.
1. Gettin' Educated
Yes. I am in fact getting educated here in Argentina both in the traditional and non-traditional sense. During the month of February, I completed a Spanish intensive. Now, I am enrolled in another Spanish class and also Problemática Socioeconómica. Both are challenging in content and language. My lack of motivation to do any real schoolwork while in Argentina doesn't help either. But I like to tell myself that I'm studying while eating dinner with my family, watching Los Graduados (a popular soap opera or "novela" here), reading to my little sisters, sitting and drinking mate with my Argentine friends and even going out on weekends to the boliches (clubs)… because HEY the music is in Spanish most of the time.
I have learned a lot in a place where I'm supposed to be teaching. I started volunteering at a preschool in the city a few weeks ago. My first day there, I was immediately welcomed by the director Carmen and told "You are going to do great here. You are already part of our family." The rest of the day I ran around a sand and concrete playground with 30 three-and-four-year-olds. They began finding gifts for me. Leaves. Rocks. Sticks. Random stickers that had found refuge in the sand. And throughout the day they would give them to me until I could no longer hold them all. They are also intrigued with my key necklace. "Es este tu llave?" Is this your key? What does it open? I tried explaining the symbolism of adventure and unknown to them, how I don't know what it opens, but that's what I like about it. Most of them looked at me blankly….probably from a combination of my broken Spanish and abstractedness. But just as I was about to give up, the little girl on my lap looked up at me and smiled. Entendés? Do you understand? Sí. Yes. And from there they ran off screaming toward the slide, pushing rubber tires, fighting over pails and shovels finding adventures of their own in every area of that small enclosed place.
I was told by the director that the mission of this preschool is to give these kids, many of whom come from tough family backgrounds, a stable home. They want them to learn how to solve their own problems between themselves, so when trivial arguments arise I was told to not involve myself. And it works. An arm that in one moment was angry enough to throw a toy, hugs in an immediate moment of regret. Their kindness knows no bounds. And if this place has any onda other than una buena onda, it's an onda of home. The building itself is an old house, the four women like mothers to all of the children. And me, I'm only a visitor, but I've found yet another family.
2. Speaking of Family…
I am so lucky I have the family I do. My house is always buena onda…with visitors in and out almost every day, dancing and singing in the kitchen, and the occasional fiesta and asado. Towards the end of March, a man from Buenos Aires named Graciano moved into the room above the house. He is in his 30s and is constantly happy, quirky, and talkative. He is continuing his philosophy studies at the university and has boxes and boxes of books. It's not uncommon for him to sprint up the spiral staircase mid-conversation, grab a book, and lend it to me to read. Euge, Graciano and I (before Euge moved out..I'll get to that later) would have study sessions every night until 2 or 3 in the morning. One night, after my favorite toast (ARRIBA, ABAJO, A CENTRO, ADENTRO) we discussed why we all came to Córdoba. We are all here studying, yes. But we are also all at different stages in our life, from different backgrounds. Graciano says Córdoba is the best city in the world. Why? Because of the buena onda, of course!
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My little sister Clari celebrated her 6th birthday last week. In the afternoon, there were about 30 of her friends running around, and later her entire family came. My mom and other younger sister, Vera, made this amazing cake!
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Love is something very tasteful and the most beautiful pleasure and blessing granted by Allah and one that delights the body most. It is difficult to understand why people resist love so much. The ones who side with love need to support love compassionately because love can be easily crumpled and quickly shattered. Anger is not quickly gone. Anger has a very solid foundation; grudges and hatreds have very a strong basis and they develop easily. Hatred can sprout with little effort. A little hatred can turn into a big one. However, love requires patience, willpower, wisdom, courtesy, cleanliness, respect and regard. So one must use his or her mind all the time. In cruelty, immorality, atrocities, inhumanity, lovelessness or mercilessness there is no need to use any wisdom. Animal instincts are enough. It is enough to behave like an animal; it is enough to move like an animal. Therefore, lovelessness and mercilessness are more advantageous because with love you would need to use your mind.
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Loving Allah is also something that requires wisdom and effort but opposing Allah is very easy when you act on animal instinct. Irreligiousness is very easy. They can do it coarsely; but being religious, truly religious, is very difficult. It requires using the mind, gracefulness, effort, courtesy and conscience.
