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The match is scheduled to kick off at 15h00 at the Dobsonville Stadium
The central defender, who has been out for almost three months due to a collateral knee ligament strain, missed the clash against Zimbabwe last month.
"It's the first time I am training with the team again, and it feels really good to be back. I have been out for 13 weeks without playing football and doing rehabilitation. There are still a few areas I need to work on and get the injury out of my mind. But I am sure I will be ready in the next couple of days," said van Wyk.
"I cannot wait to take the field against Ghana which I believe will be a much tougher opponent than Zimbabwe. They are more physical, but I think we can compete with them. The last time we faced the Black Queens, we were able to pip them through a penalty shootout and we are looking to do one better for the fans by defeating them within the allotted 90 minutes," she concluded.
Sasol Banyana Banyana are preparing for the upcoming African Women's championship qualifiers match against Comoros at the end of the month, and coach Vera Pauw is impressed with the team's performance thus far. She believes that the match against Ghana will assist in building a strong team.
"Preparations are going well, we have only had three training sessions together. We had the first explosive training session yesterday, to gain more power and after that we had game time. I am impressed by what I saw," said Pauw.
"We have reviewed the previous match against Zimbabwe and feel that we made it easy for them. It was not the individual mistakes that were a concern but the whole team lacked cohesion in the first 45 minutes. The match against Ghana could not have come at a better time as we look to intensify preparations ahead of the African Women's Championship qualifiers against Comoros," she added.
Defender Letago Madiba, who plies her trade for Tshwane University of Technology in the Sasol League remains the only injury scare for the team ahead of the match after sustaining a knee injury during today's training session.
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Yachts' Anjilis — By Diane M. Byrne
— May 2003
Deco Drive
|Part 2: The owners wanted a truly custom yacht that reflected their lifestyle.
The owners applied the same emphasis that they gave the engineering to the interior design and space planning. They both give high marks to designer Dee Robinson, who they said embraced their no-compromise goal of achieving an elegant yet casual interior, reflective of what they call a "deco romantic" look. The owners love the whole aura of that era, from the artwork to the music. "We wanted to carry our personal life onboard," the wife adds, explaining how they even picked out some horse sculptures for Anjilis because they raise Arabian horses. The standout deco design elements include black and gold rectangular columns in the main-deck dining area (they also cleverly conceal stowage for glassware and related items) and striking artwork, depicting skyscrapers, in the three guest staterooms below deck (two queens and one twin).
The backdrop to the art deco atmosphere is satin-finished cherrywood, with mahogany inserts bringing out the warm tones. But more impressive, Anjilis features some of the most intricate millwork I've seen on a yacht this size. The patterns even vary from place to place. Beneath the lid of the hidden martini bar to starboard in the saloon (next to the pop-up 42-inch plasma TV), for example, the pattern is a series of raised circles and oblongs. Even recesses above areas like the dining table (with a dramatic, lacquered-goatskin surface) are lined with wood panels a few inches deep.
Given Anjilis' 124-foot length and raised-pilothouse design, you might expect to find her space planning follows that of most yachts of her size and style: a combination saloon and dining area, with a country kitchen occupying the forward-most portion of the main deck. But remember, the owners wanted a truly custom yacht that reflected their lifestyle and the way they--and their crew--liked to operate, so they made some significant changes.
While the galley is still forward on the main deck, it's an L-shape design without a dining spot. "We didn't think it was gonna work," Smith confesses, "but she made it work." "She" is Anjilis' chef (and the captain's wife), Susan Hodge. As the owners explain, Susan finds the L-shape layout more efficient. Since she and her husband have been with the owners for more than three years, the owners say they felt comfortable deferring many operational decisions to them about seven months before the yacht was completed. Susan even oversaw the sizing of drawers to ensure all the items she planned to use aboard would fit properly.
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As for the rest of Anjilis, what deco-inspired yacht would be complete without her very own Fred and Ginger? They're the two PWCs, with matching black-and-white color schemes. The nicknames actually started as a joke between the owners and Robinson; they told me they'd kid that the black-and-white marble sole by the starboard entry on the main deck looked like the perfect platform for the famous duo to dance upon, and when the PWCs were chosen, the names just stuck.
The rest of the flying bridge is definitely the play deck, as a RIB and two Vespa mopeds are stowed fully aft, alongside Fred and Ginger. There's also a hot tub, grill, bar, a handful of sunchairs, benchseating, and an L-shape table; the owners even roll out a treadmill when they've had their fill of relaxing. "We live up there," the husband says.
Throughout our conversation, the owners emphasized how the entire Trinity team had been dedicated to serving them as customers and how they enjoyed the experience. Maybe they enjoyed themselves a little too much. "It was a two-year build, but we made it that way!" the husband laughs. No matter; for all the time and attention they put into this project, I fully expect that the next time I encounter them--"the owner and her husband"--I'll probably find them sitting on the aft deck, gazing out at the water.
Trinity Yachts Phone: (504) 283-4050. www.trinityyachts.com.
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I think Silver should be used in more games. People been dissing him lately. He's the only Sonic character that can use Pshycokineisis(PK). That's sweet.--Sonic Blur 23:02, 16 March 2009 (UTC)Sonic Blur
- Despit being from the future. I agree, he seems quite sane for it. Plus, despite the last game centered on a char other than Sonic, Id like to learn more of Silvers time in the future.--Mystic Monkey 23:23, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
- I Agree compleatly!~ A wikia contributor
Yea I mean STH(06) you only saw like 1 maybe 2 parts of his future--Sonic Blur 23:36, 16 March 2009 (UTC)Sonic Blur
- Yah, thats only a burnt down city though, I imagine Silvers home would look something like Grand Metropolis or somewhere in the Sonic Riders series--Mystic Monkey 00:12, 17 March 2009 (UTC).
You, know something, Crisis City if you look at buildings closely it looks like a present day city. Probabaly because it was burned but still.--Sonic Blur 10:59, 17 March 2009 (UTC)Sonic Blur
I forgot where i read it, but there is a rumor about a game called Silver the Hedgehog, if it comes out, ill buy it! ^_^ Dawnthehedgehog 18:18, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
I had googled Silver and I had saw a cover for it. IDK if it's real or not. O, sorry I wasn't here, I had a field trip. --Sonic Blur 20:23, 17 March 2009 (UTC)Sonic Blur
it would be a sweet game unless sega rushes it... Dawnthehedgehog 01:45, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
A sweet game? It'd be GREAT! I also want a Knuckles the Echidna game, or a Chaotix game (Man, Espio is COOL!) Flashfire212 07:59, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
A Chaotix game would be sweet with all the missions and stuff--Sonic Blur 12:23, 18 March 2009 (UTC)Sonic Blur/Speed
- I considerd making 2 Silver games, one an RPG and one utilising the Wii controls. You know me and my schemes.--Mystic Monkey 00:53, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
They might put him in Sonic Chronicles 2--Sonic Blur 12:34, 19 March 2009 (UTC)Sonic Blur/Speed yes i think he must be in more gamesHedgehogs 14:01, 19 March 2009 (UTC)hedgehogs
personally, i like blaze better. but then again, i guess im being biased.The Chosen One of Fire 02:03, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
That's a 1st--Sonic Blur 12:16, 20 March 2009 (UTC)Sonic Blur/Speed
there is also a rumor 4 sonic heros 2 and shadow the hedgehog 2 Dawnthehedgehog 16:40, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
wait 60, aren't we getting off topic?--Sonic Blur 19:58, 22 March 2009 (UTC)Sonic Blur/Speed
Silver is a rivals exclusive, Blaze is a Rush exclusive, Shade is a Chronicles exclusive and the Rogues are Riders exclusive. Course that dosen't mean they won't appear after these serieses(?) are finished. Myself 123 12:04, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
After consideration, I would enjoy a game based of Silver, even if it's not like the usual sonic gameplay which I expect it wouldn't due to his own skills. Possibly while Shadows game is more of a "Shoot-em-up", Silvers can be Stradegy.--Mystic Monkey 21:58, 28 March 2009 (UTC) Mainly cuz, he uses his mind while using his PK--Sonic Blur 22:53, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
Regarding Sonic heroes 2, it WAS being made by fans as a 2D release on wii and DS, but was cancelled. There is a Silver the Hedgehog game, again by fans, in development. It appears Shadow won't be getting another game anytime soon.Byte2222
well then i guess we hav to wait and see Dawnthehedgehog 00:32, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
SILVER DEFINETELY NEEDS MORE GAMES. BTW, just so people know, someone made a flash that had Silver complaining about people calling him gay and stuff. He says that his power lies in his psykokinesis "like Guldo of DBZ." Except for one major difference - Guldo is the only person who can stop time in DBZ while Silver is the only one who CAN'T in the Sonic Universe.--BloodSonic1 16:59, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
awwwwwww poor silver! i lik silver so much! he is awesome! he is no________ gay! Dawnthehedgehog 03:06, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
- He's better off for an NDS side game than a major one such as the direction pad for movement and the stylis for moving things.--Mystic Monkey 13:20, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
ya so lik if he is using his telokinisis, u can control where the objects go...nice idea mystic... Dawnthehedgehog 01:48, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
It's Psycokinisis(PK) and he can stop time--Sonic Blur 02:25, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
p and t k are the same thing, mystic. personally i prefer tk.The Chosen One Of Fire 12:30, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
i agree to he must be in more gamesNarusuke55 18:09, 1 May 2009 (UTC)narusuke55
RUMOR ALERT RUMOR ALERT!!!! On tssz news, the voice of silver, Pete Capella, recently mentioned about a compilation game. If Capella is voicing in it, then silver is in it. Check out TSSZ News
- You have done well! *throws raw steak for you* --Mystic Monkey 20:22, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
I'll take that as a thank you *chews steak with extreme effort and wondering "where the heck is the A1 steak sauce?!"*--Milotheechidna 12:39, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
right here, here u go. *hands the A1 ss 2 him* Dawn the Hedgehog 05:49, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
(tackles milo) DON'T EAT RAW MEAT!!!! PANDEMIC OF SWINE FLU, REMEMBER?!?!?!?!?!?The Chosen One Of Fire 19:25, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
- Also food poisoning. But can we get back to Silver?
too simple.The Chosen One Of Fire 19:33, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
Ooookkkaaay. I know its my fault this time but I get annoyed when forums get off subject. Now, Silver has Psychokinesis, right? Shadow simply had chaos control and got his own *ahem* game. Why not Silver?--Milotheechidna 12:58, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
because.The Chosen One Of Fire 16:58, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
It depends if he's popular enough, also, steak is beef and (interesting fact) can be eaten raw without fear of food poisoning. Myself 123 17:17, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
Yep, anything except ground beef. The grinding exposes more surface area.--Milotheechidna 13:40, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
- Once again why are we talking about meat? Now, the reason Silver probably wont get his own game is becuase many fans dont like him. Many do, but alot are very strict. One of my friends isnt realy into sonic just because he had a sword in black knight. Imagine all the people who would stop being a fan when ANOTHER hedgehog was introduced, and had phscic powers--Skylerthewasp 19:28, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
- Sounds like it be more suited for truer Sonic fans than those turning away because of Werehogs, Swords, Psychic, Demons or bad voicing.--Mystic Monkey 21:58, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
I only like Silver for his design and PK powers, his voice makes me scream NOOB and his personality is okay but not all that great. Plus, what would be the purpose of Silver having his own game? The reason Shadow had his game because it was suppose to revel his past, so what would Silver's game really be about anyway?--Kit the Cat 21:54, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
- I agree, he does sound like a n00b, which is one of the reasons I like him.--Mystic Monkey 22:41, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
I guess it would be about silver's future ;). No seriously it could fill in some plotholes concerning what the heck is going on in his world and his connection to Blaze.--Milotheechidna 13:29, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Oh, yeah you're right! I just forgot that Silver was a hedgie from the future!--Kit the Cat 01:58, 15 May 2009 (UTC)


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Swiss industrial group Oerlikon has divested its solar segment to a supplier of semiconductor production equipment, Tokyo Electron, based in Japan. The sale is a strategic move so that Oerlikon can further develop the larger, high performing businesses in the Group, in order to continue profitable growth.
Dr Michael Buscher, CEO of Oerlikon Group, said, "This divestment is an important part of our strategy to streamline and balance the Group portfolio. TEL is an ideal strategic buyer for our solar business. Its main operations are close to the predominantly Asian customer base and having had a partnership with them for three years, they know our Solar Segment well.
The sale will give us the opportunity to focus on our high performing businesses, where we have critical mass, strong market positions and the potential to grow even further with increased profitability. We are convinced that this step is also the best solution for our employees as TEL is a strategic buyer aiming to develop a core solar business."
The sale remains subject to merger control approvals in a number of countries. It is expected to be concluded over a period of several months.
For more attend: Printed Electronics Europe 2012.


text: Oh oh Lucy, forgive me cuz I have sinned. I think a whole lot of folks violate these NEVERS every day. I just loaded my T6 to the top with pitchy doug fir and expect it to be an all day fire at a reasonable low burn. I've also burned Home Fire Prest-Logs 3 at a time and found that just about right. But I think we all agree on not burning anything but dry wood. Are you running an older stove Al? With a modern stove, if wood is dry, there's no smoke coming from the chimney and the flue gases are warm enough, creosote accumulation should not be an issue.


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WIDNES Vikings fans are invited to meet their team's Super League stars at a special dinner.
You can share a table with a first team player and find out the latest news from the club.
The season launch dinner is being held at Select Security Stadium at 7.30pm on Thursday, January 9.
The event will be hosted by Sky Sports Angela Powers and DJ Roy Basnett.
Head coach Dennis Betts will talk about the forthcoming season and there will be a chance to ask new signings questions.
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Herbert Drachman was born in 1876 in Tucson to Samuel and Jennie Drachman at a time when the Old Pueblo was still part of the Old West.
He grew up with his cousin Harry Arizona Drachman, who is said to be the first Anglo born in Tucson.
Toward the end of the 1800s, Herbert journeyed by stagecoach to Berkeley, Calif., where he studied at the University of California for five years. After graduating, he returned home and worked in his father's cigar store downtown. He also became active in athletics, with a particular fondness for baseball.
In 1909, after 10 years of business and civic duty, he went to San Francisco and founded a curio shop.
After the death of his father, he returned home in 1916 and set up a real estate and insurance company in which he flourished and was active until his death in the spring of 1937. He was married to Eda Drachman and had a stepson, Richard Drachman, who worked with him in his real estate and insurance business.
In 1934, he spearheaded a campaign to save the Orndorff Hotel downtown, but the landmark fell the following year to make room for a parking lot.
He spent more than two decades aiding the Tucson Chinese colony, the Yaqui Indians of Pascua Village and in many other civic activities. He also advocated against attempts to legalize gambling but seemed most proud of being a member of Tucson's first volunteer fire department - he often showed off pictures of himself and other firefighters.
According to a file at the Arizona Historical Society, his father purchased the block between Broadway, Fifth Avenue and Ochoa Street for $48 around 1880 and named the street to the east Herbert Avenue after his son.