"Read, it will strike like lightening."
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"He will march in the storms of the south, and the Lord Almighty will shield them. They will destroy and overcome with slingstones."
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Believers are like jewels with their clothes, beauty and ornaments.
"How attractive and beautiful they will be!"
For example, it is very meaningful. They are both handsome and beautiful. They say: "Why handsome and why beautiful?" Look, the Torah also points to this.
"Diviners see visions that lie; they tell dreams that are false, they give comfort in vain."
For example, really, they are on TV saying: "This star went here and such will happen and that star went there and this will happen." They lie all the time. It is said in the Torah, "They divert people by telling dreams with no reality."
"My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders;"
For example, world leaders either die or get into trouble one by one, because they don't serve the system of the Mahdi. When they don't serve the system of the Mahdi, they meet with a disaster.
"Egypt's scepter will pass away."
It says that the government in Egypt will be toppled.
"Assyria's pride will be brought down"
Meaning Iraq, that region… It was really overthrown. Look, its pride was toppled. The thing that draws attention the most is that they lost their pride. This was what is aimed at.
"I will strengthen them in the Lord"
So Allah says, "I will make Muslims stronger."
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CLERMONT, Fla. (March 5, 2012) - Rollins (17-4) traveled to the National Training Center in Clermont, Fla. Monday afternoon for a tune up before opening up conference play this Friday. The Tars added two tallies to win column, taking game one 7-1 against Cedarville and finished the day with an 11-1 victory over Southern New Hampshire.
Rollins jumped on Cedarville early, scoring one in the first when Aimee Halpin scored on a wild pitch by Yellow Jackets starter Cecilia DeBartolo. Halpin had opened the game for the Tars reaching on a throwing error by second baseman Kenleigh Ludlow and also advanced to second on the play and would steal third shortly after.
The Tars added three more in the second thanks to a RBI double by Halpin, scoring Shelby Walters, and an RBI infield single by Monica Meadows that platted Nicole Ankrom and also allowed the speedy Halpin to come around to score to make it 4-0 Rollins after two.
After freshman pitcher Taylor McGowan shut down Cedarville again in the top of the third, Rollins went right back to work in the bottom half, adding 2 more to the deficit. After senior Meredith Foster reached on a fielder's choice, Lawna Hunter ripped a triple to score Foster. Hunter would score a batter later on a RBI ground out by Walters.
The Yellow Jackets would finally get on the board in the fourth, taking advantage of a Tars mistake. Cedarville had runners on first and third with two outs when catcher Ankrom sailed a throw back to McGowan that allowed Kelsey Wilson to score from third.
Rollins would add an insurance run in the sixth on a RBI single by Halpin, pushing the lead to 7-1, which would more than enough for McGowan (4-0) as she would toss a scoreless seventh to cruise to her fourth win of the year. McGowan went the distance while giving up just one run, zero earned, and striking out four. DeBartolo took the loss, giving up six runs, five earned, in three innings pitched.
Game two would start in similar fashion as the Tars would score one in the top of the first. Halpin opened the game with a walk and was sacrificed to second by sophomore Veronica Alred. With Meadows at the plate, Halpin took off for third. The throw from catcher Cristy Jenkins sailed into left field, allowing Halpin to score on the error.
Southern New Hampshire starter Ali Maloof would settle down after the first and would trade zeros with Rollins starter Hope Bitzer until the fifth.
It was then that the Tars would blow the game wide open, erupting for five runs in the frame on four hits, including two for extra bases, highlighted by a two run double by Halpin.
With the score 6-0, the Penmen would add a run of their own in the fourth on a RBI double by Nicole Newell that scored Maloof. Unfortunatly for Southern New Hampshire, that would be the only blemish on the scorecard on the evening for Bitzer.
Rollins would go on to score two more in the fifth, courtesy of a two run bomb by Hunter, and three in the sixth thanks to RBI doubles from Alred and Meadows.
Bitzer (8-2) would strike out the side in the bottom half of the sixth to wrap up the game in a run rule to earn her eighth win of the year. The senior pitcher scattered five hits while giving up just one run and striking out nine in six innings of work. Maloof (0-2) suffered the loss going five innings while giving up nine runs, six earned, on eight hits.