"It Must Not Come Down," Arizona Daily Star, May 1934
"Herbert Drachman, Pioneer Tucsonian, Is Taken By Death," Tucson Citizen, October 1937
"Death Reaches Local Pioneer," Arizona Daily Star, October 1937
"An Old Timer and Gambling," Arizona Daily Star, February 1937
Editor's note
Each week the Star tells the stories behind Tucson street names. If you have streets to suggest or stories to share, contact writer David Leighton at email@example.com
Special thanks to Phillip Drachman of Drachman Insurance Services.


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Hello ... I am just about done with my first tray of Invisalign. So far things are going good but I do have a question with how my upper tray was cut by Invisalign. If you look at the attached picture you will see that the back molar on the left side is cut straight across and not round like on the right side. When wearing them it is clear that only half of that back tooth is covered. Does anyone else have the same thing? Was not sure if I should complain to my Orth. about this. I did also check my second tray and it is cut the same way as the first. Thoughts??


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San Jose, like every good California city, is blessed with gorgeous springs, sweltering summers, relaxing falls and ephemeral winters.
So when André Luiz, the San Jose Earthquakes injured midfielder talked to his old friend Geovanni about joining the team during the summer, he used the pleasant weather and the proximity to the beaches—a must for every Brazilian—as the main point in his sales pitch.
[inline_node:316561]"André said, 'Geovanni, you'll adapt well to the league. Life is good here—the sun, the weather, the city. He said everything was good," Geovanni told MLSsoccer.com shortly after his official presentation on Aug. 20.
Geovanni had just spent two seasons with English club Hull City. Needless to say, England's famously rainy weather is far from the constant beach weather the 30-year-old had been accustomed to in South America.
"You always have to go where [you] can be happy," Geovanni said.
Now, two-and-a-half months into his American foray, the attacking midfielder's decision to move has paid off: He is happy.
"I do feel at home here in San Jose," Geovanni told MLSsoccer.com this week. "I'm very happy to be here. The people have treated me well and the team has accepted me well."
Throughout his career, when Geovanni has felt comfortable, good things have usually followed.
Halfway through the 2002-03 season, a year-and-a-half after he failed to settle in with Spanish giants Barcelona—who had paid €20 million to take the midfielder to the Nou Camp—Geovanni was loaned out to Portuguese side Benfica for the remainder of the season and quickly carved out a spot for himself in the lineup.
Benfica signed the player for the next three seasons and Geovanni helped the Eagles soar back to the top of the Portuguese totem pole. Benfica won the Portuguese Cup in 2004 – their first title of any kind since 1996 – and also took home the 2004-05 Portuguese League. On top of that, they bagged the 2005-06 Portuguese SuperCup.
[inline_node:317064]When all was said and done in Lisbon, Geovanni left the club in 2006 with two Benfica Player of the Year awards ('04, '05), having scored 17 goals in 94 appearances. He spent a year at Cruzeiro, the historic Brazilian club from which he had first emerged, before moving to Manchester City in the EPL.
Geovanni netted his first goal with City in his third game, and he made sure it was a memorable one. Crosstown rivals Manchester United had come to visit and Geovanni received them with a 30-yard strike that sent the Red Devils back with a loss.
He ended his Citizens career with three goals in 23 appearances, not enough to earn him a stay at the club, but enough to earn the interest from recently promoted Hull City.
Geovanni scored Hull's first Premier League goal and went on to finish as the team's top scorer in 2008 with eight as the Tigers avoided relegation. The next season, the club was not so lucky, and Geovanni and the team decided to split ways.
Go West, Young Brazilian
Enter his old friend André Luiz. The Brazilian midfielder had been the point of reference for San Jose's offense ever since he'd joined the club midway through the 2009 season, shelling out passes from the top of a diamond midfield formation and calming things considerably in possession. But midway through 2010, he was sidelined with a season-ending injury. The offensive creativity went with him. San Jose's attack fell flat and Quakes head coach Frank Yallop had to act fast if he wanted the club to continue past the 30th game.
Yallop had often admired Geovanni's exploits in the Premier League and knew that if they could get a player of his caliber, it just might be the offensive punch the team needed.
"A lot of names were bounced around a lot, but we kept bouncing back and forth to one," said Yallop. "It was always too expensive—we weren't going to get a DP—[but the club] talked about, thought about it, and said, 'OK, we'll do it for this year, see what happens the following year. It was a no-brainer for us to try and [sign him]."
It didn't take long for Geovanni to settle into his new digs. Arriving in the 100-degree California summer months, Geovanni reunited with André Luiz and quickly warmed up to his new teammates. He also relished the opportunity to be the driving force behind the Quakes' run to the promised land.
"When I came here, I came to fulfill an objective: Help the team reach the playoffs," Geovanni said.
Just a day after he was officially presented with his new No. 77 jersey ("I liked No. 11, 10, 8 or 7, but they were all taken"), San Jose's new star entered the match against hated rivals Los Angeles to loud cheers from a hopeful crowd. He showed glimpses of magic in 20 minutes of action that day, but it wasn't until two weeks later, against Houston, that he his tricks began to pay off.
Just five minutes into the match, the Brazilian took the ball on the right flank and unleashed a pinpoint pass to midfielder Khari Stevenson, who finished to give the Quakes an early lead. Then, in the 63rd minute, Geovanni floated into the box and pounced on a loose ball. It was the match winner, and eventual Goal of the Week.
Geovanni strikes matchwinner against Houston
Immediately, defenses began focusing on containing Geovanni. This, in turn, opened up space for others, most notably Chris Wondolowski. The Golden Boot winner scored 11 of his 18 regular season goals after Geovanni's arrival.
"Geovanni brings the whole possession sense to [our attack], and just his knowledge of the game, it's amazing," praises Wondolowski. "Before, we were real direct [when we attacked] and I feel like we may not have gotten as many opportunities. Now, with Geovanni helping us keep the ball and getting the ball wide, it provides a little more crosses where I can try to go in and attack them.
"Any time you have an offensive weapon like him, it will open up space and get the eyes of the defenders, so it's really nice to have him."
With the offensive punch back in the lineup, Geovanni's objective of helping San Jose reach the playoffs was accomplished, and he now looks forward to helping the club win the title.
After disposing of New York in the Eastern Conference semifinal, the Quakes take on the Colorado Rapids in the Eastern Conference Championship (Saturday, 9:30 pm ET, FSC).
"I hope to play well on Saturday and reach the [MLS Cup] because winning the title is the dream of every player," said Geovanni. "When I got here, I said my dream was to be a champion, and not many believed San Jose could get this far."
But to reach the final step, Yallop needs Geovanni to be even more front-and-center.
"I want him to be more forceful in games and he knows that," said Yallop. "He's got to be the difference-maker on the team because he's the one that's got to be special. It's not an easy league to do that. He's feeling his feet and I think he's pretty excited about what he's doing right now."
Right now is all that matters. What happens after this season remains up in the air. The Quakes have the option to keep Geovanni. For his part, he'd be happy to stay.
"I want to write my own story at every club I play for," Geovanni said. "I want to make an imprint in San Jose, I want to make my mark here."


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Reports are coming in of a person being hit by a train in the Horley area.
A spokesman for Network Rail said they were alerted to the accident at 5.05pm. It involved the 16.24 Brighton to Bedford train.
Rail operator Southern has warned travellers to expect service delays, alterations and cancellations until further notice.
Updates as we have them.


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Head of School
Kirsten's passion for Waldorf education was sparked when a parent whose child was under her care told her, "You should become a Waldorf teacher." As a result of that conversation, Kirsten visited the City of Lakes Waldorf School in Minneapolis, MN. With her BA in International Communication and German, Kirsten enrolled at Antioch New England University and graduated in 1996 with her M.Ed. and a Concentration in Waldorf Education K-8.
Kirsten taught at the Waldorf School of Milwaukee and then at the country's first Waldorf-inspired public school, the Urban Waldorf School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 2002, she began teaching at the Waldorf School of Pittsburgh. She has served as faculty chair, mentor, Interim Administrator and Expansion Coordinator. Kirsten has also been a mentor at Spring Garden Waldorf School in Copley, Ohio and the Portland Village School in Portland, Oregon. As Head of School, Kirsten brings a strong commitment to Waldorf education and lifelong learning, a desire to cultivate mutually respectful relationships, and a love for the Waldorf School of Pittsburgh community.
Business Manager
Bob Roberson's first engagement with Waldorf Education came when his daughter enrolled in a pre-school class at Acorn Hill in Washington, DC. Both of his children continued their Waldorf Education when they moved to Pittsburgh in 1999. Bob has served on the Board of the Waldorf School of Pittsburgh for five years and on the Finance Committee for all but one year since 2000. He was also part of a strategic planning group for the school in 2003.
Bob received his BS in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was also born. Over the course of his career, he has served in a diverse range of capacities in both business and non-profit environments, Investment Advisor, Operations Manager, Technical Support Manager, and Client Support Director to name a few.
Enrollment Coordinator
Devon Wood has served as Enrollment Coordinator since 2011. She wears a second hat (figuratively and literally) at the Waldorf School of Pittsburgh as a beekeeper for the school's rooftop honeybee hives. Devon received her B.S. from Penn State in Human Development and Family Studies with a focus on early childhood development. Devon has over twenty years' experience working for non-profit agencies, serving in management level positions in community mental health and faith-based services both in Pittsburgh and Central Pennsylvania. Devon and her husband came to the Waldorf School of Pittsburgh in 2005, when their first child was 18 months old, for the parent-child Morning Garden program. She likes to say she used her degree and education the most with the discovery of Waldorf Education and firmly choosing WSP as an educational home for her two children. Devon is passionate about the environment and her family's eastern suburb community of Forest Hills where she has spearheaded progressive laws as an elected Councilwoman since 2009. She also enjoys raising awareness and money as a volunteer for the Pittsburgh Youth Concert Orchestra. Devon, her husband, and two children are often found year-round in transit to, coaching, cheering for, or playing either baseball or fast pitch softball.
Facilities Manager
Brendan Froeschl joined the Waldorf School of Pittsburgh's administrative team as facilities manager in 2007. Brendan attended St. Vincent College, which included two years studying in Germany, and graduated with a BA in history with minors in English and German. After his undergraduate work, Mr. Froeschl delved more deeply into the field of historic preservation. An interest in hands-on preservation work led to a training program in building preservation at Belmont Technical College. This training and his work experiences at the Jekyll Island Museum perfectly matched managing the unique needs of the school's historic building. Outside of work Brendan enjoys biking, playing guitar, and reading about old things.
Office Manager
Miss Laura is the mother of two Waldorf School of Pittsburgh alumni and had the pleasure of working in a variety of positions at the school several years ago. Her present position as Office Manager brings back many fond memories and she feels blessed to be back working with so many of her colleagues from before, as well as the talented additions to the school's faculty and staff. While away from the Waldorf School of Pittsburgh, Laura held a variety of jobs. Among them, her work with a film casting company, the a local annual festival, and a consulting firm were all for other Waldorf School of Pittsburgh alumni parents.


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|University of California, Berkeley
|Jepson Herbarium
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Key to families | Table of families and genera
1. Leaf (3)5–13 cm; stem generally 20–200 cm, coarse; flowers in axillary racemes, each with 1 bract, 2 bractlets; corolla urn-shaped, glandular-hairy; filaments puberulent, anther awns 4; calyx dark purple to ± blue-black in fruit ..... G. shallon
1' Leaf 0.5–3.5(4.5) cm; stem < 35 cm, slender; flowers 1 in leaf axils, each with 4–10 bractlets; corolla bell-shaped, glabrous; filaments papillate, anther awns 0; calyx red in fruit
2. Sepals glabrous; stem glabrous to puberulent, long glandular hairs 0 to moderate; leaf minutely serrate or ± entire (or appearing so), especially near base, tip obtuse to rounded ..... G. humifusa
2' Sepals glandular-hairy; stem puberulent and moderate- to densely long-hairy, glandular or not; leaf minutely serrate, tip short-acuminate or acute to obtuse ..... G. ovatifolia
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By Clint Wray
Lemke Newsroom
Traditional transportation infrastructure designs are less expensive and quicker to
complete than those based on engineering innovations, but the real cost ultimately gets
passed on to drivers in the form of wasted energy and time.
Stop-and-go traffic, because of outmoded intersection designs, wastes fuel and time.
Without progressive efforts, engineers, economists and environmentalists are concerned
that continuing traditional, quickly overwhelmed designs will penalize the U.S.
In a study by the Rockefeller Foundation, 79 percent of people surveyed agreed, "In
order for the United States to remain the world's top economic superpower, we need to
modernize our transportation infrastructure and keep it up to date."
Another study by the Building America's Future educational fund, determined that
almost 19 out of 20 Americans are concerned about America's infrastructure and 84
percent support greater investment to address infrastructure problems.
Drivers in Fayetteville can experience intersection modernization in a roundabout — the
city's first — located on Futrall Drive near Washington Regional Medical Center. The
roundabout opened with some confusion, said Fayetteville police, who supervised traffic
flow and stopped some drivers who attempted to turn left.
"Our consultant that we had on board doing the design for this presented that as a
solution," city engineer Chris Brown said. "They did a traffic model, they showed how
it would work and because it was something new, a new type of intersection here in
Fayetteville, the council agreed to give it a try."
A model that projects traffic 30 years from now, was used in the roundabout design,
Brown said.
"They (roundabouts) function better than four-way stops. For certain they are much more
efficient; they are about as efficient as a signal, sometimes more efficient depending on
the type of traffic you have. And they're safer than either of those types of intersections,"
Brown said. "The safety and efficiency is something that definitely everybody's
interested in."
Transportation for America promotes progressive transportation and land use and has
coalition partners who include local and national people and organizations.
"Roadway designs that are proven to reduce death and injury, such as inclusion of
sidewalks, pedestrian medians, traffic calming, road diets, and roundabouts, should be
embraced," according to Transportation for America.
"The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) recently estimated that Americans in 439 urban
areas spent some 4.8 billion hours sitting in traffic in 2010, equivalent to nearly one full
work week for the average commuter. TTI's calculations suggest that congestion caused
Americans to purchase an extra 1.9 billion gallons of fuel, costing over $100 billion in
wasted time and added fuel costs in the 439 urban areas it surveyed," the Department of
the Treasury said in a report released in March.
Northwest Arkansas officials have looked at driving times during peak and off-peak
hours, Brown said "and then they were able to attach some cost to that."
Traffic light technology has advanced to deal with idle time and save fuel and time.
"In the past, none of them were connected they were all kind of stand-alone, they had a
simple timer in there that every 30 seconds or whatever it would change the lights from
green to red," Brown said. "Now they're much more interactive and they can respond to
the traffic."
Fayetteville development can be followed in infrastructure projects that were based on
studies and approaches at the time, the outcome of which can now be seen.
The intersection at Joyce Boulevard and College Avenue has been widened to the
breaking point.