Rollins will be back in action Friday, Mar. 9th when they welcome Nova Southeastern to Winter Park to open conference play in game one of a three game series. Friday's game is set for 7 pm with a double header to follow on Saturday afternoon at 1 pm. Fans can follow all the action live on the Tars Sports Network at RollinsSports.com.


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ONE OF the biggest steps to adjusting to life post-Sochi 2014 for Paula Walker will be getting used to having another JJ around the house.
Five husky puppies born to an abandoned mother during this month's Winter Olympics were named after potential Great Britain medallists.
And after receiving good luck messages on behalf of the four-legged JJ during the Games, Walker and her partner and fellow Great Britain bobsleigh pilot John Jackson decided to adopt his fluffy namesake.
Walker, who lives in Trowbridge with Jackson, finished 12th in the women's two-man event alongside brakewoman Rebekah Wilson in Sochi last week and says she can't wait to relax after the trials and tribulations of the Games.
"We have thought about getting a dog for a while so when we heard about JJ, we thought why not get one named after John?" said Walker, who is also a corporal with the Royal Signals.
"We went to visit him this week and we'll take him home after our military commitments in Austria. On Saturday, we're both flying out to compete (in the Inter Services Ice Sports Championships).
"I'll be representing the army and John will competing for the Navy, so we'll be up against each other – it brings our season to a close and once that's done, we can finally have a few weeks off, because it's been absolutely exhausting."
After failing to build on her first two runs on the final day of competition in Sochi, Walker, who was 11th alongside Kelly Smith at the 2010 Games in Vancouver, readily admitted that she was disappointed with her final performance.
The Great Britain ace is now waiting to see if her UK Sport funding will continue into the next four-year Olympic cycle.
"I was obviously a bit disappointed with my result but I was happy with three of my four runs and I was delighted to see John finish 0.11 seconds off a medal," said Walker.
"We'll have to wait and see what happens with my funding.
"Us athletes will find out the same time as everyone else, so we've just got to wait for an announcement.
"I'd love to say that I'm going to another games but we'll just have to see what happens next."
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Did you know?
Many karretjie families who have become sedentary still keep their donkeys and their hand-built carts.
When you travel the back roads of the vast Karoo, chances are you'll come across a family on a donkey cart, slowly heading towards the horizon.
On the cart, as befits the gypsy life, all the family's worldly goods are carefully stashed. By evening, they will be ensconced on a farm or, if the journey is long, by the side of the road. Some call the road the langplaas – the 'long farm'. Others call it the gang – the 'corridor'.
These are the karretjiemense – the cart people – of the Karoo. Nomadic by nature and necessity, their roots stem from the first people of this dry place: the /Xam-speaking San (Bushmen) and the Khoi.
Initially, the /Xam were nomads in these parts. Then they became farm labourers working for money or food. They stayed mobile, however, eventually adopting the classic donkey cart as their 'caravan'.
If they're lucky, the karretjiemense still work for livestock farmers. In the shearing season, their blades are of the busiest in the shed. The young men also learn the tricky trade of fence-spanning, and this service is still much in demand.
Times have changed, however, and the call for the gypsy shearers is diminishing. Many Karoo farmers are training up their permanent staff or hiring teams of specialist cutters from Lesotho or the former Transkei.
Although this tiny group of wanderers faces many social challenges, they – like the ever-turning windpump – have become icons of the Karoo, South Africa's outback. The visual irony is obvious: seen from a distance, a packed Karoo donkey cart is the romantic epitome of the open road.
However, that open road is getting more cramped for this underclass of people who spend most of their lives on the edge, due to poverty and alcohol abuse. Many have come to live – jobless – in the townships of Karoo villages.


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WINCHESTER firefighters are amongst thousands across the country on strike today in a row over pensions.
The walk-out, which is the longest yet in the campaign by members of the Fire Brigades Union, started at 9am this morning, and will end at 9am tomorrow (June 13).
Both appliances at Winchester Fire Station are unmanned, with calls being answered by Sutton Scotney, Alresford, Droxford, Wickham, Eastleigh and Stockbridge stations.
A Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said: "Calls are still being answered and all calls are being responded to, it's just that response times may be a little longer.
"Both pumps are off the run at the moment, but that could change throughout the 24 hour period."