"It's really beyond capacity," Brown said. "We've squeezed out every ounce of green
time on each leg."
The scheduled Highway 71B flyover bridge will address congestion at that intersection.
"It's eminent, it will begin probably in January," Brown said. "We've got the funding, all
the approvals are there, we got bids, we got the contractors, its really now just a matter of
getting it constructed."
Some people do not prefer to use an automobile as their main mode of transportation and
engineers must take into account all modes of transportation.
"Thus we have our present 10-lane — or is it 12 now; I've lost count — inhumane
monstrosity that is a virtual anthem to the supremacy of the car in America," Art Hobson,
UofA professor emeritus, wrote in a NWA Times article about the intersection at Joyce
Boulevard and College Avenue.
Deciding to move closer to work can significantly decrease or almost eliminate
transportation cost if a person can ride transit, a bicycle or walk, but the infrastructure has
to be there.
"We're considering transit when we look at trying to project traffic," Brown said.
"They (Ozark Regional Transit) got a grant for some sidewalk improvements, so we
constructed sidewalks starting at their bus stops and going out from there to help folks
get to the bus stops because that is one of the problems that we have," Brown said. "For
folks who need ride the bus they got to get to the bus stop and to get there we need better
pedestrian access."


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got lots of skincare products in a comp eg day creams moisterisers ect that are worth a fair bit but there anti aging, should i still use them? im only a teenager.
does using anti aging stuff when your young damage your skin?
Yes, go ahead and use them. I started using anti-aging products when I was 24. I'm 37 now and look much younger. You can prevent future wrinkles if you start early!
Also -- I know you're a teen and probably want a good suntan, but the sun is the major cause of wrinkles. Wear a sunscreen, esp. on your face (even if it's just in your moisturizer or makeup), and if you want color, try sunless tanning products or that spray tan stuff they use at salons now.
Also -- the person who said you have to wait until your 40s or 50s for anti-aging -- it's never too early to start. If you suffer from acne, there are products that combine both anti-acne and anti-aging.
Give your samples a try, you have nothing to lose and you may find a product line you really like and can stick with for years.
P.S. What kinds of products are they? I wish I were lucky enough to get a bunch of free samples like that!
Good Drugstore eye cream for a teen?
I am looking for a good drugstore(cheap please) eye cream. I am in my teens. I dont need it to do any anti-aging or anti-wrinkles stuff. I just need it to help with my dark circles and puffiness under my eyes. Any suggestion? Thanks.
Boost sensitive eye cream Gel is great cheap too
Avon brightening cream is great has Bambu extract is Solutions line
also Mary kay cucumber eye cream is great not very expesive it last ages/
Is it okay to eat rum and raisin ice-cream if your a teen as in a 13 year old.?
Well for some reason im like i don't want to eat it because the rum part is it okay still.And if it is how much should i eat?Thanks sorry for this question sounding stupid.
It's okay to eat it- the rum is only enough for flavor, so eat however much you would normally eat when you have ice cream- the amount of ice cream you'd have to eat to be effected by the alcohol is so much that you'd be sick from being full first. The sugar is probably worse for you, when it comes down to it!
Teen vogue cream puff recipe?
in the latest issue of Teen Vogue, there is an article about how one of their reporters went to some place and made cream puffs.
To get the recipe for the cream puffs, you have to snap a picture of this little box-thing with your smart phone, which I don't have.
if you could, please get the recipe and tell me it?
This isn't the recipe you are looking for but I have an awesome recipe for cream puffs. Here you go:
Cream Puffs
* 1/2 cup white sugar
* 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
* 1 pinch salt
* 2 cups milk
* 2 egg yolks, beaten
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1/2 cup shortening
* 1 cup water
* 1 cup all-purpose flour
* 1 pinch salt
* 4 eggs
1. For the custard: In a small saucepan, combine 1/2 cup sugar, 5 tablespoons flour and a pinch of salt. Stir in milk, a little at a time, until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil 60 seconds, then pour a small amount of hot liquid into the 2 egg yolks, and stir. Then return now heated egg yolks to saucepan and stir, over heat, until mixture starts to bubble again. Remove from heat, add vanilla. Cover and chill in refrigerator.
2. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
3. For the pastry: In a medium saucepan, combine shortening and water and bring to a boil. Sift together 1 cup flour and a pinch of salt and pour all at once into boiling mixture. Stir vigorously until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat, and add eggs, one at a time, stirring vigorously after each addition. Drop by spoonfuls onto baking sheet, or pipe into desired shape.
4. Bake 10 minutes in the preheated oven, then reduce heat to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) and bake 25 minutes more, or until golden. Cool completely, split, fill with custard, and replace tops.
Drugstore Anti-puffy eye cream/roller for a teen?
I get super puffy eyes in the morning, like every single day, and I hate it! I've tried massaging it and everything but won't work! So im looking for a Anti-puffy eye roller or a cream that can be bought at drugstores.
Do an Answers search and you will see many have tried all the under eye and dark bags creams and under eye rollers and report they were not even slightly effective.
There is an epidemic of under eye bags and circles and many are reported by those in teens or early twenties. The main reason is reaction to skin sickening toxins in skin care, cosmetic and skin medicating products. Many teenage girls use 20 or more products daily and an alarming number of products contain skin(and health) harming toxins. See this site Skin Deep Cosmetic Database. A Feelgood Resource. The Database tested many thousands of products and identifies which ones are the most harming and those which are non or only minimally harming. So first thing to do is select the none or least harming products.
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This is a response I received from wannabeblue28:
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The most helpful ones are:
(Using both hands together) massage with palms and front of fingers held together
(1) Do long up and down sweeps close to nose from chin area up to near eyes.
(2) Do another up and back at an angle from chin point to cheek bone.
(3) Do fast up and down massage close to eye from cheek bones at an angle of 45 degrees (on your crows feet).
Best if do for several minutes daily – will markedly tighten skin in eye area and diminish the circles in the first two or three days. Use any oil. Olive is good.
IMPORTANT: To avoid skin pulling first make facial skin taught by partially opening mouth and pulling lips firmly back against teeth (tightens most of face)
Use any natural oil. Extra virgin olive oil works well for many.
Additionally facial yoga exercises help a great deal. Find on You Tube. Do the "The lion face" and try to hold for 30 seconds. A variation of that is protruding the tongue as if trying to touch tip of nose with tip of tongue.
YOGA MEDITATION is a great help and is easy to do. It enables you to completely relax and gives you deep, restful sleep. 6 or 7 hours of restful sleep is considerably more beneficial than 8 or 9 more hours of non restful sleep. I found Siddha Yoga meditation was the most beneficial.
SOURCE(S): Consultant with many years research into safe, natural cures/treatments - skin conditions, skin enhancement, anti aging and rejuvenation treatments
How do teen get high off of whipped cream in a can?
can you get high off of whipped cream in a can?
Yes you can. It is packaged with Nitrous Oxide, you inhale the gas and it gives you a brief high. Make sure you're sitting down when you do it though cause if not you WILL fall over. It is called doing "whippits". You can also get little cannisters of Nitrous Oxide, fill up balloons with it and inhale it through that.
Don't inhale nothing but Nitrous Oxide though, because you will suffocate.
Is it okay to use anti age cream as a teen?
I am 18 years old and have just started my freshman year at college. With more late nights up studying and stuff, I am getting bigger eye bags under my eyes. So, I went to the store and bought this Loreal Eye Defense cream that is supposed to reduce puffiness, sooth fine lines and wrinkles, and diminish dark circles. the directions say to apply in the pm and am bare or under makeup. I have been using it and it seems to help a little. But what I didn't realize when I bought it was that is is "specially formulated to defend against signs of premature aging" which is not a problem for me, being only 18. Is it okay for me to still use this, I heard that if you use anti aging creams in your teens you will get more wrinkles and stuff when you get older. Do you think I should continue using it or try to get another eye cream made for younger people?
From what I have read, it is beneficial to start using some anti aging products in your early 20s, so no, I doubt getting an early start will have any negative effects.
Anti aging products work better to prevent wrinkles and such in the first place, rather than reverse it once you are already older.
Teen girls: shaving cream?
hi, so im going to ask my mom can i shave.
but i just dont know what shaving cream to use! im shaving my underarms and legs.
are there anyones for teens? same with razors..?
oh yeah where can u buy them too?
i live in ireland so someone answering this question in england will do too cos we have tesco's here too lol
i dont think they have tesco in america...?
i'm 15 and i don't use shaving cream i just do them in the shower and use shower gel or soap. I use a Venus razor and you can buy new heads for it when you need too, you can buy them at Tesco, Asda wherever!
90's TV show where teen goes for ice cream and gets killed?
I vaguely remember a tv show from the 90's where a teen gets taken in by the show's main characters. The teen has some problems, but toward the end of the show everything is (seemingly) resolved. The 'dad' (or whoever the main actor of the show was supposed to be) gives the teen some money to go for ice cream (?). After he leaves, we hear gun shots and the teen was killed in a drive by shooting.
What show is this?
maybe ask the TV.com forums
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One man dead after shooting outside a Flint market
Sun, 18 Aug 2013 21:43:45 GMT — Flint police are looking for a man who they say is responsible for shooting and killing a 29-yaer-old man Saturday night.
Police identify the victim as Gregory Watkins.
It happened at the South End Market along Saginaw street around 10:45 p.m. Police found Watkins lying in the parking lot with a gunshot wound.
He was transported to Hurley Medical Center where officials say he died.
A second victim, 25-year-old Demario Booth is recovering in the hospital from a gunshot wound to his wrist.
Police are looking for a black male in his late teens to early 20's, wearing dark clothing.
Any information should be reported to police or Crime Stoppers.


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PITTSBURGH, PA (PRWEB) March 05, 2014
An inventor from Woodinville, Wash., has created a prototype for a convenient grilling tool.
The patent-pending TWIST LOCK GRILL HANDLER makes it easier to remove and replace cooking grills. This enables the user to clean grill and flavor bars. The unit features an ergonomic design. Additionally, it is producible in different colors and from other materials.
The inventor's personal experience inspired the idea. "After getting grease all over myself and soiling my clothes trying to clean my grills, I thought that there had to be an easier way to go about this task," he said.
The original design was submitted to the Seattle office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 12-FED-1299, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Kingston SSDNow V+ 64GB Page: 1
Solid State Drives are one of the most desirable upgrades for modern PC users. No matter what your hardware preferences are, or even what the main use of your system is for, pretty much everyone wants a Solid State Drive to power their system with.
Unfortunately the major stumbling block has always been the enormously steep price point that even the lowest end SSD comes in at. To purchase a tiny, slow, SSD for about twice the price of an enormous standard hard-drive is a decision that almost nobody makes, and certainly few who do so are satisfied.
The problem then lies in that to purchase a high-performing, sensible capacity drive needs a large outlay of cash, something most of us either haven't got to hand or would prefer to spend on something that has a more obviously visible improvement such as a graphics card or a beefier processor.
However, here at OC3D we consider an upgrade to an SSD to be about the most important upgrade you can make. Kingston agree and have given us their SSDNow V+ 64GB to test. Have they hit the price/performance sweet spot we all desire?
Kingston Technology are one of the most important names in the PC world. They employ over 4000 people throughout the world and provide over 2000 different memory products that support every electronic device that supports memory. With over $4 billion in sales last year they are at the forefront of memory technology.
If you have been living under a rock for the last 20 years and are wondering why the fanfare, Kingston started in 1987 by inventing the Single In-Line Memory Module (SIMM) from which all Memory modules since have been based. So the simple nature of our memory installations these days is wholly thanks to them.
SSDNow V+ 64GB
Today we are looking at their entrant into the mid to high end Solid State marketplace with the SSDNow V+ 64GB. Enough preamble, on with the show.
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External Views
SSDs tend to come in either elaborate packaging or, akin to most internal hard-drives, in very simplistic packaging. Kingston provide a few versions of their SSDNow products including those with notebook kits and a variety of cables. Todays review sample came as a pure SSD and therefore in a simple cardboard box with a well cut-out protective foam insert. By now we can all imagine a plain box so you're saved from a view of that.
One of the most obvious things about this that reminds you this is a memory product is the static precaution packaging it arrives in. Unlike the clamshell plastic containers a lot of OEM hard-drives arrive in, this lets you know loud and clear that you need to be as careful with this as you would be installing any memory product. So put away your nylon trousers.
Taking it out of its protective cover reveals a nice surprise. Most SSDs are shipped in a black enclosure, whereas the Kingston SSDNow V+ comes with a lovely grey, slightly textured, metal enclosure. It certainly looks the part alongside the very visible label and, whilst SSDs don't produce much heat at all, will help to dissipate what little heat is generated.
Turning it over gives a closer look at this aesthetically pleasing covering, and also shows the pure nature of the product. Although USB connection kits are available as a separate package, the vanilla drive we received is solely supplied with the SATA connections that have become familiar to us all recently. Also nice to note are the four mounting points in the standard 2.5" position, enabling a very swift installation procedure.
As someone who is used to the heft that comes along with the 3.5" format the size and weight of the Kingston SSDNow V+ is a delight. At very svelte 70mm wide, 100mm long and only 9.5mm thick even the most space limited case will be able to find room for it, and as a notebook extension it will slip into a jacket pocket without issue. On that subject the weight of only 84grams ensures that you'll barely notice it there and anything that can trim some of the fat from our ever expanding systems has to be a good thing.
Finally if you do slip it into your pocket and forget it's there the drive can survive operating under 2.7g load and wont sustain damage up to a 20g impact when it's off. Unless you're a fighter pilot or a Formula One driver it's safe to say this will take any sensible hit you can deliver.
Time to undo the screws and see what the box contains.
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Under the Hood
It's a very simple procedure to open up the outer casing. Four simple screws are quickly removed and the top slides off without latches or strange plastic attachments.
The first thing that you see upon removal of the top are 2 of the 8 Samsung K9HCGZ8U5M SCK0 MLC NAND chips. As you can see from the photograph these look quite lonely in the centre of the board on the 64GB model but there is plenty of room for the additional chips used in the larger capacity models. This modular design helps to keep costs down as the boards are interchangeable throughout the entire range. Anything that helps reduce the cost of SSDs is always a good thing.
Turning the board over reveals the other 6 memory chips, alongside the Samsung S3C29RBB01-YK40 controller and the Samsung K4X1G323P0-8GC6 128MB cache chip, more on those below.
The Samsung NAND memory chips are very popular, being used in many SSD solutions. They are 48-pin multi-layer ICs rated at 2.7-3.6V and 25ns speed. By being lead-free they are RoHs compliant, ensuring that having been environmentally friendly during their life with low power requirements, they will also be safe to the planet when finished with.
Time to take a closer look at the Samsung controller, the heart of the Kingston SSDNow V+ drive.
The Samsung S3C29RBB01-YK40 controller is rated to a theoretical write speed of 200 MBps and a speed of 220MBps. Heady numbers indeed and it's clear why this is one of the most popular solid state controllers in the mid-range SSD market..