In April firefighters' pension contributions increased for the third year running, to 14.2 per cent, typically paying £4,000 a year from a £29,000 salary.
Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, has called for a televised debate on the proposals, which the union says are unworkable, unfair and unaffordable.
The next strike is planned for Saturday, June 21, between 10am and 5pm.


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YASER Kasim will try to keep himself as busy as possible in the build-up to the weekend trip to Leyton Orient as he looks to banish the memories of Monday's penalty shoot-out defeat to Peterborough United in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.
Kasim scored from 12 yards in the shootout but Massimo Luongo and Tijane Reis missed the target altogether as Posh ran out 4-3 winners, adavancing to Wembley for the final on March 30.
It was a bitter pill to swallow for Kasim and his teammates but, with a difficult visit to Brisbane Road appearing rapidly on the not-so-distant horizon, the Iraqi midfielder knows Town have to get themselves right mentally if they want to seriously pursue a League One play-off place.
Kasim has decided being active and seeing those closest to him is the best way to go about preparing for the clash against Orient on Saturday.
"We will rest but it depends on the player.
"For me I will try and be busy, go to the gym and have a swim and also spend time with family back home in London," he told the Advertiser.
"When you are so close and have been through so much in this cup it really hurts and it's tough to take but we have to move on from it.
"We were one penalty shoot-out away from Wembley and it just didn't go right for us.
"I can't say for Mass(imo) and Tijane but as a footballer they will bounce back.
"They have to because it's their job.
"Once we're back in training the boys will get around them and I'm sure it will be fine.
"We've got Orient which is a big game so we need to pick ourselves up and move on.
"We have to see the positives because we played well and we weren't going to lose the game, it never looked like we would lose the game, so to lose on penalties is tough to take.
"Depending on where we are and things like that we would be happy (with two draws against Peterborough).
"We've played them a few times now and if we played them over 10 games we are the better team. We just didn't get there."


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A murder investigation has been launched after a man was killed in a quiet, leafy suburb.
Police were called out at 8.15pm last night to a house in Huntingfield Road, Roehampton.
A forensic officer arrives at the scene at lunchtime today
A man, believed to be in his 30s, was found suffering serious injuries.
London Air Ambulance attended the scene but the man, understood to live in the road, was dead on arrival.
He has not yet been formally identified and his next of kin have not been informed.
Neighbours spoke of their horror this morning after they found out a man was murdered in their street.
One resident who has lived in the area for 40 years said: "It all started at about 8pm. We heard shouting but we don't know if it had anything to do with that or not. Then my neighbour rang me and said 'have you seen the police cordons outside?'
"The whole road was swarming with police, meat wagons – you name it they had it. It was all cordoned off.
More police officers arriving at the scene this morning
"There were dogs, air ambulance and the police towed away residents' cars. I must have had one hour of sleep last night.
"There must have been 30 police cars at both ends of the road. It is normally very quiet. I think the police are shocked they are never called out here.
"Everyone was shocked. Everyone was coming out of their houses. We all really know each other – it's a strong community.
"Everyone is really friendly around here – we had a street party in the Jubilee – that's what this street is like."
Another resident, who didn't want to be named, said: "It's not nice if it happened in the street. I haven't been told by the police what has happened. I would like to be told by the police but they haven't said anything to us."
Police are at the scene this morning and an area near the junction with Elmshaw Road has been cordoned off.
An alleyway off Huntingfield Road, opposite Elmshaw Road, has also been cordoned off.
Met Police have said they will carry out a post mortem in due course.
The road is expected to be closed until tomorrow
The investigation is being led by Detective Chief Inspector Charlie King.
He said: "At this early stage we are keeping an open mind about any possible motive.
"We are appealing for potential witnesses who saw anyone suspicious or any suspicious activity around the address at this time to please come forward."
A London Ambulance spokesperson said: "We were called at 8.40pm to reports of an incident in Huntingfield Road.
"We sent a single responder by car, an ambulance crew, a duty officer and London's Air Ambulance to the scene.
"Sadly, the patient was pronounced dead by the doctor from London's Air Ambulance at the scene."
No one has been arrested so far.
Anyone who can help should call the incident room on 020 8721 4205 or if you wish to remain anonymous, Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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Saw the beer can chicken episode on PBS this weekend. Best show so far in the series!