Most importantly the Samsung controller comes with a feature Samsung call "Self-Healing". This is very similar to the "Garbage Collection" that has recently appeared in some OCZ firmware. MLC NAND chips require the OS to clear the space before the data can be written if you're over-writing a previously written block, otherwise the drives gradually grind to a halt. The Samsung controller cleans these deleted portions automatically without an OS request, ensuring speedy drive operation even after years of use.
The Samsung K4X1G323P0-8GC6 128MB chip which is used for the cache is rated at 1.8v CL3 and in combination with the controller has proven itself to eliminate the stuttering that plagued early SSDs as they couldn't hand the data as fast as they were asked to.
In case this all seems a little familiar the combination of the S3C29RBB01 YK40 controller, K4X1G323P0 8GC6 cache and K9HCGZ8U5M SCK0 NAND chips are also available in the Samsung PB22-J, the OCZ Summit and the Corsair P series of SSDs. This means we already know that it should provide very good speeds indeed, good reliability and be free from the aforementioned stuttering problems.
With the Kingston drive coming in about £20 cheaper than the other three drives it could prove interesting if the main parts of the unit can attain the same performance level for a much lower price point.
In fact its theoretical performance is such that it could be the perfect balance between performance and price that will ensure we all seriously consider the move across to SSD.
Time for a look at the Kingston technical specifications and the test system we'll be using today.
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Technical Specifications and data-sheet
The Kingston SSDNow V+ series come with a three-year warranty and 24/7 technical support.
The Data sheet taken directly from the Kingston webpage, viewable
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Features :
o Innovative – Uses MLC NAND flash memory components.
o Silent – Runs silent and cool with no moving mechanical parts.
o Shock Proof – No moving mechanical parts so the SSD handles rougher conditions.
o Supports S.M.A.R.T. – Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology tells the user when a drive is about to fail
o Guaranteed – 3 year legendary Kingston warranty, 24/7 tech support
Data-sheet and Technical Specifications
o Sequential Read Throughput – 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB - 220MB/s
o Sequential Write Throughput – 64GB - 140MB/s, 128GB - 170MB/s, 256GB - 180MB/s
o Form Factor – 2.5"
o Interface – SATA 1.5 Gb/sec. and 3.0 Gb/sec
o Capacity* – 64GB, 128GB, 256GB
o Storage temperatures — -40 - 85°C
o Operating temperatures — 0 ~ 70°C
o Dimensions — 69.85 x 100 x 9.5 mm
o Weight — 84 gram
o IOPS** (Input and Output Operations Per Second) —
Random 4K read: 6300 IOPS
Random 4K write: 64GB = 84 IOPS
Random 4K write: 128GB = 158 IOPS
Random 4K write: 256GB = 291 IOPS
o Vibration operating — 2.7G
o Vibration non-operating — 20G
o Power specs — 2.6 W - active / 0.15W Idle
o Life expectancy** — 1,000,000 Hrs mean time before failure
o Operating shock — 1500G
So far, nothing particularly earth shattering and about on par with other offerings using the Samsung combination.
Test Setup
For the battery of tests we're running today we're using an i7 system to ensure that the other parts of the PC can provide the data as swiftly as possible. We're also be comparing results against a Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB, to see if the speed increase is sufficient that the reasonable pricing makes it worth the jump to SSD.
: Intel Core i7 920 @ 3GHz
: Biostar T-Power X58A using the A13 BIOS dated 13/10/09
: 6GB Corsair Dominator GT @ 1600MHz
: Windows 7 64 Bit
Drives :
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64GB
. Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB
Click on for the first of the synthetic benchmarks.
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Synthetic Benchmarks
HDTach isn't the perfect benchmark for testing SSD drives as the results can be sporadic under certain circumstances. However, the benefit it does have is providing a result that is very clear to understand, especially in terms of pure sequential data read performance.
As you can see from the graph on the left, the Kingston SSDNow V+ stays around the 200MBps mark, which is very good for a drive around this price point. It also highlights the main benefit of SSDs (pure speed aside) in that regardless of where the information is held, the speeds returned are the same. In contrast the F1 remains typical with all platter drives in that it starts able to read the data quite quickly, although please note that the scale on the vertical axis is different to the SSD graph, but very obviously slows as the data moves to the outside of the disk.
Everest Random Read
Lavalys' Everest provides a better method than HDTach for testing the latest high-performance storage solutions. For the purposes of this test both the Samsung and Kingston were put under the Everest Random Read test. The Samsung results approximately mirrored those of the ATTO read test below, but as the graph is so jumbled as to be no use it has been left out for clarity.
The Kingston SSDNow V+ provided a very stable result across the entire drive with the peak read speed surpassing the magical 220MB/s barrier, and with the minimum read speed obtained only going down to the 162MB/s mark, another very impressive result for the Kingston here.
ATTO Benchmark
The ATTO benchmark tests multiple sizes from 512bytes all the way up to 8MB. However, really the important tests are tiny files and the largest one, as there isn't much performance difference to be seen between a 1MB file and a 8MB one.
The tests were run three times and the average result calculated. As you can see from our results the Kingston SSDNow V+ got within 2MB/s of the potential read speed of the Samsung layout with the 8192KB test, and the write speed even surpassed the manufacturers claims of 140MB/s in both the 8192KB test and the 32KB test. Highly impressive. Nearly double the performance of the Samsung in both read and write testing should help dispel the doubts of those who cling to their platters.
If the read speeds are impressive, the write speeds are fantastic.
So far in the theoretical tests the Kingston has performed as well as could be hoped. Whilst some of the sustained speeds haven't been as impressive as very high-end SSDs, nonetheless it's proving that under ideal conditions it is exceptional value.
On the next page we'll look at the last synthetic before moving on and seeing if PCMark's benchmark suite shows that these speeds are obtainable in actual use conditions.
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Benchmarks continued..
Crystal Disk Mark
The final synthetic we're going to look at is Crystal Disk Mark 2.2. Unlike our previous benchmarks this can run multiple data sets of a user-defined size. To ensure that the SSDNow V+ was put under the best possible strain five runs using 500MB data were run.
Firstly the sequential tests. Once again these show a fantastic level of read performance, although not as high as the tests on the previous page, and equally impressive writing performance. It's common that the read performances of drives are around the manufacturers claims, because people like the massive number than the read can produce. But it's rare to see a company consistently underestimate their writing performance. As the small size of the drive means it is best suited as an Operating System drive rather than data storage, write speed is equally important.
As we move down the scale towards the 512K test, it is clear that we are starting to reach the tipping point of SSD technology. They are always much faster than standard HDDs, but once you reach the smaller file sizes they start to slow down.
Finally the very small 4K size test results. These are much slower than any of the tests on the previous page led us to expect, and repeated runs and tweaking didn't improve matters. The speed of both the Kingston drive on test today and the Samsung drive being compared were much lower than anticipated, and so these results are more for completions sake as no other testing gave such an anomalous result.
Excluding the anomalous Crystal Mark 4K result, it's obvious that despite the smaller price tag than its contemporaries, the Kingston SSDNow V+ hasn't cut any corners or lacks for any ability.
Hopefully these speeds will translate to actual usage.
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PCMark Vantage
Unlike its Futuremark stablemate 3DMark, PCMark Vantage provides some real world performance figures by utilising common tasks that would be performed in the life of any computer. For this testing PCMark Vantage v101 0910a was installed on a clean Windows 7 installation and the HDD Test Suite run using the 64 bit variant.
If you're the type of person who just wants the final score and doesn't really mind how it's comprised, or maybe you're one of the people who were mentioned in the introduction as trying to be convinced that the upgrade to SSD, and particularly the Kingston SSDNow V+ SSD, is worth it, the following graph tells you almost everything you could need to know. The final score alone doesn't tell the whole story, but a quick glance at it and the words annihilated and trounced come readily to mind.
Luckily you aren't the type who want the quick answer otherwise you'd have skipped on to the conclusion, so it's time to take a look in some depth at the figures that make up that score. Once you start stressing the entire PC those incredible speeds we saw in the synthetic testing take a bit of a pounding. The Media Center test keeps closest to the transfer rate seen previously, but most of the results end up around the 130MB/s mark. Approximately a 33% drop from the potential speed to the achievable speed.
However as one of the aspects we're looking at today is if Kingston's low pricing makes the transfer to SSD a genuine possibility, the answer still remains an emphatic yes. The best that the Samsung Spinpoint managed was half the transfer rate, but in most cases it could only provide a quarter or less of the Kingston SSDNow V+s performance. Application loading and OS Startup appear to be the hardest affected, so we'll take a closer look at those over the page.
Just shy of 25000 in PCMark Vantage is a very impressive score. The popular combination of Samsung controller, cache and NAND Memory proving their worth.
7Zip is a free compression and decompression utility that is available in both 32 and 64bit flavours. Supporting all archive formats and coming with a built in benchmark it's the ideal choice. The benchmark was performed using 5 passes on the 7Zip default settings of 32MB dictionary and utilising all 8 threads available on the i7 920. This is great proof that modern PC components have moved ahead of the 3.5" HDDs ability to keep up in both storing and reading data. The Kingston SSDNow V+ enables to processor to keep working at its full capacity and provides an extra 4000 MIPS over the Samsung Spinpoint. For anyone who finds themselves zipping and unzipping files on a regular basis the time savings cannot be denied.
We'll take a quick look at some pure loading performance and then head on to the conclusion.
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Loading Times
Obtaining accurate loading times is always difficult, especially when it comes to testing the Operating System. As you start getting into measuring tenths of seconds it is possible to introduce too many variables if timing solely from the power-on to the desktop, as the BIOS and similar things can vary too wildly to enable accurate timing.
To reduce this the system was set up as follows. Both the Kingston SSDNow V+ and the Samsung Spinpoint were freshly formatted and had a new version of Windows 7 64 installed. Identical drivers, Windows updates and the two games on test were installed so that the system was fully operational whilst having the minimum of extraneous programs. Each test was run 5 times with the slowest and fastest runs discounted and the average of the remaining three taken. The PC was rebooted between each run to ensure that any speed increase wasn't due to data caching in the memory.
Windows 7 Boot time
For testing the Windows 7 boot time the system was configured as a dual boot. This ensured that an accurate time could be taken between selecting either the SSD or the HDD, and awaiting the displaying of a text document that had been placed in the start menu. The Kingston SSDNow V+ was just under twice as fast as the standard drive. The fastest time seen was 20.1 seconds, which is very impressive. Having run the SSD tests first the HDD took an age. The time shown on the stopwatch felt wrong because it was just SO slow. As a reviewer who has to reboot a lot to obtain standardised test results this was a boon, but even when I was just using the PC normally, having the desktop appear so quickly was a delight.
Company of Heroes Tales of Valor
Company of Heroes makes an excellent testbed for all sorts of PC components. By utilising some very large maps, high detail large textures and an array of small files to load for each map it is especially good at testing storage devices. For this test we maximised the settings as high as they would go, set up a Skirmish on the largest map available with the default game, Route 13, which is an 8 player map. Both sides consisted of two British, two American, two Wermacht and two Panzer Elite, to further stress the loading needed. Timings were taken from pressing the proceed button, to the game showing the begin button.
Initially I was surprised with the small gain to be had. An average of a nine second improvement isn't to be sniffed at, but I expected slightly more. However if you extrapolate these gains across a more sensible map selection and perhaps an afternoons gaming, they quickly add up to quite a significant amount of time not spent twiddling thumbs.
Worthy of note was the extra smoothness the gameplay itself had. We're all familiar with large-scale maps or worlds in which the initial stages of gameplay are a little jerky as each texture and model gets loaded into the cache. Not so here. On the Kingston SSDNow V+ is was smooth as silk from the first Pioneer to the last burning Sherman.
Need For Speed SHIFT
EAs venerable franchise keeps rolling on. Shift marked a big departure from the pimping up of standard cars to race on rainy night-time streets, to a more adult measured approach reminiscent of Forza or GRiD. In this reviewers opinion it's much the better for it too.
In a similar way to Company of Heroes, the game was set to maximum details and the very large Nordschleife was chosen for a quick race with 15 level 3 cars. All cars were set to be "same" and a high-polygon Works Nissan GTR R35 Vspec was chosen. Timings were taken from the pressing of the accept button to the track appearing. The results nicely mirror those of Company of Heroes. Where that saved about 9 seconds over a minute load, this saved on average 4.6 seconds over a half-minute load. Two very different games, two similar results.
The gains one might expect to see in a game that takes an hour to play such as CoH, would naturally be exponentially larger in a title such as Shift in which races are short and being loaded on a regular basis.
Time to wrap this up and provide some thoughts on the Kingston SSDNow V+.
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Final Thoughts
The temptation when reviewing products such as the Kingston SSDNow V+ is to compare it against very similar products to see where it fits in the marketplace. With SSDs usually they are compared against RAID WD VelociRaptors or other expensive solutions.
During the initial testing phase though two things became apparent. Firstly that under the skin this is identical to many other SSDs that also use a completely Samsung based solution. Secondly, that the aggressive pricing Kingston have used alongside it's obvious performance, mean it's one of the first realistic SSDs that average people can upgrade to. We're very aware that most upgrades people purchase are large steps up in performance, and that the general user neither has extreme performance HDDs, nor often goes for incremental upgrades.
Therefore we decided to test the Kingston SSDNow V+ against it's manufacturers claims, and also use the kind of drive most people will own as the comparison.
As an upgrade from HDD technology
This is easily the briefest part of the review and the simplest to do. If you're still running a HDD and wonder if the upgrade to Solid State technology is good value, go now. Sell a kidney. Mortgage your granny. Whatever you need to do, get one. Sometimes we review things that the numbers show to be amazing, but in daily use doesn't quite pan out. This is the opposite. The numbers are very impressive, but how it performs all the time is even more impressive. Every single read or write action is vastly improved. Once you've got a virus checker and a couple of things running in the background, it still zips along. So should you upgrade to the Kingston SSDNow V+?
Yes you should. Kingston have done something pretty amazing. They've produced a SSD with identical components to three other SSDs, and brought it in around £20 cheaper. No corners have been cut though as it gets very close to the 220MB/s mark in read tests, and surpasses the claimed 140MB/s in many write tests.
One of the major stumbling blocks of early MLC NAND storage technology was stuttering, and the gradual degradation in performance. The Kingston SSDNow V+ gets around these two problems with a neat solution. Firstly a 128MB cache helps smooth the write and read requests, eliminating drive stutter. Throughout our 10 days of testing not once did the drive cough or hiccup at all. Secondly the inclusion on the Samsung Controller of Self-Cleaning technology removes the gradual degradation in performance that plagued early SSDs.
So it's very quick, cheaper than it's rivals, comes in a very nice looking case and has all the bells and whistles necessary to provide long-term stability. About the only things I dislike aren't specific to this drive and that's the small size meaning it's only really useful as an OS drive, and whilst Kingston have got the price below all its rivals, it's still quite an expensive upgrade.
No other upgrade though will provide you with such an enormous gain in performance no matter what you use your computer for.
Highly recommended.
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