Couple of additional tips that may be helpful.
Add a little water to the foil drippings pan at the start of the cook. This will keep the drippings from burning. Doesn't need a lot. If you prefer use another liquid, such as apple juice instead of water. Throw in some of your rub, too.
At the end of the cook, save the drippings. Skim off some of the fat. Deglaze the pan for a gravy or sauce. Depending on your rub flavors, add complimentary flavors such as orange juice to make your sauce.
Another tip is to set your 'canned' chicken in the drip pan itself. Set that combo on the grate. Choose a small drip pan, such as a disposable pie pan. I've found the chicken to be more stable than when it's set directly on the grate. Mound your charcoal on either side under the pan. Then, put a few coals directly under the pan. That helps even out the temperature. Not too many, though. You don't want to burn the drippings.
If you have access to quail, you've gotta try the pineapply juice can. Those looked delicious!! Sure made me hungry watching those come off the grill.


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Victorian tobacco control groups are calling for a commission of inquiry with full powers to investigate the behavior of British American Tobacco (BAT) and its lawyers, following revelations appearing in The Age newspaper today.
Quit Victoria and the VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control (VCTC) said that behavior of this kind by lawyers, as detailed in the article, smears the credibility of the entire legal system.
The VCTC's Director of Law and Regulation, Mr Jonathan Liberman, said if lawyers behave in this way and go unpunished, the community could have no faith in the justice system.
"Lawyers are supposed to protect the integrity of the legal system, not abuse it."
"Every lawyer knows that they have a legal and professional responsibility to the court, which includes duties of honesty and candour. These lawyers appear to have been willing to say and do almost anything to protect their own, and their clients' interests."
The groups have renewed calls for an inquiry into the behaviour of British American Tobacco, which destroyed thousands of documents that would have been relevant in cases like the McCabe case.
"Whilst today's revelations raise new concerns about the behaviour of its lawyers it was the company whose incriminating documents were destroyed, and the company that won a case that was tainted by giving of false evidence and the deliberate misleading of the court," said Mr Liberman.
"A recent court decision, in a massive case brought by the US Department of Justice, agreed with Justice Eames' decision about the purpose of the document destruction policy, namely to ensure that incriminating documents were kept out of court."
"Unlike in the US, neither the company nor its lawyers have been held to account in Australia for their behaviour."
"This is a serious administration of justice issue. It is for Government, not for individual members of the community like the McCabe family, to hold those responsible to account."
Executive Director of Quit, Mr Todd Harper, said according to today's report lawyers acting for BAT deliberately used tactics to exploit the fact Rolah McCabe only had a few months to live.
"For lawyers to deliberately misuse the litigation process to take advantage of a dying woman is beneath contempt."
"This corrupt behaviour prevented Rolah McCabe from receiving the justice she was entitled to."
"This is a stark reminder of the incredibly low depths the tobacco industry, and those it works with, will sink to in order to avoid taking responsibility for the devastation caused by the product it peddles."
"The tobacco industry acts as if is above the law. It does all it can to avoid taking responsibility for damage caused by cigarettes with utter disregard for the truth."
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Went to dinner Saturday night with 3 friends to Uncle Bub's. Uncle Bub's won "Best Sauce" at the Best of the West in Reno last Labor Day weekend. It was Uncle Bub's first trip to Reno. Uncle Bub's has won many awards locally and regionally including Best Sauce and Best Ribs at Naperville (IL) Rib Fest.
Mark and hs crew have an extensive catering operation. Think he told me last June that in the first 3 weeknds of June, with high school graduations and a few other local events, that they were going to cater for 12, 000 to 14, 000. Know he had a refrigerator truck parked in back and at least 6, maybe 8, cookers going in the parking lot.
Anyway, went to dinner with 3 friends Saturday night. I've been to Uncle Bub's many times and have seen them in competition - my three friends had never been to Uncle Bub's. I had a slab of beef ribs with cole slaw and baked beans as sides. Outside of Texas, good beef ribs are hard to find. These were the best beef ribs I've ever had, and all the times over the years that I've been there, may be the best meal that I've ever had there. One friend had a full slab of baby backs and another a full slab of St. Louis cut - both had beans and fries as sides and said that the ribs were the best they've ever had. Fourth friend is a picky and very fussy eater - also the only female with my group. Kathy ordered a cheeseburger with fries and cole slaw as sides. First time I have ever seen her eat everything on her plate.
Went back to Uncle Bub's for lunch on Monday. Had told Mark & Jay about my bacon and took them over a sample. Had the rib tips. I'm a sucker for good rib tips and Uncle Bub's has really good rib tips.


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Lt Walter Reed, B-25 Bomb./Nav. 321st BG, 447th BS, MTO during WWII
1945 — Italy
321st BG, 447th BS, Lt Walter H Reed, B-25 Combat Bomb./Nav. Near end of the War (3 Combat Missions)
17 Feb. 2014;
Hello Barbi, My name is Thomas Reed and my father, LT Walter H. Reed, was in the 321st, 447th, and arrived in Italy on April 22, 1945, as a Bombardier/Navigator. Since he arrived at Falconara late in the war, he flew only three combat missions. I frequently check the 57th website, mainly to try and identify which B-25 he flew in, but have had no luck as most of the crew/plane information during that period is missing, and he passed in 1991. I do have several old photos he had and of planes on missions, and have been able to identify two of them by the tail numbers—#13 Peggy Lou (445th), and # 40 Lemmon Lou-446th). The pictures were probably taken from a 447th aircraft, which I assumed was his. Walter's proud son; Thomas (and Janice) Reed
57th BW Gallery Album; http://57thbombwing.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=68334


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This Week's landscape links
The Green Team Part 7: From Field to Park | Lisa DuRussel | Metropolis Magazine
"The landscape architect's job doesn't end when she leaves the nursery. The trees we've selected must be maintained, cared for, and prepped in anticipation of delivering them to the project for installation. "
The 1934 Plan to Fill In the Hudson River for $1 Billion | Jessica Dailey | Curbed
"In 1934, an engineer named Norman Sper proposed filling in the Hudson River to create an additional ten square miles for city development."
Peavey Plaza Now Registered As Historic Place | CBS Minnesota
Downtown Minneapolis' Peavey Plaza has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places, The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) announced Thursday.
Reuse and the Cultural Landscape | Vince Michael | Time tells
"In a real sense, the challenge is to fine-tune our approaches so that we can find new markets, new functions, new value in both elements of a cultural landscape: the tangible and the intangible."
Guide To Integrate Green Infrastructure Into Stormwater Permits | Jeffrey Odefey | American Rivers
"Polluted runoff remains a significant source of pollution largely because the permits that regulate it are based on a poorly defined and highly discretionary standard that calls for measures that reduce stormwater "to the maximum extent practicable." "
Who's on First? Unlocking the potential of dispersed teams | Maria Manion, Rachel Casanova, & Roshelle Ritzenthaler | ideas+buildings
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Home > Tobacco Unfiltered > Los Angeles Times: Big Tobacco Targets Africa
Los Angeles Times: Big Tobacco Targets Africa
Strong measures needed to curb preventable deaths
Posted by: Editor | Dec 15, 2012
As smoking declines in many developed nations, the tobacco industry is targeting low- and middle-income countries, and Africa is a prime target for the industry's deadly products.
According to a new article in The Los Angeles Times, "Africa is Big Tobacco's last frontier, and companies are conquering the continent stick by stick. Even a child can afford the cost of a single cigarette," which can be as low as 16 cents.
The article cites a 2011 study by the University of Michigan that found "without more action by African nations to discourage smoking, the percentage of smokers will rise from an average 16% to 22% by 2030, a massive increase given U.N. predictions that sub-Saharan Africa's population will rise by half a billion, to 1.3 billion, by then."
Tobacco control experts quoted in the article shared similar fears:
- Yussuf Saloojee of South Africa's National Council Against Smoking: "This is a major battleground. The African population is very young. If they can hook customers now, they've got customers for the next 40 or 50 years. So the prospects of an increasing market share are very good."
- Evan Blecher, an economist with the American Cancer Society's International Tobacco Control Research Program: "Twenty years ago, the industry wasn't interested in Africa because they were still seeing considerable growth in other markets. As they've been pushed out of America, Australia, Europe, they're moving on to the next lowest-hanging fruit. With the resources that they have and the experience they have, they will be successful if nothing's done."'
The article underscores the urgent need for African nations to implement proven measures to reduce tobacco use, as called for by the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the world's first public health treaty. These measures included higher tobacco taxes; 100 percent smoke-free laws that apply to all workplaces and public bans; large, graphic health warnings; and bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship.
African governments need to be as aggressive in protecting the health and lives of their citizens as the tobacco industry is in targeting them.


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DETROIT - Detroit police are asking for your help in finding a missing 68-year-old man.
--Photograph of Joe Louis Richards, Jr. released by Detroit Police Department
Joe Louis Richards, Jr. was last seen by his caregiver around 11 p.m. Monday,Jan.17 at a home in the 120000 block of Westwood.
Richards was wearing a bluejacket with embroidered lettering "Local 235 Committee" on the front, a brown shirt, and blue jeans.
Richard is 5'-11", 169 lbs., with brown eyes, black hair, light complexion with a full beard and mustache.
He is a diabetic who relies on taking insulin. His care giver is unsure if missing took his medication when she last saw him.
If anyone has seen Joe Louis Richards, Jr., please contact the Detroit Police Department's Criminal Investigative Bureau at 313-596-5240.
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Q & A — August 2004
By Capt. Ken Kreisler
Bearing Down
| Bearing damage in a
diesel engine, making better electrical connections, and more.
Why would a bearing
farthest from the oil pump on a diesel show the most damage? J
.S., via e-mail
In a diesel, oil is pumped through the oil cooler and then through one or more filters. Bypass valves ensure there is a sufficient supply of lubricant if a filter or cooler becomes clogged. From the filter, oil flows through various passages to components requiring lubrication and cooling, then returns to the oil pan.
Excessive bearing wear can occur if the oil system operates in bypass mode for an extended period of time, bypassing the filter and allowing contaminants to accumulate in the oil. The accompanying diagram shows a normal, lubricated crankshaft journal and bearing. Catastrophic bearing damage results when a crankshaft journal and bearing receive an insufficient supply of oil. The result is bearing material displaced by the crankshaft journal, the amount of damage depending on the duration of the oil starvation.
A "smeared" bearing occurs when the top lead-tin overlay is relocated, usually in the center of the bearing. A "scuffed" bearing occurs when the deeper aluminum layer is exposed, also usually in the center. The most severe damage is a "seized" bearing, in which bearing material melts and becomes welded to the crankshaft surface.
In cases where the problem is oil starvation, the bearing farthest from the oil pump usually shows the most damage because it received the least amount of oil. In cases where oil is bypassed around the filters, contaminated oil usually causes excessive wear that shows up equally on all bearings.
How long after installing
a new V-belt should it be checked, and are there any other tips for maintaining
them? A.N., via e-mail
Preventive maintenance calls for regular inspection for nicks, cuts, abrasion, and glazing. If you find a belt that needs to be changed, it's most likely a good idea to change all your belts at the same time. And keep several spares on board just in case you need one when you are away from the dock.
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This article originally appeared in the July 2004 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Cardinals' rookie John Gast made his major-league debut Wednesday night in a 10-4 win over the Mets. With a surname that begs to be both punned and rhymed, it was no surprise to see a few headlines that were just a little bit, well, Gast-ly.
After all, Gast is only one letter away from the word "gas". Something the folks at 101 ESPN noticed as well.
In something of an upset though, many headline writers decided to unleash their inner poet after the game, as per this example from STLToday.com.
The most egregious offender though had to be the major league baseball itself, starting with this entry, which couples the power of rhyme with just a hint of flatulence.
But that was nothing compared to this next headline, which could have come straight out of a Dr. Seuss book.
I do not like headlines with ham. I do not like them, Sam I Am.
As one might expect, once a general public is bombarded with rhymes and puns, eventually this sort of thing starts trickling into online forums.
Which lead to this interesting comment:
On second thought, I think I could tolerate a million puns if Gast had an arm like Cincinnati's Aroldis Chapman.
Some more headlines we definitely expect to see before John Gast's career is done.
"John Turns in a Gastly Performance"
"Cardinals Run Out of Gast Against Reds"
"Miller Just Passed Gast for Team Lead in Wins"
"Cardinal Fans A-Gast Over Situation in Middle East"
"Gast from the Past: John Returns to Busch as Marlin, Topples Cards"